You could have the systems wake up using Wake On LAN this is built into
most new systems (except laptops). There are many batch files that can
do this with a program called wol.exe.
Nathaniel Hall, GSEC
Intrusion Detection and Firewall Technician
Ozarks Technical Community College -- Office of Computer Networking
halln@otc.edu
417-799-0552
Houpt, Dani wrote:
We have a Windows 2000 AD environment and want to restrict our PC users
from shutting off their PCs so we can send out OS/AV patches at night.
We created a GPO to do this but it also blocks them from restarting.
Many times, issues on PCs are resolved even before the users call the
helpdesk by rebooting, so we don't want to remove that ability from
them.
Does anyone know a way that we can remove "Shutdown" while still allow
"Restart"?
I opened a case with MS about this and the rep said that he didn't
think that it could be done.
Thanks,
-Dani
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