Remote shutdown Access Denied (5)

Question

I have a computer that I want to shutdown remotely via command line (the shutdown -i), and if I have "password enable sharing" turned on I get access denied(5) but if that is turned off it works fine.
How can I get this working again?
I have read that I may need to create a user account with the same username and password of the account on this computer I wish to shutdown, but I have tried this and it does not work, plus having a extra account on either computer is kind of annoying,
isn't there a way I can do it without having the same user account on my two PCs? Maybe like just using the username and password of the remote computer directly without actually having that account created on my PC?

Answer 1

I am using this solution on a home Workgroup network.  Solution works for shutdown.exe and psshutdown.exe   It works for Windows 8 and should work for Windows 7.
The problem is access is denied when attempting a remote shutdown using the interactive mode or the following command:
shutdown.exe /s /m \\COMPUTERNAME /t 00
Result:
COMPUTERNAME: Access is denied.(5)
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS ON THE REMOTE COMPUTER:
Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center, Change Advanced Sharing settings
   "Private" enable "Turn on File and Printer sharing"
Add Registry Key
RUN regedt32.exe
Goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Right click and add new DWORD
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001
When user name and password are not the same on both computers change the following on the remote computer:
Change Local Security Policy
RUN secpol.msc
Local Security Policy, Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignment
Add "Everyone" to "Force shutdown from a remote system"
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