Remote Shutdown

[Danlewis3]

Good shutdown script dependent on the ou you pick

 

OPTION EXPLICIT

DIM cn,cmd,rs

DIM objRoot

DIM strRoot, strFilter, strScope

 

' *******************************************************************

' * Setup

' *******************************************************************

' Specify OU of computers you want to shutdown

strRoot = "OU=IT Suites,dc=mine,dc=com"

' Default filter for computer objects

' You might want to use a different filter. By operating system for example:

' (&(objectCategory=Computer)(operatingSystem=Windows XP*))

strFilter = "(objectCategory=Computer)"

' Search child organizational units. Use "onelevel" to search only the specified OU.

strScope = "subtree"

 

' *******************************************************************

 

SET cmd = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Command")

SET cn = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Connection")

SET rs = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Recordset")

 

cn.open "Provider=ADsDSOObject;"

cmd.activeconnection = cn

 

cmd.commandtext = ";" & strFilter & ";" & _

"name;" & strScope

'**** Bypass 1000 record limitation ****

cmd.properties("page size")=1000

 

SET rs = cmd.EXECUTE

 

WHILE rs.eof <> TRUE AND rs.bof <> TRUE

wscript.echo "Shutting Down " & rs("name") & "..."

ShutDownComputer(rs("name"))

 

rs.movenext

WEND

 

cn.close

 

' Subroutine to shutdown a computer

PRIVATE SUB ShutDownComputer(BYVAL strComputer)

DIM strShutDown,objShell

 

' -s = shutdown, -t 60 = 60 second timeout, -f = force programs to close

strShutdown = "shutdown.exe -s -t 60 -f -m \\" & strComputer

 

SET objShell = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell")

 

objShell.Run strShutdown, 0, FALSE

 

END SUB

[danrhodes]

We use shutdownatron, it integrates with GP and works really well.

[Danlewis3]

i would rather have one on a scheduled task like you can with the above then if any one needs a computer suite leaving on longer you can change the task quicker than changing a group policy.

[powdarrmonkey]

At the risk of derailing the thread (so my one and only post to it):

 

i would rather have one on a scheduled task like you can with the above then if any one needs a computer suite leaving on longer you can change the task quicker than changing a group policy.

 

Relevant doc: Shutdownertron - Administrator’s Guide. Additionally, Shutdownertron polls policy every minute to collect changes, so the maximum time by default is an hour and a half between updates (the time here is the policy update interval in Windows, 1 hour plus or minus a random offset of 30 minutes).