text: in winxp click start>run,type shutdown -i to shutdown my pc, pls help me to shutdown other pc in lan network. in winxp click start>run,type shutdown -i to shutdown my pc, when i click add>browse a note: "the directory service is currently unavailable" appear. help me to shutdown other pc in lan network from my understanding, this isn't posssible unless the computers are part of a domain and then a shutdown command can be issued across the network from the domain controller.