Recipe 2.18. Disabling Shutdown TrackerProblemYou want to disable the Shutdown Tracker from running at system startup on lab or test systems because it is annoying. Shutdown Tracker is a new feature of Windows Server 2003 that prompts you to provide a description of the reason why a server is being shut down or restarted. If the server unexpectedly restarted, you are prompted during logon for this information. SolutionYou need to reboot the system for the changes to take effect after performing one of the following. Using a graphical user interface
You can also disable Shutdown Tracker using group policy. The settings for it are located in Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Using a command-line interface The following command disables the Shutdown Tracker: Don't get me wrong, I think the Shutdown Tracker is a very useful feature. In fact, I'm glad Microsoft added it, but it can be annoying on test systems that you want to restart or shut down frequently. After Shutdown Tracker runs, it creates event 1074 in the System event log. Here is an example: You can even customize Shutdown Tracker if you want. You can create your own shutdown reasons. There are eight by default. All it takes is some more registry changes. See MS KB 293814 for more information. Recipe 2.19 for restarting or shutting down a server, and MS KB 293814 (Description of the Shutdown Event Tracker) |