One other thing that *some* people may have access to is the energy management systems in some buildings. They are *all* typically set up for remote access, and among the environmental systems they control are all of the switchgears on main electrical panels and even certain critical circuits. Not a common scenario, but when I did some work with an EMS company a few years back, they did remote power cycles for people on certain circuits occasionally. The problem is you also have to make sure you're on an electronically controlled circuit.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Roland Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday/2002 March 07 07.56 Subject: Re: shutdown gotcha with Win32 host : (Forgive me while I engage in a little nostalgia.) : : At some point in my so-called career, I worked with a guy who faced a : similar problem with some piece of recalcitrant hardware, i.e., he needed to : cycle power remotely. The object of his frustration was in his lab and : conveniently located close to a print server. : : He wired an ordinary light switch --- the kind that is typically in the : wall --- into a power cord for the device. He then mounted the switch on an : old junk matrix printer in a position where the print head would strike the : switch handle as it went back and forth, switching off as the head went : left-to-right and on as the head went right-to-left. : : When he needed to cycle power, he submitted a one-line print job to the : "prepared printer". As it printed the first and only line in the job, the : head would turn the device off; as the head homed to the left margin, back : on it would go. : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Gabor D. Kiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:17 AM : Subject: Re: shutdown gotcha with Win32 host : : : > Is there any such thing as a "power strip with an IP address" for : > situations like this? If you can't do it any other way, power cycle the : bad : > boy remotely. This would be a very handy gadget. : > : > Gabor : > : > : > : > Seanster : > <Seanster@Sea To: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > nster.com> cc: (bcc: Gabor D. : Kiss/Telcordia) : > Subject: Re: shutdown gotcha : with Win32 host : > 03/05/2002 : > 07:07 PM : > Please : > respond to : > vnc-list : > : > : > : > : > : > : > : > One workaround is psshutdown.exe. It's available at sysinternals.com in : > the misc utils section. You can force a reboot of a remote windows : > system with it. If the machine is already in shutdown mode, you can use : > pslist and pskill to find and nuke whatever it is that is holding up the : > reboot process. : > : > I use this fairly often to reboot machines when pcanywhere chokes and : > won't let anyone connect. : > : > I don't remember any good reason why vnc can't shut down last but there : > was some discussion of it here a while ago. : > : > -Sean : > : > : > Alex Angelopoulos wrote: : > > : > > Unfortunately, I believe that is Windows refusing the connection when : you : > > shutdown - and you are right, it is incredibly annoying. : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: : > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY : > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: : > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY : > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: : 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY : See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html : --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
