Intentional reboot from a driver?

[Myles]

Is there a way, preferably documented, for a Windows 98 device driver to
reboot the system immediately, without user intervention?

The context: a PC that I use remotely via VNC fails abruptly several hours
(usually less than a day) after power-on. No BSOD, no system error, no
repeatability; the screen just blanks. VNC is no longer running because I
can't connect to it, but the system still responds to pings. This suggests
making a driver that reboots the system when it receives no updates from an
accompanying application.

M.

[Walter Oney]

Post by Myles
Is there a way, preferably documented, for a Windows 98 device driver to
reboot the system immediately, without user intervention?

Once upon a time, there was a REBOOT VxD that exported one or more
services. If it's still there in the modern systems, I'm sure you could
reverse engineer your way to a solution.

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[Dale L]

Post by Myles
Is there a way, preferably documented, for a Windows 98 device driver to
reboot the system immediately, without user intervention?
The context: a PC that I use remotely via VNC fails abruptly several hours
(usually less than a day) after power-on. No BSOD, no system error, no
repeatability; the screen just blanks. VNC is no longer running because I
can't connect to it, but the system still responds to pings. This suggests
making a driver that reboots the system when it receives no updates from an
accompanying application.
M.

Not sure if I understand your question properly but have you looked at
ExitWindowsEx with the EWX_FORCE and/or EWX_REBOOT parameters?

Dale L
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Post by Myles
Is there a way, preferably documented, for a Windows 98 device driver to
reboot the system immediately, without user intervention?
The context: a PC that I use remotely via VNC fails abruptly several hours
(usually less than a day) after power-on. No BSOD, no system error, no
repeatability; the screen just blanks. VNC is no longer running because I
can't connect to it, but the system still responds to pings. This suggests
making a driver that reboots the system when it receives no updates from an
accompanying application.
M.