A Shutdown tool is available at http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/shutdown.zip

e.g  shutdown\shutdown \\s004 /r /y /c "Restarting computer for maintance pb..."


O:\wpb\system\scripts>shutdown\shutdown /?
Release 2.0. 1993 Microsoft Corporation.

Usage: SHUTDOWN [/?] [\\Computer] [/L] [/A] [/R] [/T:xx] ["Msg"] [/Y] [/C]

/?              Shows this screen.
\\Computer      Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
/L              Specifies a local shutdown.
/A              Abortes a systemshutdown. This is only possible during the
                timeout period.If this switch is used, all other are ignored.
/R              Specifies that the machine should reboot after shutdown.
/T:xx           Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. default]
"Msg"           Specifies an additional message
/Y              Answer all following questinons with yes
/C              Forces running applications to close.
                ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the
                           applications option to save data which may
                           have changed. You will see no File-Save dialog
                           box, because NT will force the application to
                           close. This will result in a loss of all data

                           not previously saved !!!