microsoft shutdown.exe redistributable?

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Allen Anderson

our product has a need to force a reboot from an external program
after install. I could write a shutdown utility but I would prefer to
use the one microsoft has written. I've noticed that this utility is
sometimes available on win2k servers and sometimes not. My question
therefore is, can we package this up are redistribute this with our
install so we know its on any given machine?

thanks
 
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Allen Anderson said:
our product has a need to force a reboot from an external program
after install. I could write a shutdown utility but I would prefer to
use the one microsoft has written. I've noticed that this utility is
sometimes available on win2k servers and sometimes not. My question
therefore is, can we package this up are redistribute this with our
install so we know its on any given machine?

thanks
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Is'nt this part of the resource kit thats on every Win 2K CD?
 
Steve Parry said:
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Is'nt this part of the resource kit thats on every Win 2K CD?
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shutdown.exe is part of the resource kit, but the resource kit does not
come w/ any flavor of W2K. Although you have to purchase the kit
(presumably for the books), many of the utilities are available for free
download from MS' website.

That having been said, there may still be license agreements re:
redistribution for a utility, even if it's freely available.

To the OP, I would research on the MS download page and see what is the
agreement re: shutdown.exe
 
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Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP said:
shutdown.exe is part of the resource kit, but the resource kit does
not come w/ any flavor of W2K. Although you have to purchase the kit
(presumably for the books), many of the utilities are available for
free download from MS' website.

That having been said, there may still be license agreements re:
redistribution for a utility, even if it's freely available.

To the OP, I would research on the MS download page and see what is
the agreement re: shutdown.exe
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Hi Ricardo

I was refering to the RK supplement thats on the W2K CD at
\SUPPORT\TOOLS ...
although I'm not sure if that particular tool is in there ...
 
Steve Parry said:
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Hi Ricardo

I was refering to the RK supplement thats on the W2K CD at
\SUPPORT\TOOLS ...
although I'm not sure if that particular tool is in there ...
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Oh, I see. I don't think it is, though. At least not for Pro...perhaps
for server.
 
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