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Removing standby in XP

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by tandmres

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Does anyone know how to remove the "standy" option in Windows XP? We are in a school setting and would like to have it not available to anyone.

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by benyo

Firstly, you must be logged on as a user with Administrator level access to the machine. Goto Control Panels and open Administrative tools, then goto Local Security Policy. When opened, under Local Policies, select User Rights Assignment. In the right hand window, near the bottom, d-click 'Shut down the system' and remove the offending users or groups. Any users or groups NOT in this section will only be able to log off and nothing else... until they log off. At the Ctrl+Alt+Del welcome screen,they can choose Shut Down, Standby, etc. To remove the shutdown button at this screen... Under local policies, select Security Options. In the right hand window, find and d-click 'Shutdown: Allow the system to be shutdown without having to logon'. In here, select disabled and click OK.

Hope this helped. If it gets confusing, get in touch.

by tandmres

Thank you for your response and that is very helpful, but we don't want to remove the shutdown option altogether, we only want to remove the standy option. This seems to be a real stumper. Any other ideas?

by grommitsteed

Have you looked in the power options in the control panel? If not set the system standby to never.

by jrhineh1

I also work in a school district and had the same problem. The answer is:
How to disable standby option on XP Pro. Below is a registry entry that may work:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ACPI\

Add the Attributes value under this key (REG_DWORD).

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ACPI\Parameters\Attributes

Set Attributes to 0x70 and reboot

by Mark W. Kaelin

This question turns up in the TechRepublic Discussion Center from time to time. In this TechRepublic article from 2002, the TechRepublic community came up with several good suggestions for changing the way Windows XP handles user shutdowns and the standby mode.

Article: Decision Support: School district wants to restrict NT/XP Shut Down options
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5100-6270-1054906.html

Discussion
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6247-0.html?forumID=12&threadID=99111&messageID=595582

Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q292504

The suggestions were valid two years ago, but I'm wondering if there are better solutions now? According to the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article, setting policies for the Start Menu involves Registry edits, is there a more user-friendly and efficient method?

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