PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time 76 Stop-Computer
Continuing the series looking at new cmdlets available in PowerShell 2.0. This time we look at the Stop-Computer cmdlet.
What can I do with it?
Shutdown a local or remote computer
Example:
Immediately shutdown the computer Server01.
Stop-Computer -ComputerName Server01 -Force
How could I have done this in PowerShell 1.0?
You could have used the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI Class and the Win32Shutdown method.
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName Server01).Win32Shutdown(5)
Alternatively the Systinternals tool PSShutdown could be used to shutdown a local or remote computer.