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chinn
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:49 pm    Post subject: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 machine Reply with quote
Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..
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Jerold Schulman
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn" <chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Quote:
Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..


Try
at \\machine 16:02 /Interactive "C:\restart.bat"

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
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chinn
Guest
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:07 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
That didn't work.

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

Quote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn" <chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..


Try
at \\machine 16:02 /Interactive "C:\restart.bat"

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
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Corné Bogaarts
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:40 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
There is a problem with Winlogon in Win2003 (MS KB 834100), that you
bump into if you try to use 'shutdown.exe' to reboot these servers.
The issue arises when a user connects to the server with Terminal
Server Client (mstsc.exe) while using the '/console'-option.

As far as I can tell we only had the problem if you would schedule the
shutdown, not if you use the shutdown command remotely from another
computer.

Before a colleague pointed me out this article I had been testing with
scheduling with 'schtasks', so i could use another user-account than
(local) System for the shutdown command. This didn't help.
Also giving commandline parameters for the 'Shutdown Event Tracker'
didn't help. As you noticed yourself, the /f-ption to 'force' a
shutdown didn't help either.

In the end I managed to work around the problem by using
'tsshutdn.exe' to reboot the computer. It's a shutdown-tool that's
available natively on Win2000 and Win2003 (and WinXP).
It seems actually to be directed at Terminal Servers (hence the 'ts'
in the name), but by default all Win2000 and up run TS to manage the
computer remotely or for remote assistance.


Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn"
<chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Quote:
Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.
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chinn
Guest
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:23 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
But can these be used to shutdown any win2k and Win2003
servers or it has to a Terminal Server Services.

Thanks,
"Corné Bogaarts" wrote:

Quote:
There is a problem with Winlogon in Win2003 (MS KB 834100), that you
bump into if you try to use 'shutdown.exe' to reboot these servers.
The issue arises when a user connects to the server with Terminal
Server Client (mstsc.exe) while using the '/console'-option.

As far as I can tell we only had the problem if you would schedule the
shutdown, not if you use the shutdown command remotely from another
computer.

Before a colleague pointed me out this article I had been testing with
scheduling with 'schtasks', so i could use another user-account than
(local) System for the shutdown command. This didn't help.
Also giving commandline parameters for the 'Shutdown Event Tracker'
didn't help. As you noticed yourself, the /f-ption to 'force' a
shutdown didn't help either.

In the end I managed to work around the problem by using
'tsshutdn.exe' to reboot the computer. It's a shutdown-tool that's
available natively on Win2000 and Win2003 (and WinXP).
It seems actually to be directed at Terminal Servers (hence the 'ts'
in the name), but by default all Win2000 and up run TS to manage the
computer remotely or for remote assistance.


Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn"
chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.
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Corné Bogaarts
Guest
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:23 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
I probably should have stated it more clearly: it works on all
computers runing Win2000 server and newer: Wind2000 Server, WinXP and
Win2003.
I'm not sure about WinNT4. WinNT4 Terminal Server Edition should work.

Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:23:04 -0800, "chinn"
<chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Quote:
But can these be used to shutdown any win2k and Win2003
servers or it has to a Terminal Server Services.

Thanks,
"Corné Bogaarts" wrote:

There is a problem with Winlogon in Win2003 (MS KB 834100), that you
bump into if you try to use 'shutdown.exe' to reboot these servers.
The issue arises when a user connects to the server with Terminal
Server Client (mstsc.exe) while using the '/console'-option.

As far as I can tell we only had the problem if you would schedule the
shutdown, not if you use the shutdown command remotely from another
computer.

Before a colleague pointed me out this article I had been testing with
scheduling with 'schtasks', so i could use another user-account than
(local) System for the shutdown command. This didn't help.
Also giving commandline parameters for the 'Shutdown Event Tracker'
didn't help. As you noticed yourself, the /f-ption to 'force' a
shutdown didn't help either.

