IT guys, possible to remotely shutdown someone's PC at work?

[Jonathan M3]

I want to play a prank on someone at work and be able to shutdown or restart their computer through the company network. Is this possible without any kind of admin rights? I thought I remembered reading something where you can do this in the command prompt box. What I find on google doesn't seem to work.

James, Charlie, anyone else IT smart???

[Kruzen]

http://www.ss64.com/nt/shutgui.html

I think you still need admin rights to that box thuogh.

[Ryan Stewart]

you are going to need admin rights over any network. Once you get that its pretty easy.

[Jordan325iC]

I remember back in HS comp sci we learned how to pop somebody's CD drive over the network. It was especially fun since the keyboards would get pushed off the desks.

[kommissar]

Probably not. What operating system?

[Jscotty]

It only works without admin rights if the PC's on the network are peers and not in a domain. Although one thing you can do is wait for an opportunity for the IT guy to leave himself logged into your PC while he is fixing it. Then when he walks away and forgets to log out, thats when you give yourself admin rights. But then again, you would also have to know the name of the server where the authentication takes place.

[rs4pro3]

flip the dang circuit breaker for there cubicle area or office

[browntown]

wait for them to go to lunch one day when they do not log off their computer and download or enable remote desktop, timbuktu, pcanywhere, etc.

Then mess with them later.

[StereoInstaller1]

A cheap easy prank is to move their mouse off of their screen, then take a screenshot of their desktop...then paste it on top.

[ivo316]

There is something else you could do....install this on his PC

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen.mspx

[Lodsin]

wait for them to go to lunch one day when they do not log off their computer and download or enable remote desktop, timbuktu, pcanywhere, etc.

Then mess with them later.

^^^ What he said would be the most fun. There is also http://www.realvnc.com/ . These little progams are a blast when others dont know you have them. My teacher used to watch me mess with other kids when we were using computers. Wait until someone comes and talks to him and then go on and get up some bad websites and he wont have an answer!

[325Projectz]

jscotty, thats a good way to get someone fired...

vnc leaves an icon in the taskbar and changes colors when you access their computer.

i'd becareful on what you do to someone else's network. around here you'd be fired in no time, no questions asked if you gave yourself admin rights (although, here you'd never have the chance). tread lightly.

[Jand3rson]

A cheap easy prank is to move their mouse off of their screen, then take a screenshot of their desktop...then paste it on top.

I've done that and watched people go nuclear in less than 10 minutes. It's fucking HILARIOUS. It will take even your most seasoned veteran forever to figure it out.

[backtrail69]

My A+ class in HS the teacher would shut down kids computers that played games on the internet. It was hilarious.

[benDASHDASH]

1. create a shutdown batch file. open notepad and paste the following script. replace the seconds variable with that timeframe you desire save the following as "yousuck.bat" (or whatever): SHUTDOWN /t:25 /r

2. hide the batch file. the windows directory would make a great choice.

3. create a shortcut to the file and place it inside their startup folder (i.e. F:\Documents and Settings\Name\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) or simply reroute an existing shortcut to the batch file.

4. lol