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upprc04:

--- Quote from: severdhed on October 01, 2010, 02:53:12 pm ---
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--- Quote from: severdhed on October 01, 2010, 01:57:37 pm ---shutdown /m \\computername /t 15 /s

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I think you need a /f in there as well to force the shutdown (in case something doesn't want to die nicely.

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if you run a shutdown /? it lists all the parameters, if you look at the description of /f it says:

"Force runnign applications to close without forewarning users. The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is specified for the /t parameter."

so as long as you use /t 15 (gives the user 15 second warning that the system is about to shutdown) then it will force the shutdown after the designated time setting



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Haven't looked it up, but for shutdown I always used the /s flag instead of /m.

EDIT: Never mind, I see that /m is for remote shutdown and /s is if you are on the computer you wish to shutdown.
wxforecaster:
Here's an option for the complete tek-geek with an iPhone/iPod touch.

Download the Logitech Touch Mouse app on your phone (and the matching app for your 'puter).
It lets you use the iPhone/iPod Touch as a keyboard and mouse on a computer over a wi-fi connection.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/494/6367&hub=1&section=downloads&WT.mc_id=usym_redirect_/touchmouse?geo=US

Evan

PS If you think a little more outside the box, you can really mess with someone this way too :) My friend installed it on his wife's laptop and after 10 minutes of her mouse moving and programs randomly opening, she called Dell tech support frantically trying to figure out why her computer was possessed. After about 30 minutes we couldn't take it anymore and broke into hysterical laughter. She didn't speak to him for days. A win win!!
bkenobi:

--- Quote from: severdhed on October 01, 2010, 02:53:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: bkenobi on October 01, 2010, 02:23:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: severdhed on October 01, 2010, 01:57:37 pm ---shutdown /m \\computername /t 15 /s

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I think you need a /f in there as well to force the shutdown (in case something doesn't want to die nicely.

--- End quote ---

if you run a shutdown /? it lists all the parameters, if you look at the description of /f it says:

"Force runnign applications to close without forewarning users. The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is specified for the /t parameter."

so as long as you use /t 15 (gives the user 15 second warning that the system is about to shutdown) then it will force the shutdown after the designated time setting



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Interesting.  I've never used the /t option greater than 0 though which is why I never knew this.  But, when I tell the machine to shut down, I want it to shut down DAMN IT!   :hissy:
Marsupial:

--- Quote from: Donkbaca on October 01, 2010, 02:20:07 pm ---I like your ideas about the guns, but my coin door is functional (I got a SWEET deal on a nintendo cab door and already modified the mechs to take .984 tokens.  Got 200 used tokens off ebay for 10 bucks, shipped.  Its awesome, I plan on having an arcade pizza party when its built, give each guest 10 tokens when they show up :))


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I have 500+ tokens, and modified mechs. During a party, I simply left the tokens box available... giving 10 tokens per guest is limitative IMHO.

What are your tokens? I got a lot of different japanese tokens off ebay; didn't want all identical tokens. Some are nice... but the ones that aren't that good looking are in bigger quantities (like 75 of the same ugly design. lol.)
Sadly, local arcades have smaller tokens.

That might sound strange, but I "hide" the gun on the top of the cab, over the marquee area. My gun cord currently exists the cab by the backdoor (until I alter the whole setup) and when not in use I simply lay the gun on top of the cab.

I also got the habbit of hiding a pile of spare tokens there (around 8-10) and the administrator key (which isn't the same as the coin door... I need a key to get back to the front-end or change volume. I have another set of keys for the coin door.)
severdhed:

--- Quote from: Donkbaca on October 01, 2010, 02:20:07 pm ---Severedhed:

I think as far as keyboard/mouse goes, I am going to go with the old hide behind the coin door in case of emergency tactic.  Because, really that is the only time I would ever use them.


I like your ideas about the guns, but my coin door is functional (I got a SWEET deal on a nintendo cab door and already modified the mechs to take .984 tokens.  Got 200 used tokens off ebay for 10 bucks, shipped.  Its awesome, I plan on having an arcade pizza party when its built, give each guest 10 tokens when they show up :))

I want the guns to be plugged in all the time, so that when guests play the machine, they can figure it all out themselves.  But I don't want the guns to clutter up the look of the cabinet when not in play.  Looks like I am either going to 1) discretely mount usb ports under my CP, then I can plug in guns before people come over, or 2 build a drawer or small door with a cubby to keep the guns in.  Depending on how big my CP is, I may mount holsters on the back of the control panels and then maybe have some sort of auto winding mechanism to reel the cords back in when the guns aren't being used.?

At the risk of looking noobish:  What is VNC?

I am running Win XP on my cabinet. I read about the batchfile thing.  Does it shut everything down gracefully? 

Ideally I am looking for a way to shutdown my computer with my iphone.  I know I can wake it with an app. I know you can set up outlook to run the batch file automatically, I thought about this option.  Basically you set up an acocunt with POP access, then you set up rules in outlook so that if it receives an e-mail like "shutdown pc now" as its header, then it runs the batch file.  I could set this up and then I could just send the e-mail to the cabinet from my phone and it would shut down.  The problem with this is I would need to install outlook and have it running in the background all the time, and it needs to check the e-mail account every so often to see if it has the e-mail. I am not sure if this will effect my performance and such, and I would prefer a more elegant way

If you could give me more info on the VNC thing and perhaps let me know, if you know, if I could use my phone to shut it down that would be sweet.

Thanks,




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see, i have two small kids in my house (and a third on the way) if i left my guns out, they would be destroyed.(plus my wife doesn't want the kids playing with guns). so the only time they get used is after they go to bed, so it is easier for me to plug them in when i want to use them.

as for the tokens, that is cool.  i have my vertical classics cabinet set up to take tokens (or some quarter sized steel washers i picked up at lowes) but i dont really have enough of them, so i am always having to open up the coin door and dump the bin.  so i set up the cab so the coin reject buttons can be pressed to add coins also. this keeps it relatively authentic, but eliminates the need for tokens.(which if my kids find them, they like to throw them all over the place (like down in the heat ducts).

on my 4player showcase cabinet, it was originally a 2 player cabinet and only had a 2player coin door, so i just added coin buttons to the front edge of the control panel box. it isn't as authentic, but I had to do something.  since the coin door isn't being used, the coin box seemed like a good place to store the guns.


as for VNC, it is a free program you can install on your PC to remotely control it from another PC.  there are actually several different versions, i prefer UltraVNC...
http://www.uvnc.com/

you install it on your cabinet, take the option to register as a system service.  then you set a password.  you can then install the client on your other computer.  you just open up the client, tell it to connect to the name of the other computer, enter your password, and it brings up the remote computer's desktop in a window, where you can use your keyboard and mouse to manipulate the remote PC.  it is a very handy tool. It is similar to the windows remote desktop functionality, but with a few differences.  remote desktop seems to respond faster over the interenet, but on a local network, speed shouldn't be an issue with vnc.  when you connect via remote desktop, you take control of the PC, but if you walk over to the remote PC, it will be locked and unusable.  with VNC, you connect and take control, however it doesnt affect the remote computer, so you can simultaneously control that PC locally and remotely. vnc also works on other operating systems.
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