How to shut down a Windows Server in an Emergency
Shutting down a Windows server (applies to Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2):
You can shut down a server by using either 1) shutdown.exe or 2) PsShutdown.
- To locally or remotely shut down a server by using the built-in command shutdown.exe
English: Restart or Shut Down a Remote Computer and Document the Reason
Japanese: Restart or Shut Down a Remote Computer and Document the Reason
NOTE: To see the parameters for Shutdown.exe, type shutdown /? at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. The account you use must have Administrator permissions to shut down the server.
To use the System Internals tool PsShutdown to initiate a shutdown of the local or a remote computer, log off a user, lock a system, or abort an imminent shutdown (PsShutdown requires no manual installation of client software):