Add Logoff to Start Menu

[h0dg3s]

I use the classic Logon screen and force Ctrl Alt Del to logon. How can I add "Logoff" option to the start menu?

[Tripredacus]

I believe that option is only available if Fast User Account Switching is enabled. I know that you can't enable it if you are set up to log into a domain however.

[h0dg3s]

I believe that option is only available if Fast User Account Switching is enabled. I know that you can't enable it if you are set up to log into a domain however.

You can enable it before you force classic logon, but not sure how you would do it when you have classic logon built into the cd.

[jmmdss]

h0dg3s,

One possible way to do this would be with Group Policy. In my initial tests it seems to work.

Start > Run > gpedit.msc

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar

Set Add Logoff to the Start Menu to Enabled and make sure Remove Logoff on the Start Menu is "Not configured"

[h0dg3s]

h0dg3s,

One possible way to do this would be with Group Policy. In my initial tests it seems to work.

Start > Run > gpedit.msc

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar

Set Add Logoff to the Start Menu to Enabled and make sure Remove Logoff on the Start Menu is "Not configured"

So how do I add that into an unattended install?

[jmmdss]

Well, you could configure the setting in a domain GPO, since it looks like you're in a domain environment.

Otherwise, you may want to try setting the following value in the Default User profile.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000001

[h0dg3s]

Well, you could configure the setting in a domain GPO, since it looks like you're in a domain environment.

Otherwise, you may want to try setting the following value in the Default User profile.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000001

Would that work under HKLM so that it works for all users?

[jmmdss]

Actually, I don't think that it would work under HKLM, but I haven't tried it. You could always give it a shot I guess. However, if you modify the Default User profile, it should apply to all newly-created profiles on the machine.

I use images rather than unattended installs, but it seems like you should be able to run a vbscript similar to the one below to modify the profile:

Set oShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Set oFSO = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

enableLogoff

Function enableLogoff
	On Error Resume Next
	defaultUserDat = "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\ntuser.dat"
	regPath = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%") & "\system32\reg.exe"
	If oFSO.FileExists(regPath) And oFSO.FileExists(defaultUserDat) Then
		tempHive = "HKEY_USERS\def"
		command = regPath & " load " & tempHive & " """ & defaultUserDat & """"
		oShell.Run command, 0, TRUE
		tempLogoffPath = tempHive & "\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuLogoff"
		oShell.RegWrite tempLogoffPath, 1, "REG_DWORD"
		command = regPath & " unload " & tempHive
		oShell.Run command, 0, TRUE
	End If
End Function