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 16:18:29 -0400
To: "Lett, Craig" <Craig.Lett@usfc.com>

    Lett, Craig wrote:
    > Your probably going to see them just use the power button if you did
    > that anyways. And if they were missing a shutdown button, the mentality
    > of an end user, would probably be to call you or the helpdesk trying to
    > report a virus or at least wondering where it went. Why don't you push
    > the updates out when they login in the morning. That's when most of the
    > places I have seen do updates, asset management, etc... The user logs
    > on and goes for their morning coffee. Or you could just send a memo
    > saying to leave their PC's on when they go home at night. ;)

    Craig,

    Not to harp .. but policy policy policy. We are not a big shop .. edu
    too. So some researcher HAS to have some share ALL the time .. they are
    tenured can come in 24x7 .. but can still be a end user .. so I ask ..
    put it in writing .. copy the chair .. details please. I remind them it
    is state equipment. I adjust the machine .. put a little sign on the
    power button .. then .. pass out the details, copy the chair.... Now ..
    some jomoke pushes the power button under the sign .... plugs in a
    microwave. I write a little memo, copy the chair .. keep some files ..
    they quiet down. At least in business someone will eventually show them
    to the door.

    /don 

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Donald W. Voss                              voss@albany.edu
Sr.Systems Analyst
AS218 Geography Department
The University at Albany
Albany, NY, USA 12222
1 kilometer = 11,248.593925759280089988751406074 cups of coffee.
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