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Hi,

My CEO is not getting shutdown option on her login. She only got logoff and lock computer.

We don’t have any GPO to restrict user from shutdown their computers. GPRESULT is not showing anything different.

When login to that laptop I am getting Shutdown option but my account got Admin rights. So I logged in as the test user with no admin rights and getting the shutdown.

So something to do with her user Policies. But we don’t have any User policies configured here.

I did check the Local policy and the “Remove and Prevent access to Shutdown, restart…” option is not enabled.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you,

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I don’t have a windows 7 machine in front of me, but I think you can change the function of the shutdown button. It is in the start menu properties settings. This is a setting the user can change so there is no GPO rules.

[Edit] Not trusting my memory, a little google-fu turned up this article.

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Maybe the setting found its way into a GPO they’re getting. Create a test account and drop it in the same OU/groups and see if you lose the button…that would eliminate AD as the culprit at least…or reproduce…

It’s also possible to change the registry key locally…or push the change out with AD:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system

“ShutdownWithoutLogon” 1 on 0 off

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I don’t know why this happened in the first place, but the issue is fixed now.

I have changed the Local Security Policy → User Rights Assignment → Shut down the system.

Added Domain Users and restart the computer. She got the shutdown option now.

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I know you said it’s a laptop, but by any chance is she accessing it remotely?

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No, She physically using that laptop.

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my first thought was “use the command prompt”, but I’m not sure we want a CEO with that kind of knowledge or power.