Remove Shut Down

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I want to enable the policy to remove the shut down button from my companies
90 or so desktops. However, I want the users to have to restart their
machines before they go home every night so that they are not logged into the
network during non-business hours (due to security precautions). Can this be
done and if so, how?
 
Marcie,

Are you familiar with Group Policy? I believe that you can control this via
GPO. This would be on the computer configuration side of things.

You would probably be best served if you created an OU and moved all of the
computer account objects into that OU and then linked the GPO to this OU.
Now, this will only work for WIN2000 and WIN XP Pro systems.....

HTH,

Cary
 
What is available...

User Config\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Remove and
prevent access to the Shut Down command

"Prevents users from shutting down or restarting Windows. This setting
removes the Shut Down option from the Start menu and disables the Shut Down
button on the Windows Security dialog box, which appears when you press
CTRL+ALT+DEL. This setting prevents users from using the Windows user
interface to shut down the system, although it does not prevent them from
running programs that shut down Windows. If you disable this setting or do
not configure it, the Shut Down menu option appears, and the Shut Down button
is enabled. Note: It is a requirement for third-party applications with
Windows 2000 or later certification to adhere to this setting."

BR,
Denis
 
Dennis,

Thank you. I mistakenly put computer configuration side. It is clearly on
the user configuration side. Sorry!

Cary
 
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