The moderator at answers.microsoft.com sent me here even though this doesn't seem like the right place.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-power/shut-down-a-computer-remotely-with-shutown-s/3745d216-aa72-4448-901a-e238d5c1a8c5?messageId=db4b845b-29d6-498a-a8d5-fb1308643458
I recently had to a clean reinstall on my Windows 10 computer.
I added the "Remote Desktop Users" group to "Force shutdown from a remote system" and "Shut down the system" under local security policy, as I want everybody I enable to remote into the computer to also be able to turn it off when they are done.
Yet I'm unable to shut down from either my Windows 7 computer or the old Windows XP computer (hey, I'm troubleshooting). Previously I had no issue shutting down all the computers at once with a simple batch file at night that simply does "shutdown -s -m \\computername" for each computer in question.
Trying to trouble shoot, I added my standard user account to "Force shutdown from a remote system" and I still get this error message:
[quote]
C:\Users\Slick>shutdown -s -m \\slicks10
slicks10: The entered computer name is not valid or remote shutdown is not suppo
rted on the target computer. Check the name and then try again or contact your s
ystem administrator.(53)
[/quote]
What did I forget to do to make this work? Obviously I forgot to change something to enable shutdown -s -m to work with my standard account on other computers. I had it fixed before I had to start from scratch.
P.S. I am the system administrator, I just use a different user account than the one I was trying to shut down the computer with to wear that hat.
