Restart option only

[Guest]

Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to restart their computers at the end
of the work day and never turn the computers off because we havea SUS server
that will update computers in the night. The problem is people do not follow
directions very well and i have alot of computers that are turned off. I need
to create a GP that will remove the shutdown option and only have restart and
lock workstation available to them. I see there is a policy to remove the
shutdown but they can only lock the workstation with this GP. Is there a way
to do this?

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to restart their computers at the end
of the work day and never turn the computers off because we havea SUS server
that will update computers in the night. The problem is people do not follow
directions very well and i have alot of computers that are turned off. I need
to create a GP that will remove the shutdown option and only have restart and
lock workstation available to them. I see there is a policy to remove the
shutdown but they can only lock the workstation with this GP. Is there a way
to do this?

Undo that policy.

In your logon script, add:

regedit /s \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg

where \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg contains

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Shutdown Setting"=dword:00000004


See tip 2530 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

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

 

[Guest]

That just makes restart the default but the user here can select shutdown and
I do not want the to do that

Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to restart their computers at the end
of the work day and never turn the computers off because we havea SUS server
that will update computers in the night. The problem is people do not follow
directions very well and i have alot of computers that are turned off. I need
to create a GP that will remove the shutdown option and only have restart and
lock workstation available to them. I see there is a policy to remove the
shutdown but they can only lock the workstation with this GP. Is there a way
to do this?

Undo that policy.

In your logon script, add:

regedit /s \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg

where \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg contains

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Shutdown Setting"=dword:00000004


See tip 2530 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

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

 

[Jerold Schulman]

You could remove shutdown and log off and give them a desktop icon to shutdown.exe or
PsShutdsown, tip 4086 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com, that only does
a restart.

That just makes restart the default but the user here can select shutdown and
I do not want the to do that

Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to restart their computers at the end
of the work day and never turn the computers off because we havea SUS server
that will update computers in the night. The problem is people do not follow
directions very well and i have alot of computers that are turned off. I need
to create a GP that will remove the shutdown option and only have restart and
lock workstation available to them. I see there is a policy to remove the
shutdown but they can only lock the workstation with this GP. Is there a way
to do this?

Undo that policy.

In your logon script, add:

regedit /s \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg

where \\Server\netlogon\sds.reg contains

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Shutdown Setting"=dword:00000004


See tip 2530 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

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

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

 

[lforbes]

You could remove shutdown and log off and give them a desktop
icon to shutdown.exe or
PsShutdsown, tip 4086 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at
http://www.jsiinc.com, that only does
a restart.

That just makes restart the default but the user here can select shutdown and
I do not want the to do that

:

 >> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:51:06 -0800, "Steve M"
<Steve (e-mail address removed)> wrote:
 >>
  >> >Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to
restart their computers at the end
  >> >of the work day and never turn the computers
off because we havea SUS server
  >> >that will update computers in the night. The
problem is people do not follow
  >> >directions very well and i have alot of
computers that are turned off. I need
  >> >to create a GP that will remove the shutdown
option and only have restart and
  >> >lock workstation available to them. I see
there is a policy to remove the
  >> >shutdown but they can only lock the
workstation with this GP. Is there a way
  >> >to do this?
 >>
 >> Undo that policy.
 >>
 >> In your logon script, add:
 >>
 >> regedit /s \Servernetlogonsds.reg
 >>
 >> where \Servernetlogonsds.reg contains
 >>
 >> REGEDIT4
 >>
 >>
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionE
xplorer]
 >> "Shutdown Setting"=dword:00000004
 >>
 >>
 >> See tip 2530 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at
http://www.jsiinc.com
 >>
 >> Jerold Schulman
 >> Windows Server MVP
 >> JSI, Inc.
 >> http://www.jsiinc.com
 >>


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

Hi,

You can restrict the users from the Shutdown in GP. However it
restricts the entire menu including Restart. Also you would have to
enforce the Log Off on the Start Menu to make sure they were able to
logoff.

Cheers,

Lara