Microsoft KB Archive/179416

= No Shutdown Notification When Users Are Connected =

Article ID: 179416

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179416



SUMMARY
If you shut down a Windows NT-based computer to which users are currently connected, no alert is sent regarding loss of the connections to the server or to the clients.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine if users are connected to network shares before shutting down a Windows NT-based computer, use the following steps:


 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Server.
 * 3) Click Users to display all currently connected users, and then click Close.

To warn all connected users that the network shares will no longer be available, type the following line at a command prompt

net send /users

where is the message you want to send.

Keywords: kbnetwork KB179416

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