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Remote Desktop users have access to shutdown/restart, how disable these ?
Hi Mehrdad1993,
I applied a group policy includes only "Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands" is on User Configuration of Group Policy Management.
Also I used the policy on User Configuration, didn't on Computer Configuration.
You have to apply the policy to OU which includes users, not computers.
Group Policy
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Hi Mehrdad1993,
I applied a group policy includes only "Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands" is on User Configuration of Group Policy Management.
Also I used the policy on User Configuration, didn't on Computer Configuration.
You have to apply the policy to OU which includes users, not computers.
Group Policy
Other User Clicked to Power ButtonOther User Clicked to User ButtonTest User Clicked to Power ButtonTest User Clicked to User Button
Hi mjm1231,
Same configuration for users via Group Policy.
User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar -> Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep and Hibernate commands.- Thank you very much, solved perfectly.
Yes. This is the same instruction in the original post. I understand the intent is to prevent them from shutting down a computer they have accessed via RDP. But this does not answer my question.
My question is: How does a user affected by this policy shut down their own personal computer, where they are logged in locally? Wouldn't the same policy also prevent them from shutting down in that instance also?
Hi mjm1231i,
If you apply this policy via computer configuration for only an OU which includes only servers, client computers won't affect from that policy. Your client computers and servers are in the same OU, you can use WMI filtering for Group Policy.
