[windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:30:08 +0100
Nice!
--
/Sorin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Sullivan, Glenn
>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:49 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>
>I do the same thing with the "Net View" command.
>
><----------Start Script---------------->
>for /f "skip=1" %%i in ('net view') do call Process %%i
>goto :eof
>
>:Process
>If "%1"=="Server1" goto :eof
>If "%1"=="Server2" goto :eof
>
>(and so on)
>
>If "%1"=="Server50" goto :eof
>Shutdown -s -m %1
>
>:EOF
><----------end Script---------------->
>
>Basically add a line into the "process" section for each server that you
DON'T want to
>shut down, and then run it.
>
>If you want to see a list of the computers that WILL shutdown, replace the
shutdown
>command with:
>
>Echo %1
>
>HTH,
>
>Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>David Clark Company Inc.
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Patrick
>Posted At: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:32 AM
>Posted To: Windows 2000
>Conversation: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>
>
>Yep,
>
>That is the way I have done it in the past. good old hyena. I thought
hibernate would be
>good enough, but they are insisting on shutdown.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Patrick
>
>
>________________________________
>
>From: Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:26:31 AM
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>
>Isn't hibernate good enough? What's the actual saving on shutting down
>completely vs hibernate?
>
>Anyway, roll out a startup script and add an at-job to be run at 1900hrs. I
>believe MS has some shutdown tools. Or just use Sysinternals psexec and
>psshutdown.
>
>The way I do (similar stuff) it, is to occasionally use Hyena to get an
updated
>list of all computers on the domain and dump that list to text file, eg
>computers.txt. Then I have a scheduled task on my computer to run
>
>"C:\Program Files\pstools\psexec" @c:\computers.txt -s
>"%programfiles%\pstools\psshutdown -f -k"
>
>Or something like that.
>--
>/Sorin
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>On Behalf Of Patrick
>>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:39 AM
>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>>
>>Well sort of. The school is looking for a solution were by pc's are turned
off
>>auto
>>everyday @ 7pm. We also want the ability to send the monitor into power save
>>mode.
>>
>>This tool looks great, but it seems it will only solve the latter problem, I
am
>>still stuck
>>with finding a solution that actually shuts down the pc at a certain time. I
>>know this is
>>possible with a script, but that means constantly updating the list of
>>computers when
>>ever a new one is joined onto the domain
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>From: Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:00:32 AM
>>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>>
>>I believe your problems can be solved with the "Terra Novum EZ GPO Tool" for
>>setting standby timeouts for computer and monitor etc for WinXP machines
(Vista
>>already supports this AFAIK).
>>
>>Check http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html. It's free.
>>
>>I've run this for well over a year, probably two, and it works fine. An
>>ADM-template is included IIRC, and the software itself comes as a
msi-package
>>to
>>deploy ever AD with a GPO.
>>
>>More info on http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/index.html.
>>
>>Are you on a green-spree at work? ;-)
>>--
>>/Sorin
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>On Behalf Of Patrick
>>>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:49 AM
>>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [windows2000] Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>>>
>>>Hi Guys,
>>>
>>>We are trying to setup a process were all pc's are turned off at a certain
>>>time
>>>of the
>>>day. Just wondering if this is archievable with GPO, I have looked thru,
but
>>>can not
>>>seem to find anything, all I see are suggestions of using scripts to do
this.
>>>Also we
>>>would like to turn off monitors if they have remained idle for about
30mins,
>>>would this
>>>be a powersave mode setting?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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