shutdown menu not there

[laziard]

Hi techies,
shutdown menu on start up is not there. How do i go abt enabling it as it is cumbersome shutting down my Pc like a TV set!
tnx

Riz.

 

[FrauW]

You should talk to your domain administrator. In a Windows2000 Active Directory environment there is a group policy that prevents certain users from shutting down the work station. This group policy would be found under Domain Policies -> User Rights Assignment and I believe the exact policy is called "Shut down the system". When the policy is defined and only admins have rights, other system users will not see the shut down menu. Hope this helps.

 

[laziard]

Oh frauw, it is a standalone at home. No active dir* or domain.

 

[FrauW]

What kind of system do you have?

 

[laziard]

it is win 2k pro. 126 mb. 40 gb. and a stand alone.

 

[FrauW]

do you see an options button on the main logon screen? if yes, expand it and then you should see the shut down option.

 

[bcastner]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a value of 0 is disabled. If the key exists set its value as appropriate, or add the key and value if it is missing.

Registry Value:"ForceStartMenuLogoff"
Value: 1

Registry Value:"StartMenuLogoff"
Value: 0

Registry Value:"NoClose"
Value: 0