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From: figlik@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Jim Figlik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How could I force a CTRL-ALT-DEL from a program?
Message-ID: <8589@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 89 18:19:52 GMT
References: <4567@bunker.UUCP>
Reply-To: figlik@ihlpl.UUCP (55242-Figlik,J.R.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <4567@bunker.UUCP> rha@bunker.UUCP (Robert H. Averack) writes:
>
>     I am investigating how one can remotely cause a PC to reboot.  Getting
>the stimulus to the PC is clearly not the problem.  The problem is getting
>the software which recognizes the stimulus to issue a CTRL-ALT-DEL to MSDOS,
>resulting in the reset and reboot.
>
>     Do any of you out there have any ideas?  Thanks for your help.
>
>                    {oliveb,yale,decvax,philabs}!bunker!rha
>                                  Bob Averack                           
>                        Bunker Ramo, an Olivetti Company                      
>               Two Enterprise Drive - Shelton, Connecticut 06484             


Below is an assembler program that compiles to about 6 bytes, if
I remember correctly, that will cause a boot on most machines. Have fun...

Jim




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       name	boot
       page	80,132
       title	'Program to reboot a system'

cseg   segment	para public 'CODE'
       assume	cs:cseg,ds:cseg,es:cseg,ss:cseg

       org	100h                 ; COM file format
entry: mp	boot

boot   proc	near

       int	19h

boot   endp								;end of the "procedure"
cseg   ends
       end	entry

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