Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: Shutdown 1.7-1 problem when w2k screen is locked Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 10:26:40 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Wheeler, Frederick W \(Research\)" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2005 14:24:44.0264 (UTC) FILETIME=[AF8CA680:01C54F22] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id j42EP4mZ004447 > On Apr 29 09:27, Wheeler, Frederick W (Research) wrote: > > > > I have found that when I "Lock Computer" in Windows 2000 just after running "shutdown --exitex 10" > > then the computer does not shut down. Nothing happens. The command just exits. > > > > When the computer is not locked, "shutdown --exitex 10" does a complete shutdown and power off. > > > > If I lock the computer right after running "shutdown 10" (no --exitex) then the computer does shutdown, > > but does not power off. I get the "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen. I get the same > > behavior from "shutdown 10" even if the computer is not locked. > > If the Workstation is locked, you must add the -f (or --force) flag to > force the system to shut down. At least that's documented for XP. If > it doesn't work for 2K, I don't know how to workaround it. There's no > such thing as an UnlockWorkstation function, AFAICS. > > Corinna Using --force makes shutdown work in 2K, even if the computer is locked. I can't believe I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Thanks, Fred Wheeler -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/