Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is management technology for Windows operating systems. Since the release of Win NT 4.0 SP4 all windows versions supports this technology. WMI uses DCOM (TCP 135) to handle remote calls, make sure that port is open in the Firewall or router.

Command line options

-d    switch to dialog mode. Press Ctrl-C to quit dialog mode.
-l      logout
-lf    force logout
-s    shutdown
-sf   force shutdown
-r     reboot
-rf    force reboot
-p    power off
-pf    force power off

Examples:

wstd.exe -sf pc                                command to force shutdown computer "pc";
wstd.exe -s pc1 administrator 123     shutdown computer "pc" with logon with specified user name and password;
wstd.exe -d.