from what i remember from uni, when they made java they made it in mind of the
fact that theres certain things it wont let you do on someone elses computer,
specifically so people couldn't make it do things like mess around with files or
drives on other peoples computers. I don't know if rmi  is included in this
though or whether the new versions of java let u do this.

mind you i'd love to be able to get my program to shut down the computer after
it is done.

does anyone know how to make it do just that?