Force shut down of Windows

[Bruce Kreft]

I am running Windows XP Professional on my computer at
home. My kids use the computer and have their own sign
on. I need a way to force a shutdown or log off at a
given time. NT used to have this as part of the profile
for each user. I purchased a third party program ShutDown
Plus Professional, but the kids have found a way to
circumvent the program, am not sure how, but they have.
There has to be a way to force a shutdown or log off
without the user preventing the program from running. I
had set up the schduler to run a shutdown command but I
think they are using one of the function keys to prevent
the program from running. Even if I have to purchase a
third party program, I will, as I find it hard to believe
there is not a way to force a shutdown. This computer is
not networked.

[Florian]

Bruce Kreft wrote:
> I am running Windows XP Professional on my computer at
> home. My kids use the computer and have their own sign
> on. I need a way to force a shutdown or log off at a
> given time. NT used to have this as part of the profile
> for each user. I purchased a third party program ShutDown
> Plus Professional, but the kids have found a way to
> circumvent the program, am not sure how, but they have.
> There has to be a way to force a shutdown or log off
> without the user preventing the program from running. I
> had set up the schduler to run a shutdown command but I
> think they are using one of the function keys to prevent
> the program from running. Even if I have to purchase a
> third party program, I will, as I find it hard to believe
> there is not a way to force a shutdown. This computer is
> not networked.

If the kids don't have the administrator password then I would suggest
the following:

Obtain a command line file to shutdown windows - the resource kit used
to have something called "shutdown.exe" - if you search on Google then I
am sure that you will find something out there.

Copy that file somewhere onto the harddisk but make sure that only the
administrator and/or the SYSTEM account have access to it.

Then schedule this shutdown application to run at a given time. There
should be no way for anybody to circumvent this if they don't have the
proper permissions.

I hope this helps ...

[Bruce Kreft]

Thank you for the info on the shutdown.exe. I had already
performed this function. What I have learned is that
using scheduler to run the bat file (shutdown) is not
permitted by a user log in. I then changed the log in to
mine (administrator) and it would not permit. How do I
set up scheduler to run a bat file on a user log in??


>-----Original Message-----
>Bruce Kreft wrote:
>> I am running Windows XP Professional on my computer at
>> home. My kids use the computer and have their own sign
>> on. I need a way to force a shutdown or log off at a
>> given time. NT used to have this as part of the
profile
>> for each user. I purchased a third party program
ShutDown
>> Plus Professional, but the kids have found a way to
>> circumvent the program, am not sure how, but they
have.
>> There has to be a way to force a shutdown or log off
>> without the user preventing the program from running.
I
>> had set up the schduler to run a shutdown command but
I
>> think they are using one of the function keys to
prevent
>> the program from running. Even if I have to purchase a
>> third party program, I will, as I find it hard to
believe
>> there is not a way to force a shutdown. This computer
is
>> not networked.
>
>If the kids don't have the administrator password then I
would suggest
>the following:
>
>Obtain a command line file to shutdown windows - the
resource kit used
>to have something called "shutdown.exe" - if you search
on Google then I
>am sure that you will find something out there.
>
>Copy that file somewhere onto the harddisk but make sure
that only the
>administrator and/or the SYSTEM account have access to
it.
>
>Then schedule this shutdown application to run at a
given time. There
>should be no way for anybody to circumvent this if they
don't have the
>proper permissions.
>
>I hope this helps ...
>
>.
>