To disable “Turn off Computer” button in Windows XP using Registry

It shows how to disable “Turn off Computer” button in Windows XP using Registry

Keywords: registry, turn off, shutdown.

Steps to disable “Turn off Computer” button

Step1: Click start and type regedit in Run option and press enter

Step 2: Then Locate HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer 

Step 3: Then locate Key “NoClose” or create key “NoClose” through right click and create a key a new DWORD value with the name NoClose. 

Step 4: Change the value or set the value to 1

Step 5: Restart the system for the changes to take effect.

Imp: If you want to roll back, just the change NoClose value to 0

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How to add items to the start button using Registry

The best way to edit registry, you always keep backup of registry before doing, if any mistake occurs you can restore it, otherwise it make problem for your system

Steps for add items to the start button using Registry


Step1: Click on start button and type Regedit in Run option

Step2: In Registry editor, select HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell on the left side of the page or you can find using Find option in Edit menu

 
Step3: Then Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.


Step4:Click newly created folder and right click on the key in right side of the page and select modify and type path of the program. Eg: C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE

Step5: Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.