Terminal Service Plus

is it deliberate that after installing TSPLUS onto Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) the "restart" as well as "shut down" buttons in the start menu no longer shut the computer down: they only log the user off? it seems as if it may be deliberate because i tested uninstalling TSPLUS and the shut down button worked again, but then after re-installing TSPLUS the shut down went back to only acting like "log off"

note that this has nothing to do with hiding the "shut down" / "restart" options altogether: the option is still visible and not greyed out, it's just that when you click it it does not function as expected

For security reasons it can be good to prevent the incoming user to see all of the possible logon.

This is the “Don’t Display the last user name” logon Windows option

The registry setting is:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
dontdisplaylastusername= 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
shutdownwithoutlogon=1

In such case, Windows behavior will be to disable the restart feature in the Start Button and Windows moves it to after the logoff.

If you prefer to keep the logoff feature into the start button you have to disable this “Don’t Display the last user name” logon Windows option

The registry setting is:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
dontdisplaylastusername= 0
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
shutdownwithoutlogon=0

Warning: if you change these registry values you have to reboot your server.

thanks but that is not the cause - both those options are already set to false. the issue is that subsequent to installing TSPLUS, both the "shut down" as well as the "restart" options from the start button are still available but stop working: they merely act like "log off" (even when logged in as administrator).

uninstalling TSPLUS resolves the issue, re-installing TSPLUS brings the issue back again

Hello,

I may have made a mistake in the post above, if your settings are set to 0 value can you try with 1 and reboot ?