Whenever you feel the need to restart or shut down your computer from a remote location, try these tools to see if they work. Use Remote Desktop Connection Restart using Windows PowerShell Restart ...

Ok so i am trying to remotely restart one of my machines at home, on the same lan as the other machine. I am RDP'd into a windows 7 box and trying to run the following command against a windows 8 ...

These 10 PowerShell commands will come in handy when you need to remotely manage computers on a domain or workgroup. Doing more with less is a common mantra bandied about in the workforce these days ...

When you want to reboot, shut down, and start multiple PCs easily, you can manage multiple units with one PC and can operate remote reboot, shutdown, startup etc without directly operating the PC ...

I'm not the biggest Rolling Stones fan, but I always liked Start Me Up, which by the way was a Windows 95 launch song. But now that we're in the 21st century, PowerShell has us singing a new tune.

If you use FileVault and wish to restart remotely, you can do so with the "fdesetup" command; however, this does have some hardware limitations. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has ...