In the end I managed to work around the problem by using
'tsshutdn.exe' to reboot the computer. It's a shutdown-tool that's
available natively on Win2000 and Win2003 (and WinXP).
It seems actually to be directed at Terminal Servers (hence the 'ts'
in the name), but by default all Win2000 and up run TS to manage the
computer remotely or for remote assistance.


Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn"
chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.


--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.
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aaron
Guest
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
might want to check out the new prefered commmand to schedule tasks.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/schtasks.asp



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aaron
A+,NET+,MCSE 2K/2K3,CNA,CCNA
"chinn" <chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E900527B-567D-4978-ABC1-520DB789ED23@microsoft.com...
Quote:
Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000 servers
and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..
Back to top
aaron
Guest
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
Here is what I use, works fine on all my servers.

shutdown.exe /L /R /Y /C

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aaron
A+,NET+,MCSE 2K/2K3,CNA,CCNA
"Corné Bogaarts" <does.not.exist@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:gs0is0lho6j04t8988nlioumujjh3a1ig9@4ax.com...
Quote:
I probably should have stated it more clearly: it works on all
computers runing Win2000 server and newer: Wind2000 Server, WinXP and
Win2003.
I'm not sure about WinNT4. WinNT4 Terminal Server Edition should work.

Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:23:04 -0800, "chinn"
chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

But can these be used to shutdown any win2k and Win2003
servers or it has to a Terminal Server Services.

Thanks,
"Corné Bogaarts" wrote:

There is a problem with Winlogon in Win2003 (MS KB 834100), that you
bump into if you try to use 'shutdown.exe' to reboot these servers.
The issue arises when a user connects to the server with Terminal
Server Client (mstsc.exe) while using the '/console'-option.

As far as I can tell we only had the problem if you would schedule the
shutdown, not if you use the shutdown command remotely from another
computer.

Before a colleague pointed me out this article I had been testing with
scheduling with 'schtasks', so i could use another user-account than
(local) System for the shutdown command. This didn't help.
Also giving commandline parameters for the 'Shutdown Event Tracker'
didn't help. As you noticed yourself, the /f-ption to 'force' a
shutdown didn't help either.

In the end I managed to work around the problem by using
'tsshutdn.exe' to reboot the computer. It's a shutdown-tool that's
available natively on Win2000 and Win2003 (and WinXP).
It seems actually to be directed at Terminal Servers (hence the 'ts'
in the name), but by default all Win2000 and up run TS to manage the
computer remotely or for remote assistance.


Corné

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:49:05 -0800, "chinn"
chinn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Hello,
The below command is my batch file..

shutdown /r /t 20 /f

this is the AT command i use to schedule a reboot

at \\machine 16:02 "C:\restart.bat"
It schedules fine but it doesn't reboot it works fine on win2000
servers and
if you execute the batch file on the machine it works.

Did anybody experience this if so what was your resolution..


Thanks in advanvce..

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including
my E-mail address anymore.


--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including
my E-mail address anymore.
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Corné Bogaarts
Guest
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:28 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
I know, I tested it, It didn't help.

Corné

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:49:04 -0600, "aaron" <aaron@fake.net> wrote:

Quote:
might want to check out the new prefered commmand to schedule tasks.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/schtasks.asp

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.
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Corné Bogaarts
Guest
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:34 am    Post subject: Re: Using AT to schedule shutdown.exe to reboot win2003 mach Reply with quote
Didn't work on many of our Win2003 servers.
The point is that people (ie Administators) connect with 'MSTSC
/console'. When you log of correctly and you then schedule a reboot,
you run into a bug in Winlogon.exe (MS KB 834100).

As long as you don't use '/console' there's no problem. And from my
experience, if you use 'shutdown' to reboot a server remotely, instead
of scheduling a reboot-task on such a server, there's no problem
either.

Corné

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:51:21 -0600, "aaron" <aaron@fake.net> wrote:

Quote:
Here is what I use, works fine on all my servers.

shutdown.exe /L /R /Y /C

--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Most answers can be found in the Schedule+ FAQ: http://www.xs4all.nl/~bogaarts/schdmenu.htm.
Please reply to the newsgroup. For reasons of Spam, I won't be including my E-mail address anymore.
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