It is a fact that Windows administrators periodically need to reboot servers and desktops. Because of this fact, I always was running into scripts that would remotely reboot a group of computers. But ...

Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

Even in PowerShell 1.0 we could use Get-WMIObject to connect to the Win32_OperatingSystem class. This class has a Reboot () method. You could execute the method to remotely reboot a computer, although ...

How to Reboot a Computer Remotely. As businesses grow, so often do their needs for additional computer equipment. At some point, managing individual workstations becomes inefficient and time ...

You can make a reboot happen immediately with either the shutdown command or the Restart-Computer PowerShell command. Please refer to one of my previous tips to learn how to launch these two commands.