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Is it possible to Lock, Logoff, Restart or Shutdown network PCs remotely?

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The simple answer to this is yes.

Firstly, visit: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsShutdown.html and down PsShutdown.exe. Move the file to a suitable location on your PC or a server (NO INSTALL REQUIRED). Now you can use a command prompt to Lock, Logoff, Restart or Shutdown any of your PCs.

Example 1:
PsShutdown.exe -u username -p password -l \\*
Would instantly lock ALL PCs on the current domain.

Example 2:
psShutDown -u username -p password -r -c -t 60 -m "Message to users" \\*
Would restart ALL PCs on the current domain after 60 seconds, display a message to explain and allow the user to cancel.

Tip 1:
Make your life easier, make sure all your PCs have an administrator account with a standard username and password.

Tip 2:
You could write a batch file to save your commands (for quick use).

Tip 3:
You could run this on a schedule via "Scheduled Tasks".