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
Variables won't. Constants aren't
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, or photo, or breakfast...and so on)

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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There are other choices that you can try also:http://superuser.com/questions/89957/how-to-force-a-confirm-shutdown-in-windows-7

Thanks, guys.

JJ
Variables won't. Constants aren't
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, or photo, or breakfast...and so on)