Dani,
I use the command line shutdown for the few machines that I have removed
the the shutdown gui. Xp units.
SHUTDOWN -r -t 10 Delayed reboot Reboot after a 10 seconds delay.
Can be stopped during those 10 seconds using SHUTDOWN -a
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01 Delayed shutdown Shutdown after a 1 second delay, NO
power off.
If you block the run command .. a script with Icon .. run as xyz as needed.
Shutdown.exe is in the XP material and is part of the Win2k Resource Kit
for win2k.
or
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml
I also adjusted the bios power on options to deal with a power outage ..
when one wants a unit to stay on 24x7.
/don
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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