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Deny Shutdown for another user

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by van_helsing_80

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Is there any way to prevent a user to shutdown the computer until all other users are logged out completely.
To be more specific, I want to disable the shutdown button for the guest account when the administrator is logged in the computer.

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by chris910

If they push and hold the power button everything shuts down.

The proper approach to this is Training.

by .martin.

I only know how to prevent other users from turning of the computer at all.

if you have Windows 7 (or probably Vista, maybe XP) in a flavor that has the Local Security Policy Editor (W7 and Vista - Ultimate, Enterprise, Pro. XP - Pro)

open 'Local Security Policy' (in Administrative tools, either in control panel or in start menu)

under 'Local Policies':

under 'User Right Assignment', change 'Shut down the system', by adding/removing users/user groups that you want to be able to shut down the computer.

under 'Security Options', change 'Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on' change to enabled.

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