Force shutdown server (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 2 of Windows Server Cookbook

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' This code forcefully shuts a server down.
' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Windows Server Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' ISBN: 0-596-00633-0
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strComputer = "<ServerName>"   ' e.g. rallen-srv01
intFlag = 1 + 4    ' Flag for forceful shut down
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set colOS = objWMI.InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
for each objOS in colOS
   intRC = ObjOS.Win32Shutdown(intFlag)
   if intRC <> 0 then
      WScript.Echo "Error attempting to shutdown server: " & intRC
   else
      WScript.Echo "Shutting down server..."
   end if
next

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