Re: Block windows remote shutdown command on a domain

I tested it out on another users system today. On his system we removed
administrators from the Force Shutdown option and he added only
himself. Then I ran the shutdown command and it still shutdown his PC.
Any suggestions?

Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote:
> This is done in Group Policies, Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies, User Rights Assignments
>
> Force Shutdown from a remote system. The default is Adminstators. You can modify this to specific users or groups, or not have any groups/users listed to completely block this feature.
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> <mrburch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1135883790.482057.149550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I'm looking for a way to block the windows shutdown command from
> > working on some servers on our domain. I know it is possible as the
> > previous admin has it currently setup on a few. Despite being a domain
> > admin and the remote server being on the domain I get "Access is
> > denied" when running the shutdown command against it. I want to enable
> > this feature on other servers as well but I can't figure out how. I do
> > believe it is a registry setting on the remote server itself.
> >

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