For the computers to see each other, they need to be on the same workgroup. Try that and tell me how you get on.

Are all of your computers on the same workgroup?

Go to the command line, and type 'shutdown' on any one of the computers.

The info there should give you enough to write a batch file that shuts down all of the PC's.

Bump! Anybody have any ideas?

Erm, that's not quite what I'm talking about.

Computer 1 is on, serving, when suddenly it needs to do some Automatic Update rubbish (or something).

Computer 2 is on, waiting to serve (but not...

Hello everybody. This is my setup:

1) Computer (main server)
2) Computer (server)

How would I make it so that if my main server (number 1) went down for whatever reason, my other server...

Maybe you could make a kind of instant messaging program...