ACPI power button

[Guest]

I'm trying to disable ACPI power button on a publicly accessible Windows
2000 machines. Setting equivalent to "do nothing" when power button is
pressed
on Windows XP. Is there a registy key which can be altered to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for the help,

 

[Mark V]

I'm trying to disable ACPI power button on a publicly accessible
Windows 2000 machines. Setting equivalent to "do nothing" when
power button is pressed
on Windows XP. Is there a registy key which can be altered to
accomplish this?

I suggest that the Power Button should not be accesible at all on a
publically accessible machine. (I do realize that does not answer
your question. Sorry.)

 

[Tony Brown]

Well, the sleep button is an acpi device, but the power button isnt...

The way i've got around this before is by hard-disconnecting the button,
then in the power section of the BIOS, make sure its got the option "Power
ON AC" or something similar.

Then whenever the PC is switched on at the plug, the machine will power on.

Hope this helps,

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Tony Brown

MCSE NT4, 2000, 2003, Network +, CIW Professional
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