Re: Remove "Shutdown" command from w2k PCs but enable restart

From: Donald Voss (voss_at_albany.edu)
Date: 10/29/04

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    Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 04:42:54 -0400
To: "Houpt, Dani" <dhoupt@ICBNY.COM>

    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
    > INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

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