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warren
Asked: 2013-12-11 13:17:29 +0800 CST

Suppressing the "reason" for shutdown on Windows Server

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How can I suppress giving a reason for shutdown on a Windows Server host?

Specifically, on 2008 R2, but all versions back to 2003 and up to 2012 would be appreciated.

windows-server-2003

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You will need to modify the group policy that is applied to the servers. Open up the Group Policy Management Console and navigate to Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> System and select "Display Shutdown Event Tracker." Disable that option.

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  2. If you do not want to change via Polices you can always issue the shutdown command to avoid the question.

    shutdown /s /t 0

    /s = shutdown /t = time till shutdown 0 = immediely

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  3. Running the following as an elevated admin:

    reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability" /v ShutDownReasonOn /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

    and then logging off and on again should to the trick.

    This is quicker than using group policies which you should use when you are in a domain and want to apply this change to many servers.

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  4. I'm sure the OP has found the other answers useful but future readers may be interested in a powershell version. Works out of the box in 2008 or up, and maybe in 2003 if powershell is installed. 

        if ( -Not (Test-Path 'registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability'))
    {
    New-Item -Path 'registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT' -Name Reliability -Force
    }
    Set-ItemProperty -Path 'registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability' -Name ShutdownReasonOn -Value 0
#

    or a .reg file version. Install with "regedit /s Disable_Shutdown_Event_Tracker.reg"

    Disable_Shutdown_Event_Tracker.reg

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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