Guest ShadowTek Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 I need to script a forced reboot that will occur when certain conditions are meet. I tried to use "shutdown -r -f", but it would only shutdown Windows to the point where it says "Saving System Settings...", and then just it hangs there and never progresses past that point. I need a method that will actually force a reboot. Is there something else that I can try? I'm using XP Media Center SP3.
Guest Jason Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Can't force a reboot. Why do you need the reboot? "ShadowTek" <FAKE@EMAIL.ADDRESS> wrote in message news:Xns9B3112EEE2487psistormyamatocscom@85.214.90.236... >I need to script a forced reboot that will occur when certain conditions > are meet. I tried to use "shutdown -r -f", but it would only shutdown > Windows to the point where it says "Saving System Settings...", and then > just it hangs there and never progresses past that point. > > I need a method that will actually force a reboot. Is there something else > that I can try? > > I'm using XP Media Center SP3.
Guest Jason Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Can't force a reboot. Why do you need the reboot? "ShadowTek" <FAKE@EMAIL.ADDRESS> wrote in message news:Xns9B3112EEE2487psistormyamatocscom@85.214.90.236... >I need to script a forced reboot that will occur when certain conditions > are meet. I tried to use "shutdown -r -f", but it would only shutdown > Windows to the point where it says "Saving System Settings...", and then > just it hangs there and never progresses past that point. > > I need a method that will actually force a reboot. Is there something else > that I can try? > > I'm using XP Media Center SP3.
Guest ShadowTek Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Can't force a reboot. "Jason" <Jason@hotmail.com> wrote in news:umRNe4QKJHA.5904@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Why do you need the reboot? There is some kind of irreconcilable problem with my dialup internet connection software. It will sometimes hang, to such a degree that a reboot is the only cure. I should note that this inability to reboot also occurs at the same point in the shutdown process if I try to use the regular GUI reboot tab. Whatever problem caused the loss of internet connection and the complete lockup of the dialer software is also preventing the proper shutdown of Windows.
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