Windows

shutgui will do this, use the kill switch with it..also you may want to script in a kill command from the reskit..ie
rkill /nkill \\boxname servername (that you need to kill)

would go something like this:
rkill /install \\boxname
rkill /nkill \\boxname servicename
rkill /nkill \\boxname servicename (cont.for each)...
then the shutgui command here.

Note, I would list all services that are giving you problems, then kill them remote on each one..(all machines reguardless if they are giving errors).
note this can also be used with your shutdown.exe dame switches, just do the rkill prior to trying this, ,that way you won't fail with the opsys..this can kill them..also rem that shutgui has a kill all feature, that will allow it to kill anything that is still open after the rkill..good luck-Al

If you don't want a gui at all you can use shutdown.exe from the same reskit.
The /c option provides for forcing to close applications and you can also specify reboots etc.
An addition to the kill command in the previous answer might be to use 'pskill' from sysinternals (http://www.sysinternals.com)

Wim
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I have a windows VBScript that can do it. It's a code sample from microsoft. The code is below. Just save this as a .vbs file from a text editor and use the AT to schedule a batch file to run cscript and execute the vbs file at a specified time.
----------------begin code----------------


'********************************************************************
'*
'* File: REBOOT.VBS
'* Created: July 1998
'* Version: 1.0
'*
'* Main Function: Reboots a machine.
'* Usage: REBOOT.VBS [/S:server] [/U:username] [/W:password] [/F] [/Q]
'*
'* Copyright (C) 1998 Microsoft Corporation
'*
'********************************************************************

OPTION EXPLICIT
ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

'Define constants
CONST CONST_ERROR = 0
CONST CONST_WSCRIPT = 1
CONST CONST_CSCRIPT = 2
CONST CONST_SHOW_USAGE = 3
CONST CONST_PROCEED = 4
CONST CONST_REBOOT = 2
CONST CONST_FO

Oops, email me for the VB script. I forgot that these forums have a word limit.

Ryan

Okay call me crazy but did you try the one from the Windows 2000 Professional resource kit? Works fine for me, and yes you scan scehdule AT jobs to run it, and you can shutdown other machines on the network too.

I can e-mail it to you if you like.