shuting down your pc over the LAN

Nov 2, 2009

Posted by bogonko

This post is designed to teach you how to shut down your pc (personal computer) over the local area network.
If you computer is connected to a local area network you can easily switch it over over the LAN. This is pretty useful if you want to stay logged onto you account for a longer time...

Follow the following steps to shut down your pc over the lan.

step 1
Right click on your desktop and create a new shortcut.

step 2
Type shutdown.exe -i

step 3
Click next, type in name for your short-cut e.g. shutdown computers

step 4
Click finish.

step 5
Run the short-cut you just created. Now you can browse the network for computers to shutdown/reboot etc. or just type in the IP/Name of the computer.


You can even broadcast a message, and schedule the shutdown.

This is a Cool way for sysadmins.

NOTE: You will only be able to shut down computers that you have admin access on!

Using net send on Windows XP Service Pack 2

Posted by bogonko

symtoms
After you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) on your computer, you may not be able to send or to receive messages by using the Windows operating system NET SEND command. You may notice this problem in one or in all the following scenarios:

• When you use the NET SEND notification method to notify a SQL Server operator about the events that have occurred on the instance of SQL Server.
  
• When you run the NET SEND command by using the xp_cmdshell extended system stored procedure to send a message to a user or to a computer on the network.
  

Additionally, you may receive the following error message when you try to send a message by using the NET SEND command:

An error occurred while sending a message to "Computer Name". The message alias could not be found on the network. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2273.

This problem occurs when one of the following conditions is true:

• The source computer is running Microsoft Windows XP SP2.
  
• The destination computer is running Microsoft Windows XP SP2.
  

As a result, the destination computer does not receive the messages that are sent by the NET SEND command. possible causes This problem occurs because the Messenger service is disabled. The messenger service must run on the destination computer to enable the NET SEND command. By default, the Messenger service is disabled on computers that are running Microsoft Windows XP SP2. solving To work around this problem, change the Startup type of the Messenger service to Automatic, and then start the Messenger service. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open Windows Explorer.
   
2. In the left pane, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
   
3. In the Computer Management window, expand Services and Applications in the left pane, and then click Services.
   
4. In the right pane, double-click Messenger.
   
5. In the Messenger Properties (Local Computer) dialog box, click the General tab.
   
6. On the General tab, select Automatic from the Startup type list, and then click Apply.
   
7. Under Service status, click Start, and then click OK.
   

status This behavior is by design. More Informaiton You can use an alternative method such as sending an e-mail message to communicate with Windows users or with computers instead of using the NET SEND command. Caution Do not enable the Messenger service if your computer is connected to the Internet. Get visual basic tutorials on www.vbasic.6te.net

Starting and using hyperterminal

Oct 22, 2009

Posted by bogonko

HyperTerminal is included with Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP computers. To start a HyperTerminal session click on START point to Programs > Accessories --> Communications --> HyperTerminal.

Note: The sample screen snapshots are from a Windows 2000 computer. Screens may vary slightly on other versions of Windows.



You will then be prompted to name the HyperTerminal session and select an icon for the session. The figure bellow shows an example session named Spectracom.



On the Connect To screen skip past the Country/region, Area code and Phone number configuration selections. In the Connect using box select the desired RS-232 port, COM 1, COM 2, etc. as shown in Figure 3. Click on the OK box to continue.



Next you will be prompted to enter the port properties. Select 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit and XON/XOFF flow control as shown below. Click on the OK box to continue. The HyperTerminal Session is now ready for use.

Note: When exiting HyperTerminal you will be given the option to save the session. Select yes to save for future use.



Thats just it. You have set up a hyperterminal connection...
Enjoy

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