lol. I was just about to post that.
If that doesn't work there is a more complicated method involving logging into the remote computer thru telnet, shown here:
You can actually make it possible to do anything you want on the remote
computer. You can access the command prompt remotely.
First of all, go to the computer you want to enable for remote
commandline access. (from now on I will call this the server, and any
computer you're using to shut it down the client.)
Server Procedures:
1. Log in as an administrator at the server.
2. Go to Administrative Tools, in the control panel.
3. Go to Services, and find Telnet in the list. Start the service using
the button that looks like the play button on your dvd or cd player.
(If the play button is grayed out, right click the Telnet, and go to
properties. Find the Startup type and change it from "Disabled" to
either Automatic (runs everytime the computer is started - most likely
what you want) or Manual (you have to go to the services every time the
computer boots, to start the telnet service to enable this.)
Now you can press the start button.
4. Now, go to Computer Management (still in the Administrative Tools
folder.) In the tree on the left side of this box, go to Local Users
and Groups. Right click the Users folder on the right hand side, and
choose New User.
For User Name you can enter whatever name you want to use to log on to
the computer. Full name and description are not necessary.
Below that enter the password you want to use to log on.
Uncheck "User must change password at next logon", and then check
"Password never expires" after it becomes ungrayed. Press Create.
5. Still in Computer Management, go to the Groups folder under Local
Users and Groups. Right click the folder and choose New Group.
For group name you must enter: TelnetUsers
(No spaces, no changes in capitalization - exactly as written there)
As before, description is unimportant.
Now near the bottom of the box, press Add.
In the box labeled "Enter the object names to select", type the
username you created in step 4, EXACTLY as you entered it. Press OK,
and the user should appear in the list. Press Create.
6. Now test the setup. Go to Start>Run and type "telnet localhost"
without the quotes. You should get a User: prompt. Enter the username
you just registered in step 4, and it's corresponding password (it will
not show the password.)
If all goes like it should, there should be a slight pause then it will
bring you to a command prompt. You can use this prompt just like you
were in cmd. To quit out, type exit and press enter.
Client Procedures:
1. Go to Start>Run and type "telnet <Remote IP>" where <Remote IP> is
the IP address of the server. (If you don't know the IP: go to the
server. Start a command prompt session. Type ipconfig and note the IP
address.) It should give you the login like before, and you can login
using the special account you set up on the server.
Hopefully this is useful, you can do various things like use the
shutdown command to shut the computer down, you can schedule programs
with at, you can echo text files with type <filename>, etc.
If you happen to need administrator access to do certain things:
Go to the server and go to Computer Management, and go to the Groups
folder. However double click the Groups to enter it this time. Right
click Administrators and choose Add To Group. Press the Add button and
enter the username in the box like before. Press OK and OK again to
save the settings.
