Group Policy snap-in

#1 danbrownlow

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 01:32 PM

Hey,

I'm using Windows Server 2008 and I'm trying to disable the shutdown event tracker as I have no need for it.

I did the folllowing,

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6. Disable Shutdown Event Tracker

Since I am using it as a workstation I do not want to keep a track of all the Shutdowns. The Shutdown Event Tracker is the pop up that you get asking you for a shutdown reason. To disable it

Open mmc.msc

Add the Group Policy snap-in

Under Administrative Templates expand System

Set Display Shutdown Event Tracer to Disabled

[Taken from: http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2008...desktop-os.aspx]

and it seemed to work fine.. The first time I shut down. When I tried to shutdown again I noticed that the shutdown event tracker had turned on again. I tried to follow the instructions again but when I try and add the group policy add-on I get the error message:

"Failed to open group policy on this computer. You may not have sufficient rights"- I know I have the right to because I'm logged in as administrator!!!

Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this,

Cheers, Dan.

#2 Michael-Anthony

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 01:44 PM

try this...

create an empty text doc, paste the below and save and change extension to .reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability]
"ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000

#3 danbrownlow

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 01:47 PM

Michael-Anthony, on Dec 2 2008, 06:44 PM, said:

Where should I save this?

Thanks.

#4 Michael-Anthony

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 02:32 PM

on your desktop named fixreg.reg

then double click it, or right click > merge

You can delete it when your done with it. or you can save it on a usb for reference.

This post has been edited by Michael-Anthony: 02 December 2008 - 02:33 PM

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Posted 02 December 2008 - 04:23 PM

STANDARD BLEEPING COMPUTER CAVEAT:
Please be sure to backup your registry before trying any registry edits.
Registry edits are a dangerous thing because the slightest little error can cause your system to stop responding/fail to boot.

- John
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