Limiting Shutdown options

[Tom Ker]

I'm trying to find a way to force the Shut Down Windows dialog box to offer
only Restart and Logoff. I've seen ways to alter the
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shutdown Settings key so that
the default will always be Restart (create a script that sets the value to 4
and run it at logon), but ideally I want to limit the options by removing
Shutdown, Standby, and Hibernate. The only two items I've seen in Group
Policy will either remove the Shutdown button all together or limit it's
availability to certain users. (see the thread with the same name in the
group_policy ng)

OR, is there a way to alter the Start -> Shutdown button to run my own
script and bypass that dialog all together?

Thanks!

Tom

 

[Jerold Schulman]

I'm trying to find a way to force the Shut Down Windows dialog box to offer
only Restart and Logoff. I've seen ways to alter the
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shutdown Settings key so that
the default will always be Restart (create a script that sets the value to 4
and run it at logon), but ideally I want to limit the options by removing
Shutdown, Standby, and Hibernate. The only two items I've seen in Group
Policy will either remove the Shutdown button all together or limit it's
availability to certain users. (see the thread with the same name in the
group_policy ng)

OR, is there a way to alter the Start -> Shutdown button to run my own
script and bypass that dialog all together?

Thanks!

Tom

You can remove all the shutdown buttons and add your own
to the desktop or start menu.

See NoClose at tip 50 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

or Group Policy.

USER Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar Remove and prevent
access to the Shut Down command At least Microsoft Windows 2000 """Prevents
users from shutting down or restarting Windows. This setting removes the Shut
Down option from the Start menu and disables the Shut Down button on the Windows
Security dialog box, which appears when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL. This setting
prevents users from using the Windows user interface to shut down the system,
although it does not prevent them from running programs that shut down Windows.

Then use PsShutdown, tip 4086, to configure a logoff and Restart button.



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Tom Ker]

You can remove all the shutdown buttons and add your own
to the desktop or start menu.

Thanks for the response, Jerold. We'd probably use a GPO to remove the
button and a WMI script to do the reboot rather than introduce another
utility to our PCs. My only problem with that method is how to make the
change as seamless as possible to the users. It seems like it's taken us
forever to educate them to use Start -> Shutdown. If we moved the Shutdown
button or menu item now it would blow a lot of users' minds.

Is it possible to hack the Start menu to replace the Shutdown items in their
current locations?

Thanks, again.

Tom