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I am connecting to my workspace 's PC (window xp) in my home using the company VPN. I can ping it successfully after connecting to the VPN .Is it possible to restart this PC remotely by using some scripts /tools ?

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Thanks , let me have a try – Ken Chan Feb 3 at 20:57
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you can use shutdown.exe. just type shutdown /? at a command prompt and it will contain all the necessary switches.

Something like this should work:

Shutdown.exe /r /f /m \\computername
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… and don't forget that the help for the shutdown command is not /h. That's hibernate. Someone does that at least once a quarter ;) – MikeyB Feb 3 at 21:26
HAH... i forgot that one. – Ben Campbell Feb 3 at 21:31
Really? That is such crappy UI! Sysadmins need some UX love too... – Martijn Heemels Feb 3 at 22:45
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@MartijnHeemels Use shutdown /i for an interactive GUI. – vcsjones Feb 5 at 15:40
@MartijnHeemels I don't care that much about UI... just a shutdown command. It's quick, it's easy and more importantly... it works. – Ben Campbell Feb 7 at 14:33
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Read up on the command sc.exe. On my Win7 PC it is at C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe.

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How exactly is sc going to help the OP? – MDMarra Feb 3 at 21:04
Good point, I was too quick to answer. I used to use sc to restart services (VNC), not the whole PC. – radim Feb 3 at 21:09
Who said anything about the OP using VNC? – MDMarra Feb 3 at 21:13
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