NO SHUT DOWN BUTTON

[vanna520]

Sounds crazy, but I’ve been confronted with this problem: if you click start button – shut down option is missing. Further on, ctrl+alt+del don’t respond. The only way to shut it down is by pressing power button.

Has anybody come across this problem or is it me going mad?

 

[MattWray]

You sure there are no policies enforcing this?

Thanks,

Matt Wray
MCSE, MCSA, MCP, CCNA

http://www.sss-steel.com

http://www.total-tec.com

 

[Breakerfall]

•what OS (?)
•what enviroment, workgroup/domain (?)
•are you in a workstation or a server?

waiting for your reply,


Breakerfall
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[thriverIT]

Hi there,

Check this Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 114817.

It will guide you to edit the registry to make the shutdown button appear...

In summary, it will ask you to:

- run the Registry Editor
- navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon

- Double-click ShutdownWithoutLogon.
- Change the value of the string to 1 to make the Shutdown button available.

 

[kev01]

Hi,
-Does 'Alt+F4' also not working??
-What OS are you using?

 

[packdragon]

ShutDownWithoutLogon refers to the Shutdown button that appears on the login screen. By default it is disabled in Windows 2000 and you have to log in to shut down. But the problem you're having is that you're already logged in and ShutDown is not an option. So thriverIT's post is not useful to you.

The only thing I can find related to your problem is Microsoft KB article 303070:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q303/0/70.asp&NoWebContent=1

It is related to Windows XP and Remote Desktop, so it may not apply to you, but it's worth taking a look and seeing if it points you in the right direction.

 

[vanna520]

ok,computer is running on winXP, it is a member of a domain (nothing except software policies!), but the user is working from home. domain is running on win2000 advanced server.
thanks a lot for this!!

 

[Breakerfall]

>>(nothing except software policies!)

How do you know? Are you the SysAdmin?
I has to be a policy somewhere.

kup,
thanks,



Breakerfall
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[vanna520]

i'm positive. you asked - i replied. no policies!!

 

[EdwinSKH]

Could it be he isn't logged in as a user with local administrator rights on his Win XP machine?

 

[Breakerfall]

Vanna

It wasn't me who asked =oP it was mattwray hehej.

anyway... let me ask you this,
are you using some sort of Roam./Man. profile?
I've had all kind of problems pulling out
profiles in domains where the servers are W2K & the workstations are XP . For instance, the Start menu on W2K is different from XP, so you don't get the same icons when you pull your R/M Profile when sitting on your XP box.

PS. I still don't know if you are the sysadmin,
if you are not, then be aware that some company's policies
doesn't allow sysadmins to reveal information about system configuration to the employees. Also, some sysadmis are really assHls and will play stupid with you saying they don't know what's going on.

kup,
tnx.


Breakerfall
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[packdragon]

If the user is accessing the Windows XP computer from home, then he would be using Remote Desktop. Please do refer to the article I mentioned, it may hold the answer to your problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q303/0/70.asp&NoWebContent=1

 

[Breakerfall]

PackDragon

think you got it.

cheers.



Breakerfall
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[packdragon]

Oh goody, I hope so! And I hope I get a nice little star too!

 

[vanna520]

ok.. answer on your question is.. yes, i'm sysadmin as well. but contractor for this company.. so, they indeed have they own it staff and yes - maybe they have policy i'm not aware off.
so.. i guess, i'll try with this article (thanks for that!) and stars to all of you..

later...