This could be an unwanted sideeeefect of the security om win2k+

If ScreenSaverPassword is on and the computer is in pause-state, you can't shut it down by pressing the on/off button on the cabinet. This is a good featue, BUT, the unwanted siedeffect is that you can't shut down the computer from external(administrative) scripts. Also you cannot do a wakeonlon, because the computer is allready 'awake'.

I would also be intersred if someone has a solution for this

-Erik