Shutdown a server using the power button

[Guest Artificer]

I have a windows server 2008 standard computer at home and I am using

it as a home domain server. I don’t want to use a keyboard or monitor

on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

with a single button click?

[Guest EdRoche]

RE: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

Install a copy of RealVNC on to the server and your client. Use the viewer

exe on your desktop to vnc to the IP of your server. Then you can view the

screen and do all.

 

 

"Artificer" wrote:

> I have a windows server 2008 standard computer at home and I am using

> it as a home domain server. I don’t want to use a keyboard or monitor

> on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

> order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

> del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

> with a single button click?

>

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

In message <4C56F88C-89BC-4F7F-B6A1-199F91A7F3E1@microsoft.com> EdRoche

<EdRoche@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Install a copy of RealVNC on to the server and your client. Use the viewer

>exe on your desktop to vnc to the IP of your server. Then you can view the

>screen and do all.

 

That doesn't really help a user standing in front of the physical

hardware to shut down without a keyboard attached.

 

(I am hoping someone has a suggestion for the original poster)

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

Put a batch file on the desktop to run shutdown.exe and click that.

You can use shutdown or shutdown -r to restart,

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

"Artificer" <eliezerfigueroa@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:6bc832f7-e0f3-49af-91be-a5f9aedef12c@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

> I have a windows server 2008 standard computer at home and I am using

> it as a home domain server. I don’t want to use a keyboard or monitor

> on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

> order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

> del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

> with a single button click?

[Guest Spaceman]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

If you mean the actual button on the computer,

check in the power options from control panel

There should be an advanced tab in the power options

that you can set what the power button does when you press it.

I hope that is what you are wishing could happen.

:)

 

--

James M Driscoll Jr

MCTS (Vista)

Spaceman

 

 

 

"Artificer" <eliezerfigueroa@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:6bc832f7-e0f3-49af-91be-a5f9aedef12c@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

I have a windows server 2008 standard computer at home and I am using

it as a home domain server. I don’t want to use a keyboard or monitor

on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

with a single button click?

[Guest NVVN]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

In article <6bc832f7-e0f3-49af-91be-

a5f9aedef12c@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, eliezerfigueroa@gmail.com

says...

> on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

> order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

> del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

> with a single button click?

 

You can not shutdown Windows Server 2003 with just pushing power off

button because this is security settings, and if you put in power

options that computer shutdown when you press power button it does not

work, you must log on to server console and then shut it down.

 

If that works by default, anyone who have physical access to server then

can shut it down.

 

However there is registry settings with wich you can turn on this

behaviour:

 

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

 

shutdownwithoutlogon reg_dword default is 0 = off put 1 to allow

shutdown with pressing power button

 

Maybe it will work for 2008 ? Please let us now.

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

In message <MPG.2315bb6efb15bb85989684@msnews.microsoft.com> NVVN

<me@we.com> wrote:

>In article <6bc832f7-e0f3-49af-91be-

>a5f9aedef12c@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, eliezerfigueroa@gmail.com

>says...

>

>> on that server. Everything works fine but the shutdown button. In

>> order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

>> del and then press the shutdown button. How can I make it to shutdown

>> with a single button click?

>

>You can not shutdown Windows Server 2003 with just pushing power off

>button because this is security settings, and if you put in power

>options that computer shutdown when you press power button it does not

>work, you must log on to server console and then shut it down.

>

>If that works by default, anyone who have physical access to server then

>can shut it down.

 

While it's not an entirely bad idea, in most cases anyone with physical

access to the front of the case has physical access to the back, which

nearly guarantees the ability to shutdown.

 

Also in most cases (different set of "most" though), holding the power

button will force a shutdown anyway.

 

(Or, put another way, my reason for wanting this is simple: if someone

can already shut down my server, I'd rather then be able to do it

gracefully)

>However there is registry settings with wich you can turn on this

>behaviour:

>

>HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

>

>shutdownwithoutlogon reg_dword default is 0 = off put 1 to allow

>shutdown with pressing power button

>

>Maybe it will work for 2008 ? Please let us now.

 

I've got that set via GroupPolicy, as well as turned off the need for

CTRL-ALT-DEL (it doesn't play nice with my old KVM, never bothered to

remove the policy)

 

I see very similar, I have to touch the keyboard before I can force the

system to shutdown using the power button. I can press and release CTRL

first, then shutdown using the power button, no problem.

[Guest Artificer]

Re: Shutdown a server using the power button

 

On Aug 20, 5:53 am, DevilsPGD <spam_narf_s...@crazyhat.net> wrote:

> In message <MPG.2315bb6efb15bb85989...@msnews.microsoft.com> NVVN

>

>

>

>

>

> <m...@we.com> wrote:

> >In article <6bc832f7-e0f3-49af-91be-

> >a5f9aedef...@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, eliezerfigue...@gmail.com

> >says...

>

> >> on that server.  Everything works fine but the shutdown button.  In

> >> order to shutdown the computer with it I have to first press ctrl-alt-

> >> del and then press the shutdown button.  How can I make it to shutdown

> >> with a single button click?

>

> >You can not shutdown Windows Server 2003 with just pushing power off

> >button because this is security settings, and if you put in power

> >options that computer shutdown when you press power button it does not

> >work, you must log on to server console and then shut it down.

>

> >If that works by default, anyone who have physical access to server then

> >can shut it down.

>

> While it's not an entirely bad idea, in most cases anyone with physical

> access to the front of the case has physical access to the back, which

> nearly guarantees the ability to shutdown.

>

> Also in most cases (different set of "most" though), holding the power

> button will force a shutdown anyway.

>

> (Or, put another way, my reason for wanting this is simple: if someone

> can already shut down my server, I'd rather then be able to do it

> gracefully)

>

> >However there is registry settings with wich you can turn on this

> >behaviour:

>

> >HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

>

> >shutdownwithoutlogon reg_dword default is 0 = off put 1 to allow

> >shutdown with pressing power button

>

> >Maybe it will work for 2008 ? Please let us now.

>

> I've got that set via GroupPolicy, as well as turned off the need for

> CTRL-ALT-DEL (it doesn't play nice with my old KVM, never bothered to

> remove the policy)

>

> I see very similar, I have to touch the keyboard before I can force the

> system to shutdown using the power button.  I can press and release CTRL

> first, then shutdown using the power button, no problem.- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

I dont know why but I have discover that if I puch the shut down

button multiple time it eventually "hear" the button and start a

system shutdown!