Windows – Restart computer over the Internet via command line

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Is it possible to restart a computer over the internet via command prompt?

I know you can restart/shutdown in network using:

shutdown /m \\mycomputer /r /t 0

I have been able to use this in conjunction with VPN to restart my computer. But I was wondering if there was a way to use the IP address and perhaps an open port to send the command to the remote computer. Is this possible?

Best Answer

The easiest way to do this is enable the telnet server on your target machine. Windows server 2000 and newer has it, as well as Windows 7 and Vista.

Then forward port 23 (telnet) from your router to your target machine's internal IP.

You would then be able to telnet to the public IP of your router and get a command prompt on your internal machine.

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If not, you can use PsShutdown to shutdown a remote computer. Or, you can use PsExec and call the shutdown command.

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Windows Remote Assistance over Internet (through NAT)

As @SachinDivekar mentioned, you will need to get the public IP of the remote host, and have forwarding set up for port 3389 on the remote router.

Alternatively, I recommend using something like https://join.me/. It's simple and intuitive, requires no (permanent) software on the remote host, and will run easily through most routers and firewalls. It's created and hosted by the makers of LogMeIn.

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