Trying to use net use and shutdown.exe command ERROR

Question

Have three computers all part of the same workgroup so no domain. Two computers running Windows 8.1 Pro and the third computer is running Windows 10 Pro. I'm executing a batch file from one of the two Windows 8.1 computer trying to shutdown the other Windows 8.1 computer. I followed the steps shown at the following link.

Trying to use the following commands to shutdown a Windows 8.1 computer using a batch file.

net use \\XFL-DEVS\IPC$   password!   /USER:vmehra
shutdown.exe /s /m \\XFL-DEVS /t 10

Get the following error(s) right after the net use command

System error 1326 has occurred. The user name or password is incorrect.

Get the following error(s) after the shutdown command xfl-devs: Access is denied.(5)

Answer 1

See the Microsoft article Restart or Shut Down a Remote Computer and Document the Reason on the requirements for remote shutdown.

The complete syntax of the command is:

shutdown /[r|s] /m \\**ComputerName /c "Comment" /d [u|p] <xx>:<yy>

See the article for the explanation of the arguments.

Some important remarks:

• Membership in the Administrators group, or equivalent, on the remote computer is the minimum required to complete this procedure
• The Remote Registry service must be enabled on the remote computer for Shutdown Event Tracker to record information
• To shut down or restart a remote computer, the Remote Administration and Windows Management Instrumentation firewall exceptions must be enabled on the remote computer.