Script to shutdown computers.

[BJG]

I've recently started using psshutdown to switch off groups of computers at the end of the day. But I'd prefer not to shut down any computers that are logged in. Methinks a bit of scripting with psloggedon will be necessary. Anyone set things up like this...?

[CyberNerd]

Some kind edugeeker wrote this batch file:

at | find "shutdown.exe" > c:\atlist.txt
for /F "tokens=1" %%a in (c:\atlist.txt) do at %%a /delete
at 23:15 /every:m,t,w,th,f,s,su %SystemRoot%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0 -f

I call it as a startup script from GPO to ensure computers are shutdown at 23:15

[powdarrmonkey]

Shutdownertron, whilst it isn't user-aware, does allow a user to override it so that they can carry on uninterrupted, and has a variable delay on it.

[BJG]

Thanks for the replies. Does that script avoid computers that are logged in, while shutting down ones that are logged out...? If so, how does it work...?