Guest Artificer Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 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 Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 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 Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 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] Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 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 Posted August 18, 2008 Posted August 18, 2008 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 Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 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 Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 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 Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 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!
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