Re: User cannot shutdown from start menu?

In news:eH9ddc9zFHA.2348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Andrew Story <andrewDOTstoryATjameswalkerDOTbiz> made this post, which I
then commented about below:
> Hello Peeps,
>
> All users not an admin cannot shutdown from the start menu, all they
> have is 'logoff'. If they logoff first though, then they can
> shutdown from the ctrl+alt+del screen.
>
> Is there a policy or something else that controls this behaviour? if
> so could someone point me as to where abouts it is, I have looked
> through the defualt domain policy, and the site policy but cannot see
> anything regarding this.
>
> Thanks, Andrew

Use gpresults.exe to see what policies are affecting the machine. If one of
the DCs are 2003, you can use GPMC Resulting Set of Policies to determine
that. Then check iin those policies for this section and you can see all the
related settings for the start menu.:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu And Taskbar.

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