LKBEN11380: Reboot Windows from the command line
Symptom
You need to reboot a server or a workstation from the command line
Cause
Sometimes a reboot is needed
Solution
To reboot a windows system from the command line you use the shutdown command with the appropriate parameters.
To reboot after 10 seconds you use:
shutdown /r /t 10
You can also use the followind command:
shutdown /r /t 10 /m localhost
To reboot a remote system you change localhost with the computername of the system you want to reboot:
shutdown /r /t 10 /m \\computername
The remote system needs to be configured for accepting remote commands.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.