XP Ships with shutdown.exe, and is also found on Windows Server 2003. You can download a copy for Windows 2000, and Windows 2000 server as it is found in the AdminPak.msi suite of software. XP a& Win server 2003 ship with the .exe
the windows XP/2003 uses the "-" as the flag seperator, but windows 2000 uses the "/" as the flag seperator
for XP, go to the command prompt and type:
shutdown /?
this will show all of the available options. I use it all the time to reboot my servers in the middle of the night via a scheduled .bat file
this is a sample of how to reboot in 60 seconds, with a comment to the popup
shutdown -r -t 60 -c "Your message ( optional)"
to cancel, just type
shutdown -a
for shutdown
shutdown -s -t 60 -c "your message(optional)"
