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