The ability to restart and shutdown computers automatically or remotely is key to completing installs, fixing issues, or just having a hell of a time messing with end users. In this post ill detail all the switches and uses of the shutdown command.

For anyone that is not familiar with the command ‘shutdown’, it is a windows/dos function that controlls the the shutdown, logoff and restart of a compiter or server either locally or remotely.

Here are the switches 

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