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Restart windows server remotely - When Server is not responding

Couple of ways to gain access or restart windows server remotely:

To access admin session, issue below command at command prompt:

mstsc /admin /v:servername  
 
To run as domain admin account to command prompt:

Runas /noprofile /user:domain\admin-username  cmd


To retsart safely, issue below command at "Runas" (from step above) command prompt:

shutdown /r /f /t 0 /m \\servername /c "Comment"