Reboot? Are you SURE? 3

[JPJeffery]

Hi

On two PCs we have in meeting rooms I'd like to prevent users from summarily powering off the PC. I don't want to completely forbid it, just say 'Are you SURE?' so that people don't routinely shut it down thus making it harder for the next user to use the PC.

A Shutdown script seemed ideal for this but the 'Shutdown /a' command I scripted doesn't work because Shutdown scripts run too late for this to work (the Windows Console has closed).

So, I created a GPO with Loopback Processing enabled to run my script as a Logoff script, but A) the script runs twice! and B) the 'Shutdown /a' command doesn't work anyway.

Is there another way to achieve this?

JJ
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[ChrisHirst]

Only in server versions of the OS is there an "Are you sure"/"Why are you shutting down" dialogue that requires user confirmation before the action is taken.

In desktop versions you can only remove the option with group policies.

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-remove-shutdown-from-windows-xp-and-vista/

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[rclarke250]

There are other choices that you can try also:

http://superuser.com/questions/89957/how-to-force-a-confirm-shutdown-in-windows-7

 

[JPJeffery]

Thanks, guys.

JJ
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