Smallvoid.com
  • Home
  • About
  • Articles
  • Links
  • Forum

Allow users to shutdown the machine without login

January 1, 2000 by Snakefoot | 0 Comment

The login box includes a shutdown button, that can hidden/shown dependent on whether one wants unauthorized users to shutdown your mission critical server, or you don't bother to login to restart the computer.

To enable/disable the shutdown button in Windows NT4:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \Winlogon]
ShutdownWithoutLogon=1

More info MS KB114817
More info MS KB216083

To enable/disable the shutdown button in Windows 2000:
  1. Start the Local Security Policies snapin
  2. In the tree-view go to Local Policies -> Security Options
  3. Change the option Allow system to be shutdown without having to logon
More info MS KB232399
More info MS KB313924

To enable/disable the shutdown button in Windows XP/2003 (Also affects Welcome Screen):
  1. Start the Local Security Policies snapin
  2. In the tree-view go to Local Policies -> Security Options
  3. Change the option Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on
More info MS KB816569
Tags:
  • windows-login
Category:
  • User Security,
  • User Security,
  • User Security,
  • User Security

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Posts

  • Configure Automatic Logon in Windows NT
  • Securing the local Administrator account
  • Disable the MSDOS and Win16 subsystem
  • Restrict guest access to event logs
  • Moving the userprofile to a different location

Recent Posts

  • Disable IPv6 imaginary tunnel network interfaces
  • Encrypted backup to OneDrive or DropBox
  • Description of soft and hard page faults
  • Windows 10 Upgrade with black screen
  • Wordpress 4.2 Upgrade

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed