Re: Restart option only

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From: Jerold Schulman (Jerry_at_jsiinc.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:50:11 -0500

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:51:06 -0800, "Steve M" <Steve M@discussions.microsoft.com> 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 \\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

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