Windows 2000 server Telnet

Ok, you use the Windows 2000 Telnet Service, right? Ok, then I have an idea for you.
No, there is no shutdown command in the Telnet server, nor can the TLNTADMN.exe (I think I am spelling that right) do that either.
But, once you connect via the Telnet client, it is just like being there on the server. You can initiate any command-line based program and see it work.
So, my idea is for you to run a command line shutdown program that reboots the server. The one I use is PSSHUTDOWN.EXE from Sysinternals.com

You can get the file here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml

Download PSSHUTDOWN and put it on the Win2K server you want to reboot. Do it the next time you can get to the server, not via Telnet.

Put the file in the WINNT\System32 folder, so it will be in the system PATH statement and so you can run it from any directory.

Ok, now when you need to connect via Telnet and reboot the server, just run this from the command line:

PSSHUTDOWN.EXE -f -r -l

That says to Force all applications to close, Reboot the server, and run this on the Local machine.

That will do it. I tested it on a server, and it shutdown.

hope this helps

Another way to do this is to use the built in Terminal Server of Win2K Server. If you can connect with Telnet you should also be able to connect with TS. From the TS session you can directly reboot the server.

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