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charleboisl
06-10-2003, 10:01 AM
In NT you could disable the shutdown button on the logon dialog this way:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\]
Value Name: shutdownwithoutlogon
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: "0"

Winguides articles also describe this tweak to work for XP. However, I found that this didn't work for XP. But this will:

Either:

1) Open gpedit.msc
Expand Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies, click on Security Options.
On the right-hand side, scroll down to "Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on", double-click it, and change to be Disabled.

Or:

2)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\policies\system\]
Value Name: shutdownwithoutlogon
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: : 0x00000000

Patrick O'Brien
06-10-2003, 08:22 PM
Hello charleboisl,

We have retested the shutdownwithoutlogon tweak on XP and have confirmed your findings. We will revise the WinGuides article <a target="_blank" href=http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/135/> Enable Shutdown from Authentication Dialog Box </a> and also include the correction in the Tweak Manager Live Update feature.

Thank you for posting the information.

Regards,

Patrick O'Brien
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Patrick O'Brien
06-12-2003, 05:22 PM
We have completed the revision of the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/135/>
Enable Shutdown from Authentication Dialog Box </a> tweak and have included the correction in the <a target="_blank" href=http://www.winguides.com/tweak/>
Tweak Manager </a> Live Update.

Regards,

Patrick O'Brien
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WinGuides Network - http://www.winguides.com/
Empowering the Windows operating system