Re: Restart option only

From: Steve M (SteveM_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:27:01 -0800

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

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> 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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