Solved Remote Logoff Users?

[SonicAngel]

Hello everyone, first post here.

So here's the pickle: I work in a hospital with a pretty big network. Till now our help desk computers were all Win XP and were recently upgraded to Win 7.

Now in Win XP if the help desk person wanted to remote logoff a user (which happens a lot as computers are sometimes locked by a certain user but must be released) they simply remote managed that computer and clicked properties -> shutdown -> logoff and that would do the trick. In Win 7 however there is no Shutdown in Remote Manage and it's no longer possible to do this.

I was going to create a batch file using shutdown.exe but it turns out the -l trigger of that command is limited and won't allow the usage of -m in the same command.

Any other ideas?

 

[JubeiITSS8]

You should be able to shut it down like that:

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and click Command Prompt.
2. Type shutdown /i to display the Remote Shutdown dialog box (Shutdown.exe).
3. Under Computers, click Add to enter computer names, or click Browse to open the Find Computers dialog box.
4. Under What do you want these computers to do, click Restart or Shut down.
5. Select the appropriate reason for the restart or shutdown from the list.

 

[tgerbert]

psshutdown from SysInternals (www.sysinternals.com) has an option to logoff the console user of a remote user.

 

[SonicAngel]

You should be able to shut it down like that:

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and click Command Prompt.
2. Type shutdown /i to display the Remote Shutdown dialog box (Shutdown.exe).
3. Under Computers, click Add to enter computer names, or click Browse to open the Find Computers dialog box.
4. Under What do you want these computers to do, click Restart or Shut down.
5. Select the appropriate reason for the restart or shutdown from the list.

That would restart the computer, I just want to log off the user from the remote computer. (BTW I shoulda mentioned the workstations are all Win XP).

psshutdown from SysInternals (www.sysinternals.com) has an option to logoff the console user of a remote user.

Thanks, I'll check it out. I was kinda hoping there was a built in option to do this though.

 

[tgerbert]

Sysinternals is almost built-in - Microsoft bought'em up a little while ago and hired the guys that developed the tools.

You might be able to accomplish the same thing using at or schtasks and the builtin shutdown, but it'd just be much easier to use psshutdown.

 

[JDobbsy1987]

I have a VBScript that does this.

View attachment remote logoff.vbs

Run It >> Enter I.P Address or Computer Name >> Click OK

Hope this helps.


Regards,
JDobbsy1987

 

[SonicAngel]

I have a VBScript that does this.

View attachment 153854

Run It >> Enter I.P Address or Computer Name >> Click OK

Hope this helps.


Regards,
JDobbsy1987

That is just great! Just what i was looking for. Thanks a lot Dobbsy

 

[JDobbsy1987]

Glad i could be of help

 

[ws6driver]

I have a VBScript that does this.

View attachment 153854

Run It >> Enter I.P Address or Computer Name >> Click OK

Hope this helps.


Regards,
JDobbsy1987

DUDE thank you so much! i have been working on a vb app for my network! unfortunately i know nothing of programming. AMAZING job. you take donations?

 

[the9thwonder]

Besides entering the IP address of the computer you are trying to log off, are there any changes you need to make to the script for it to work?

Also, does it work on separate vlans?

 

[ws6driver]

Besides entering the IP address of the computer you are trying to log off, are there any changes you need to make to the script for it to work?

Also, does it work on separate vlans?

it worked for me on the same network. Vlans i dont know about

 

[SonicAngel]

Works for me on different Vlans with no problems at all.

 

[the9thwonder]

I get this error when trying to run it....

Script: location
Line: 2
Char: 1
Error: the remote server machine does nit exist or is unavailable: 'GetObject'
Code: 800A01CE
Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error

 

[SonicAngel]

Maybe you entered a wrong PCname or IP address?

Sounds like it.

 

[the9thwonder]

I get the same error no matter what IP address or computer name I put in.

 

[the9thwonder]

I'm running it from a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit service pack 1 pc to XP Pro service pack 2 pcs.

Is there something that might be blocking it, something on the network or destination pc? Are there permissions I need to check?

 

[rocknum]

I've been searching this for days. Thank you

 

[thor294]

getting error message:

Line: 2
Car: 1
Error: 0x80041003
Code: 80041003
Source: (null)

can't run the script as admin, could be why?

 

[thor294]

It was because of admin.

I ran it via a command prompt window (that I ran as admin)

It works perfectly! Thank you very very much!

 

[Robert 3]

Apparently this is still a problem?

I get this error when trying to run it....

Script: location
Line: 2
Char: 1
Error: the remote server machine does nit exist or is unavailable: 'GetObject'
Code: 800A01CE
Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error

I am left with the same situation as the9thwonder, and asking the same questions in order to try to get this working. And, like 9th I am sure of the IP addresses and machine names. I am trying this on my local LAN, though I would ultimately like to implement this on my VLAN.

Anyone ever found the answer on this old thread?