Rebooting a Remote Desktop Computer to Restart It

Unfortunately, the remote computer’s Start menu only shows options to "Log Off" and "Disconnect". It does not offer the standard "Shut Down" options: Log off, Shut down, Restart, Stand by, Hibernate.

If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del, the command is captured by the local machine and not the remote one.

There are several ways to shut down the remote computer. These 2 methods are the simplest I’ve found:

Open "Windows Security" from the remote computer’s Start menu:

The security screen appears. What you want is the icon in the lower right:

When you click on it, the standard shutdown options appear:

From the remote computer’s Start menu, select Run, and run a command line with optional switches to shut down the computer:

• To shut down, enter:
  shutdown
• To reboot, enter:
  shutdown –r
• To log off, enter:
  shutdown –l