Shutdown

Shuts down Windows XP and optionally restarts the computer or logs off the current user.

 shutdown [[-l | -s | -r | -a]] [-f] -m[\\computer]] [-t xx] [-c "msg"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]

Parameters

Parameter	Purpose

`[−l]`	Logs the current user off.
`[−s]`	Shuts the local computer down.
`[−r]`	Restarts the computer once it has been shut down.
`[−a]`	Aborts the shutdown process.
`[−f]`	Forces the termination of active applications.
`-m[\\computer]]`	Allows for the specification of a remote computer.
`[−t xx]`	Specifies the amount of time to wait before the shutdown occurs.
`[−c` '`msg`'`]`	Displays a message in the System Shutdown dialog message area.
`[−d[u][p]:xx:yy]`	Lists a reason code for the shutdown (`u` = user code, `p` = planned shutdown code, `xx` = a major reason code with a value between 0 and 255, and `yy` = a minor reason code with a value of 0 to 65536).