Remote Shutdown

I tried to remote shutdown an XP SP3 workstation from a windows 7 workstation.
I used the following command:

"shutdown /m \\huttesrv001.hutte.local /s /f"

but I always get an error: "huttesrv001.hutte.local: Access is denied.(5)"

where huttesrv001.hutte.local is the name of the remote workstation I want to shutdown. (I used the IP address instead of the name with same results).

my logon account (name and password) is the same on both workstations)

I stopped the Firewall settings on the XP workstation but to no avail.

When I make a Remote Desktop Connection to the XP workstation I can shutdown it from there.

Has anyone an idea how I can force a remote shutdown?

does the shutdown -i work when you enter the machine name and credentials?

your username will have to be: remotemachine\username

From the cobwebs of my brain:

Establish a connection first so that you are authenticated, such as mapping a drive. Windows is supposed to remember that association and use it when you run the shutdown command.

Again, that's from the dusty old cobwebs of my memory. Hope that's right.

Much appreciated both for the quick answer.
A very strange thing happened this morning:when I booted my PC: everything worked as it should be: I can remotely startup and shutdown my remote XP workstation!
glad of fcourse but now I'll never know why it didn't work yesterday.
nevertheless, I'll keep your replies in mind.
I put the 2 commands (startup and shutdown) in Gpedit.msc -Computer Configuration - Windows Settings - Scripts(Startup/Shutdown) so the remote PC starts up and shuts down with my Windows 7 workstation.

I have 2 scripts running through:
GpEdit.msc
Computer Configuration
Windows Settings
Scripts (Startup/shutdown)

the startup script starts a remote PC (=OK)
the shutdown script shuts down the remote PC (= NOT OK)

the shutdown script works well if I execute it manually.
is it possible that when the script runs during shutdown the network is already unavailable? And how can I solve this problem.

It doesn't seem to work in Windows Home Premium. There is no gpedit.msc. I can't get the win7 home premium to remotely shutdown. Haven't tried the remote desktop option, I really want to run dos shutdown command. If you don't remember what dos is, it's the real man's operating system that was here before the himem application called windows came along.

Remote Desktop will shut down a computer but it must be running either Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition. Home editions are not supported. Almost any computer can initiate the shutdown.

I can shutdown a Virtual Machine (Windows 7 Home Premium) with PSTools of Sysinternals Suite.
SysInternals Pro: Using PsTools to Control Other PCs from the Command Line

You will need to (on the machine you want to remotely control):

To tweak UAC to enable PsTools to run you’ll want to open up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Once you are there, create a new 32-bit DWORD on the right-hand side, give it the name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and the value of 1. You don’t have to restart the computer to make the setting take effect.

Then enable Remote Registry on remote machine if needed:

Code:

psservice \\computername -u username -p password start RemoteRegistry

Once you gain access:

Code:

psshutdown \\computername -u username -p password

Not sure if you need to -u -p each and every time!