I have a MacBook pro and I would like to be able to shut down a Windows 7 computer connected to the same wifi. Please be detailed. Thanks
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How can I remotely shutdown a Windows computer over WIFI from a Mac?
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You mean shut it down like its just up and running (and you currently dont have access to the machine)?
... or do you mean you want to have remote access (so you can shut it down, reboot, access the system/console like youre sitting at the machine), and you can currently access/install/config remote access on the Winders© machine?
... or do you mean you want to have remote access (so you can shut it down, reboot, access the system/console like youre sitting at the machine), and you can currently access/install/config remote access on the Winders© machine?
have an account with remote access rights on the windows box
install Cygwin on the windows box.
This gets you ssh ability as its not supported on windows natively. You want SSH NOT telnet. Telnet is not secure. You can skip this step and use telnet but its a very bad idea. Of importance to you is telnet passes passwords in plaint text. Never a good thing over wifi, nor wired even.
open terminal on mac type:
ssh that_account_above@IPaddress (ip address of windows box)
put in password of account when prompted
now you are ssh'd into windows box at CLI level. To shutdown:
shutdown /s
edit: or.....
download apple;s free remote desktop tool, use that account that has remote access as credentials in the app and get remote desktop up and shutdown like you would normally. Command line you will find much faster
install Cygwin on the windows box.
This gets you ssh ability as its not supported on windows natively. You want SSH NOT telnet. Telnet is not secure. You can skip this step and use telnet but its a very bad idea. Of importance to you is telnet passes passwords in plaint text. Never a good thing over wifi, nor wired even.
open terminal on mac type:
ssh that_account_above@IPaddress (ip address of windows box)
put in password of account when prompted
now you are ssh'd into windows box at CLI level. To shutdown:
shutdown /s
edit: or.....
download apple;s free remote desktop tool, use that account that has remote access as credentials in the app and get remote desktop up and shutdown like you would normally. Command line you will find much faster
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Normally when connected through Remote Desktop you don't get "Shutdown" when you click on Start then look at that menu, you only get logoff and disconnect. To shut down, you would do a CTRL-ALT-END (from a Windows computer) or CTRL-ALT-DEL (I believe, from a Mac) and from that screen click the red shutdown button in the bottom right.