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This code shut downs the operating system using the System.Management assembly, but not before obtaining the required security privileges.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

// Remember to add a reference to the System.Management assembly

using System.Management;
namespace ShutDown
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private void btnShutDown_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

ManagementBaseObject mboShutdown = null;

ManagementClass mcWin32 = new ManagementClass(“Win32_OperatingSystem”);

mcWin32.Get();

// You can’t shutdown without security privileges

mcWin32.Scope.Options.EnablePrivileges = true;

ManagementBaseObject mboShutdownParams = mcWin32.GetMethodParameters(“Win32Shutdown”);

// Flag 1 means we want to shut down the system

mboShutdownParams["Flags"] = “1″;

mboShutdownParams["Reserved"] = “0″;

foreach (ManagementObject manObj in mcWin32.GetInstances())

{

mboShutdown = manObj.InvokeMethod(“Win32Shutdown”, mboShutdownParams, null);

}

}

}

}