Any idea how to reboot a windows server when remote desktop wont connect?
 

2 of my servers just keep kicking me out. Theyre up but remote desktop wont refuses to connect. I need to reboot them but im tired of mailing support all the time. I guess there is no other solution?

*cough spammer cough*

:winkwink:

APC Remote Reboot Switch

You could just hit the reset switch.:Graucho

Seriously though if it is Win2k Advanced you should have terminal services installed and you can connect via that and log in with an admin account and reboot that way. If not then I would talk to the support guys and find out why UDP is not working. Just my :2 cents:

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What?

Answers are already giving....Remote reboot switch, or Terminal services...

Especially the first one is perfect, because that one also works when the server is almost dead :)

You can also install NETOP remote control... That also works when Windows won't boot...So it also connects to the box in dos mode etc

Andre

Press the power button on the server.

Fuck i dont have remote reboot enabled for that account.

Looks like i need to mail them again :/

The computers plug into a switch that is connected to the Internet. This switch controls the power to the computer. The switch has a web-based interface through its IP that you can access and reboot the computer by cutting its power, amongst other things.

Stick your cock in the power switch :Graucho

ironically it would suck if the apc failed to connect
then youd need to remote reboot the remote reboot switch

chicken and the egg

Ya i got it, the thing is i dont have that enabled. Its 20 bucks a month extra at managed.com and normally i have no need for it, if i need a reboot i just do that through remote desktop.

Then you might want to try the DOS thing mentioned above.

I'm going to try the switch method on my home computer. I found a home-use one for $250.

Sorry but im a server idiot. How does the dos thing work?

You would have to ask justsexxx. I've never heard of it before, I'm no tech either. :)

The main question you should be asking yourself is why are you using Windows servers in the first place.

A friend of mine is a tech guy. He fix TV's radio's etc for a living.

Anyway, he bought a cheap cell phone with vibration function, and a sim card for a number.

He opened the phone, took all kinda stuff out of it, and connected it to the ON/OFF thing on his motherboard of the PC. Then he soldered it, and fixed some other stuff. CLosed the PC, and with the eye you don't see a thing.

Now when he calls his "pc" it turns ON, when he calls again, it switch OFF :)

Really funny, and sometimes useful

Andre

Coool!! I´d like that:)

When you live in The Netherlands I'm sure he can fix it for some bucks for ya

Andre

I´m in sweden but... cool.. yeah:)

Oh ok:-) Say hi to Swedguy and Sensei then :-)

http://www1.nl.conrad.com/m/1000_199..._00_FB.EPS.jpg

De STD32 is een eenvoudig te installeren en te bedienen telematicamodule. Met de STD32 kunt u met een normale mobiele telefoon tweerelais schakelen en de toestand van twee digitale ingangen bewaken. Naast de STD32 heeft u alleen nog een SIM-kaart van een willekeurige telefoonaanbieder nodig (bijv. KPN, Orange, Telfort, Vodafone, T-Mobile). Typische toepassingen zijn het schakelen van (garage-) deuropeners, verlichting en alarminstallaties, alsmede het genereren van alarmmeldingen (alarm-SMS) of het controleren van deursensoren, bewegingsmelders, niveausensoren, enz.
Technische spec.: Voedingsspanning 9 - 15 V ? Stroomverbruik 500 mA ? Max. schakelstroomsterkte 6 A ? Max. schakelspanning 250 V~ ? Ingangsspanning (digitale ingangen) logisch 1: 12 V; logisch 0: 0 V; ingangsstroomsterkte 10 mA ? GSM dualband EGSM 900/1800 MHz, compatibel met ETSI GSM fase 2+ Standard ? Temperatuurbereik -30 tot +75 °C ? Afm. (lxbxh) 100 x 53 x 25 mm ? Gewicht 100 g.
Module, printplaat kant-en-klaar opgebouwd en getest.


Per telefoon schakelen
Melding aan max. 5 gebruikers
Besturing van max. 100 apparaten
Met GSM-module en antenne
Ideaal voor gebruik met prepaid-kaarten

Wist niet dat het ook kant en klaar te koop was :-) Maar zijn oplossing is vast goedkoper :-) Vond het wel grappig. Maar echt habdig voor een thuis pc is het ook weer niet. Ben benieuwd of dit aparaat ook herkend of iets AAN of UIT is. Hij kan dat nl niet....

Straks staat je garage per ongeluk open :D En of het beveiligd is met een code. Straks belt de service desk van je provider je op, staat je huis ineens open :D

Andre

andre : dit zijn telematica modules dus daar is in principe alles mee mogelijk, dik 200 euro via conrad, profi merken zijn een stuk meer, als je handig bent knutsel je zelf zoiets voor weinig in elkaar, maar om 230 te schakelen ermee zou ik toch wel wat beveiligingen erin bouwen ja :)

(sorry for the dutch guys not about hot girls move along :Graucho )

Thanks, damn an orgy with 4 hot teen girls. I'm in!

:Graucho

Serieus, dankje.

I wonder if that would work on my wife? could come in handy.:Graucho

Most hosts give that to you for free, well mine does anyway. But if yous charges i would suggest you pay the fee to save you in the future. But even if your host doesnt use them cant they reboot the server for you? I would think that the time it took you to post this thread you could have had them reboot the server for you?:2 cents:

in handy :1orglaugh

if your login has admin privs you can use shutdown.exe which is included in the Win2000 resource kit...

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hth...