Restarting Windows XP Remotely Using DOS

This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else ….

If you need to reboot a Windows XP machine from DOS prompt the command is:
shutdown -r

If you just use the command:
shutdown

without passing any other parameters to it you’ll get the help screen with a variety of options.

Kind of useful if your PC (located remotely) is acting up and a reboot is required 🙂