GUI script to reboot a Windows partition back to an OS X partition

You can use AutoIT, a free basic-like GUI scripting application to automate the bootcamp.exe in Windows to force a reboot back into OS X.

This is sort of part 2 to my previous hint found here. This AutoIT script can be automated by whatever mechanism you use to manage a Windows partition on your Macs, like Active Directory, Citrix, Novell/Netware, SCCM, or other third party tools to run scripts and policies in your enterprise.

It basically just opens the Boot Camp executable file in Windows and then simulates mouse clicks. This is how I forced users back into OS X after non admins would boot into Windows. Here is the script:

 ;; boot_to_osx.au3 ;; ;; ...

Source: http://feeds.macosxhints.com/click.phdo?i=87bc429e4b55ac9710f91ba889b7090e

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