Microsoft KB Archive/188048

= SMS: Smsboot.exe Description and Syntax =

Article ID: 188048

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q188048



SUMMARY
Smsboot.exe, included in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit: Part One, 1996, restarts a remote computer that runs Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation.

Smsboot.exe runs on the following hardware platforms: Alpha, MIPS, x86.



MORE INFORMATION
The following is a sample command line. The description of each option or switch is included below.

smsboot -n:remote_computer  [-d:delay]  [-f]  [-m:"message"]  [-r]

Where:
 * -n:remote_computer specifies the NetBIOS machine name of a remote computer to restart. Note that SMSBOOT cannot restart the local computer.
 * -d:delay specifies the number of seconds before shutdown of the remote computer. The default is 30.
 * -f specifies that SMSBOOT will not wait for applications with pending changes. The default is to wait for each application with a pending change.
 * -m:"message" specifies a message to be displayed on the remote computer console. The default is "Remote shutdown initiated."
 * -r specifies that SMSBOOT will not prompt the remote computer console to restart after shutdown. The default is to prompt before restarting.
 * /? provides a usage statement.

Additional query words: prodsms reboot rebooting rebooted

Keywords: kbinfo kbsmsutil KB188048

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