cpjitservices Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Hi guys and girls, Is there a way of shutting down all PC's on the Domain through a GP at certain times ?? I want to set all the machine to turn off at 6:30 PM in the office but without going to every machine and manually setting a scheduled task. Thanks
ZeroHour Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Also you can use GP to deploy a scheduled task which runs a shutdown.exe command on the workstations as well.
icttech Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Hi yes there is. Search for Shutdownertron Shutdownertron Really easy to implement installs extra policy in GP (force, time etc) , and has a msi which deploys to clients. Works a treat at our place. 2
cpjitservices Posted August 3, 2011 Author Posted August 3, 2011 Shutdownertron looks like the job! see if my machines shutdown at 6:30 tonight! Thanks!
TheScarfedOne Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 ZH beat me to it! Thats what i do.... GP preference > Scheduled task
timbo343 Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Depends on what version of windows you are running and if you have your DCs on 2008 R2. You cannot (well i dont think you can) roll out schedule tasks via group policy from a domain running 2008 R2 to machines running XP, XP just wont pick up the settings. If you are on windows XP, have a a bat script which add a schedule task to the machine if you are still running xp. You just need to change the computer name at the end of the script. If you are running win7 then use schedule tasks via group policy
FN-GM Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Hi yes there is. Search for Shutdownertron Shutdownertron Really easy to implement installs extra policy in GP (force, time etc) , and has a msi which deploys to clients. Works a treat at our place. Doesnt work properly with windows 7
ZeroHour Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Depends on what version of windows you are running and if you have your DCs on 2008 R2. You cannot (well i dont think you can) roll out schedule tasks via group policy from a domain running 2008 R2 to machines running XP, XP just wont pick up the settings. If you are on windows XP, have a a bat script which add a schedule task to the machine if you are still running xp. You just need to change the computer name at the end of the script. If you are running win7 then use schedule tasks via group policy No XP supports GPP with the client installed via WSUS or manually and these settings can be deployed from 2000 DC's onwards I am sure.
TheMinister Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 It's so much simpler to run a batch file - especially if the shutdown times need to be changed quickly.
Stuart_C Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 Personally I go for a batch files run from the server to shutdown the remote machine. (actually it's about 8 so I can shut down different blocks at different times)
jjoe90 Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I implemented batch file for 12 IT rooms, works a treat.
penfold Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Personally I go for a batch files run from the server to shutdown the remote machine. (actually it's about 8 so I can shut down different blocks at different times) I used this method so I could seperate rooms for when they were used for afterschool homework clubs etc. Then also ran a blanket batch for later in the evening to catch any that had been turned on after batch file had been run.
jjoe90 Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I used this method so I could seperate rooms for when they were used for afterschool homework clubs etc. Then also ran a blanket batch for later in the evening to catch any that had been turned on after batch file had been run. Snap, i have also created wake batch files now,
Stuart_C Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Personally I go for a batch files run from the server to shutdown the remote machine. (actually it's about 8 so I can shut down different blocks at different times) The only "problem" I found was that I need to run the shutdown command twice for my Win7 machines as I've got an agressive power saving policy that puts them to sleep so the first shutdown actually wakes the computer up, the second shuts it down.
gaz350 Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 The only "problem" I found was that I need to run the shutdown command twice for my Win7 machines as I've got an agressive power saving policy that puts them to sleep so the first shutdown actually wakes the computer up, the second shuts it down. Could explain why it didn't work for me too of course I never bothered hanging around at night to find out why!
Stuart_C Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Could explain why it didn't work for me too of course I never bothered hanging around at night to find out why! You also need to go into Device Manager, Network Card, Power Management and untick the box that says "Only magic packets can wake this PC up". Either that or WOL your whole network then shut it all down. Which is silly.
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