Remove "shutdown" on the logon menu on W

Check out this little registry tweak (eliminate any spaces from the URL):

http://registry.winguides.com/display.php/135/

If you use the policy editor that comes with the Windows NT Server CD the utility is poledit.exe. If you run this on the machine that you want to remove it from you must be logged on with administrator priveleges or else it won't allow you to modify the registry. All you should have to do is run the executable, then select file open registry and check or uncheck the box that says remove shutdown from the logon box. there are many premade templates for using the policy editor that can be found on the web. hope it helps

The simplest way to accomplish this is to modify the following registry key with your prefered registry editor:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ShutdownWithoutLogon

This value is set to 1 on NT4 Workstation by default (i.e. you can shutdown from the logon screen) and is set to 0 on NT4 Server (i.e. you can not shutdown without loging on first).

Hope this helps.

Instead of modifying directly at registry, here is another way and less chance to make mistake.

Launch the System Policy Editor. With the default template, click on the following
- Windows NT System
--- Logon
----- Enable Shutdown from Authentication dialog box

Just uncheck the "Enable Shutdown from Authentication" check-box.

Click on File at the menu bar, save and exit.

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