Windows Server 2003 Shutdown Event Tracker (English Version)

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Scenario:

A small but useful information. Windows Server 2003 Operating System Family, has a feature that the previous Windows 2000 Server Family had not. When you choose to shutdown or restart the system, a new type of menu appears which asks to provide a reason for the selected action. It has a list of predefined choices, as well as a text filed so we can add our own custom comments.

But what if I want to disable this feature, and go back to the good old shutdown menu?

Procedure:

1. Click Start->Run, type gpedit.msc and press Enter
2. The Local Security Policy object editor opens
3. In the left pane navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System
4. In the list that appears on the right pane of the mmc console, after the folder list, the third choice is “Display Shutdown Event Tracker”
5. Double-click to open the item and select disable
6. Click OK, close Group Policy Object Editor, and you’re done

Note:

You don’t have to run “gpupdate /force” because this is a Local Security Policy and not a Domain Policy. Furthermore, if you wish to make this change on the other servers of your network using the same method you have to visit them all one by one because this is a local setting.

Official Information:

Microsoft Support KB Article 293814: Description of the Shutdown Event Tracker

Microsoft Support KB Article 55541: How to enable or disable Shutdown Event Tracker

Microsoft Technet Website: Shutdown Event Tracker Best Practices