Remote Shutdown

Installation

Function

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New in Version 1.2:

If the dialogue "Verbindung getrennt"- that means "Disconnected" appears, the tool automatically clicks on the the Re-Dial Button.
Sorry, AFAIK this function just works with german Win 98, as i don't know the Window titles and Button names in other OS'es. If you send me a picture of your Redial-Dialogue, i can implement it.

if the server is started up (RS should start automatically!) and in the time of 30 sec. nobody connects to it, I resume that the server has been started manually, so the Remote Shutdown is disabled. This is to prevent the client-users to shut down your PC while you are working. If they start the server with my tool, it connects automatically after startup. In this case they can also shut it down.

Attention: The Wake on LAN (WOL) Start Program is not included - I recommend WOL from  http://www.gknw.de/wol.html.

Description of Installation:

• Copy the exe file to both your server (the PC you want to be remotely started and shutdowned) and your client (the PC from which you control that).
  
  
• Go to settings (File -> Settings).
  
  • On the Client you switch to client - enter the pathname of the LANStart command (the folder where you copied Lanstartcmd.exe into).
    
    
  • Enter the IP-Adress of your Server (to find this out go to the server, click START-Run, than enter winipcfg. Now you can read the server's ip adress and note that).
    
    
  • Enter the MAC-Adress of the Server - same procedure than before.
    
    
  • SAVE THAT.
    
    
  • Now go to the Server - go to settings and switch to server mode.
    
    
  • Enter the Clients IP Adress (same procedure...)
    
    
  • Optionally, now you can enter an alternative shutdown command. If you're not sure, let it be - the default shutdown command is a windows command and should work on most systems !
    
    

• NOW IT'S SET UP - The only thing left that makes sense is to copy a shortcut to the exe-file to your Startup folder in the Startmenu on the Server. Then the program will be automatically executed each time the server is started, that gives you the ability to shut it down also. If you want it to be minimized every start instead of being in the middle of your screen, right-click the shortcut and choose properties - here you can configure that.
  
  
• Make also a shortcut to the program on the client - put it either on the desktop or in the startup folder 
  

Description of Function:

• After clicking the Button "Switch on" on the Client, the Lanstart Command including the MAC Adress of the server is executed. That start's up your server via WOL, if anything is properly configured.
  
  
• When the server finished loading Windows it will load also the program, which automatically tries to connect to your client machine. Once the connection is established, the client is able to shut down the server by clicking on "Shutdown".
  For the case that somebody is just working in that moment at the server, a messagebox will pop up on the server and count down 30 seconds. In that time the user of the server is able to interrupt the shutdown process. 
  
  
• It's also possible to chat with the program - Just enter some text in the white box and press enter. The Program on the other computer will automatically pop-up and display your message, as seen in the screenshots below.
  

Screenshots:

Note - That program is in fact just an adapted version of the CHAT-Example found in Borland Delphi 5. That's why it's icon is the same, and more or less the whole program looks the same.