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How to  Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Lock and Hibernate using command line on Microsoft Windows Vista.

1. Shutdown your Computer

• Shutdown.exe -s -t 00

• Force all applications to close and shutdown immediately
• Shutdown.exe -s (After 30s…)

2. Restart Computer

• Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

3. Sleep Computer

• Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

4. Lock your Computer

• Rundll32.exe user32.dll LockWorkStation

5. Hibernate Computer

• Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate

So for anyone who would like to make your life easy, you can create a shortcut button that link to the related command show as above.

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Activate Microsoft Windows 2008 is an easy job but I would like to share “How to activate Microsoft Windows 2008 using command line”. Sounds good?

Go to ‘Run’

Type ‘cmd’ and press ENTER.

Type C:\Users\Administrator>cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk KPQTV-YOUR-PRODUCT-KEY-HERE and press ENTER.

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Installed product key KPQTV-….-…..-…..-….. successfully.

Type C:\Users\Administrator>cscript \windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato and press ENTER.

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Activating Windows Server(R), ServerEnterprise edition (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx).
Product activated successfully.
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