Microsoft KB Archive/271977

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Terminal Services Session Displays Shutdown Button When Group Policy Is Enabled

PSS ID Number: 271977

Article Last Modified on 11/4/2003



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server



This article was previously published under Q271977

SYMPTOMS

When you enable the "Allow System to be Shut Down without having to Logon" Group Policy Object (GPO) while Terminal Services is enabled, any client that connects to the server through a Terminal Services session has the Shutdown button displayed on the initial logon screen.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack


The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date     Time    Version        Size     File name
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   8/29/00  4:41PM  5.0.2195.2104  331,536  Msgina.dll
                



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

The hotfix listed in this article hides the Shutdown button for Terminal Services clients when the GPO is set to "Allow System to be Shutdown without having to Logon". This hotfix should be applied to the computer that is running Terminal Services, not to the client computer.

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes


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