Re: Re: Re: Restart option only

From: lforbes (UseLinkToEmail_at_WindowsForumz.com)
Date: 01/07/05


Date: 7 Jan 2005 15:33:22 -0500


"Jerold Schulman" wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:27:01 -0800, "Steve M"
> <SteveM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >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:
> >
> &nbsp;>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:51:06 -0800, "Steve M"
> &lt;Steve M@discussions.microsoft.com&gt; wrote:
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >Hi everyone, I have instructed my users to
> restart their computers at the end
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >of the work day and never turn the computers
> off because we havea SUS server
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >that will update computers in the night. The
> problem is people do not follow
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >directions very well and i have alot of
> computers that are turned off. I need
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >to create a GP that will remove the shutdown
> option and only have restart and
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >lock workstation available to them. I see
> there is a policy to remove the
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >shutdown but they can only lock the
> workstation with this GP. Is there a way
> &nbsp;&nbsp;>> >to do this?
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> Undo that policy.
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> In your logon script, add:
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> regedit /s \Servernetlogonsds.reg
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> where \Servernetlogonsds.reg contains
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> REGEDIT4
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionE
> xplorer]
> &nbsp;>> "Shutdown Setting"=dword:00000004
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> See tip 2530 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at
> http://www.jsiinc.com
> &nbsp;>>
> &nbsp;>> Jerold Schulman
> &nbsp;>> Windows Server MVP
> &nbsp;>> JSI, Inc.
> &nbsp;>> http://www.jsiinc.com
> &nbsp;>>
>
>
> 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

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