Restart Windows via Remote Desktop: SkeyMedia

By Brian, 1 year ago

Restart Windows via Remote Desktop

Ever try to restart a machine via remote desktop? I just ran into it for the first time tonight. I generally deal with linux servers and don't ever RDP into them. Tonight, I needed to reboot a windows server. No «shutdown» exists on the Start menu. Even on the task manager, there's no shutdown option.

It's an easy bypass though.

Instead of CTRL+ALT+DEL like usual, use

CTRL+ALT+END

From here, you will be able to shut down or graceful reboot the system.

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Categories: Server Administration (RSS)
Tags: remote desktop (RSS), restart (RSS), windows (RSS)

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#1. James
1 year ago

Start > Run > 'shutdown -r' or 'shutdown -s' works a treat too.

#2. Anonymous
1 year ago

Since Ctrl+Alt+End doesn't always work (beats me, I didn't code the OS»

You can also do:
Click «Start»
Click «Run»
Type «shutdown /i» and click Open
Use 127.0.0.1 as the Computer and select restart.

Works on XP also.

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