block shutdown command issued remotely

Question

What started out as initial fun and games between my fellow IT colleagues is now becoming somewhat annoying. Is there a way to block:

shutdown /r /m \\computername

from actually shutting my computer down?

Solution 1

shutdown -a

Will abort a shutdown in progress. It might be an idea to create a shortcut or batch file which can be easily found when the shutdown starts.

Solution 2

An even better way is to change the admin password on your computer.

Comments

[pabouk - Ukraine stay strong]

This is a very bad solution. It will run in endless loops and most probably utilize a CPU core close to 100%. I am not sure if shutdownguard.bat does not recursively spawn a new process. In such a case you will soon occupy a lot of system resources. It is much better to use a loop.

[PixelArtDragon]

What if they add -t 00 and -f?

[DeerSpotter]

@pabouk can you show how to use a loop?

[pabouk - Ukraine stay strong]

@DeerSpotter here is how to loop number of iterations: stackoverflow.com/a/19138050/320437 and here is how to insert waiting to avoid full utilization of a CPU: serverfault.com/a/432323/84914 --- If you encounter a particular problem without finding a solution please create a new question on StackExchange.