Restart by Ctrl-Alt-End
It’s been a while since I’ve worked extensively with Remote Deskop under Windows. Remembering certain key tasks is a difficult thing. For example, remembering that to enter into console mode, it’s best to execute Remote Desktop from the Run menu by entering mstsc /console. That won’t work for systems running Windows 2000, though. And, the /console switch has changed to /admin in later versions of Remote Desktop running on more modern versions of the Windows OS.
But the one thing I simply couldn’t remember was how get the remote system to restart. Obviously, the relevant option doesn’t show up in the Start menu.
In case you have brain-freeze the way I have, it may take you some time to remember that the correct key combination to get to the necessary option is Ctrl-Alt-End instead of Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Choose Shut Down, and then Restart form the subsequent set of options.
