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What started out as initial fun and games between my fellow IT colleagues is now becoming somewhat annoying. Is there a way to block:
shutdown /r /m \\computername
from actually shutting my computer down?
Tim Alexander
Posted 2010-08-19T14:18:44.913
Reputation: 1 798
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shutdown -a
Will abort a shutdown in progress. It might be an idea to create a shortcut or batch file which can be easily found when the shutdown starts.
GaryJL
Posted 2010-08-19T14:18:44.913
Reputation: 884
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An even better way is to change the admin password on your computer.
surfasb
Posted 2010-08-19T14:18:44.913
Reputation: 21 453
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Create a .bat file with the following contents.
@echo off
shutdown -a
shutdownguard.bat
and save it as shutdownguard.bat. Then open it and do your thing like nothing is happening. What iT does is spamming shutdown cancel command on the background. You open it and minimize it.
Ozkr
Posted 2010-08-19T14:18:44.913
Reputation: 9
@pabouk can you show how to use a loop? – DeerSpotter – 2017-09-21T19:23:11.613
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@DeerSpotter here is how to loop number of iterations: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19138050/320437 and here is how to insert waiting to avoid full utilization of a CPU: https://serverfault.com/a/432323/84914 --- If you encounter a particular problem without finding a solution please create a new question on StackExchange.
– pabouk – 2017-09-22T07:24:55.2872This is a very bad solution. It will run in endless loops and most probably utilize a CPU core close to 100%. I am not sure if shutdownguard.bat does not recursively spawn a new process. In such a case you will soon occupy a lot of system resources. It is much better to use a loop. – pabouk – 2013-11-01T14:09:48.093
1What if they add -t 00 and -f? – PixelArtDragon – 2015-06-09T08:38:15.263