> 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?

JNI //may// be able to. but you dont want to use JNI. How about using
C?

I recently made some UPS clients that shut the computer down. Theres
no point using java for this requriemnet. Use plain old ANSI c.