On Apr 29 09:27, Wheeler, Frederick W (Research) wrote: > > I have found that when I "Lock Computer" in Windows 2000 just after running > "shutdown --exitex 10" then the computer does not shut down. Nothing > happens. The command just exits. > > When the computer is not locked, "shutdown --exitex 10" does a complete > shutdown and power off. > > If I lock the computer right after running "shutdown 10" (no --exitex) then > the computer does shutdown, but does not power off. I get the "It is now > safe to turn off your computer" screen. I get the same behavior from > "shutdown 10" even if the computer is not locked.
If the Workstation is locked, you must add the -f (or --force) flag to force the system to shut down. At least that's documented for XP. If it doesn't work for 2K, I don't know how to workaround it. There's no such thing as an UnlockWorkstation function, AFAICS. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
