TO SHUT DOWN A WINDOWS 2008 SERVER CORE SYSTEM USING THE COMMAND PROMPT

TO SHUT DOWN A WINDOWS 2008 SERVER CORE SYSTEM:

Shutdown -s -t xx

Where,

-s = shut down

-t xx = time to wait before shutting down in seconds, where xx =0 to 600

TO SHUT DOWN A WINDOWS 2008 SERVER CORE SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY:

Shutdown -s -t 0

Where

 0 = wait zero seconds (shut down immediately)

TO RESTART A WINDOWS 2008 SERVER CORE SYSTEM:

Shutdown -r -t xx

where

-r = reboot

-t xx = time to wait before shutting down in seconds, where xx = 0 to 600

TO RESTART A WINDOWS 2008 SERVER CORE SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY:

Shutdown -r -t 0

where 0 = wait zero seconds (reboot immediately)