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I am trying to remotely shutdown a computer on our home network which consists of just a couple of computers.
When I try to do this, on any program that I use, it says that I do not have administrative privileges for this computer.
Here are a couple of questions that I will answer now:
YES, I am using an admin account on this computer.
YES, all of the computers on the network are using the same workgoup.
YES, they are all under the same access point, and I am using the right ip addresses/computer names.
YES, I have changed the firewalls on the computers to accept the connection.
Thanks in advance.
How are you logging in to the remote computer. If you are logging in under a user account then you will need to log in to the admin account of the remote computer.
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I am not logging onto the remote computer, merely accessing it, sending a command.
And yes, the remote computer is logged on to an admin account.
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YES, I am using an admin account on this computer.
But are you using an admin account on that computer?
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Try this.D/L this and go tools at the bottom. Run repair permissions.
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"When I try to do this, on any program that I use" What command are you sending and using what program? What syntax? What is the exact error you're getting?
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Yes, I am.
So the account you log onto on your PC (with a password) is identical in terms of name and password to an administrator account on the remote PC? And the PCs' clocks are synchronized to +/- a few seconds?
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The computer that I am using to shut down the other computer does not have a password, (I know, I know, I will get it) and neither does the computer that I am remotely accessing.
Both of the computers do not have the same username, why?
And yes, the clocks are both synchronized to a very similar time.
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To answer your question about the program that I am using, I am using some freeware software, one in particular is called Poweroff.
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Both of the computers do not have the same username, why?
When you ask to shutdown the remote computer, you must send credentials the remote system will acknowledge. Without AD, the remote PC will check against its own list of users. As Windows automatically sends your current user name and password, identical logons equates to transparent network authentication. Also, WinXP+ will ignore any network access request for an account without a password. (Guest account excluded, of course.)The computer that I am using to shut down the other computer does not have a password, (I know, I know, I will get it)
Pfft, I don't care. Windows does, though. By extension, you do as well. For ease of use, I set a password, then used TweakUI to enable automatic logon on PC start.OP: YES, I am using an admin account on this computer.
The other PC cares about itself, not your PC. Otherwise I could shut down your PC from across the globe, just because I was the admin of my machine.
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According to the Documentation, PowerOff needs to be running on the remote machine as well. Is it?
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Just a quick suggestion to the op, instead of having to put power off on every box, why not just use the built in shutdown tool in xp? in run type "shutdown -i" with out the "s and it'll give you a gui to shut down remote computers.
You still need to solve the login problem so perhaps you could give each of your boxes admin passwords so that you can remotely orthenticate with them but then as razor does just set up automatic logons?
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Cool feature, bmustillrose! Never knew that would work on a client machine.
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