stop kids powering down

[pregga]

i'm sure this isn't unusual but my kid keeps hitting the power off switch on the front of the machine, is there a way to disabling this after the initial power up

[MCT]

hi

in "power options" (Advanced tab)

u can choose "When i press the power button on my computer" > "do nothing"

[gamehead200]

Or put a piece of duct tape over it or something so they can't press it at all... By the way, if you hold the button down for more than 5 seconds, it will power down no matter what (as if you were unplugging it...)...

[SiMoNsAyS]

i would choose to add this to my registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Set Monitor to NEVER turn off, and "When I press my power button" to "Ask me what to do"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,00,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\

00,00,01,00,00,00,14,f2,06,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,58,02,00,\

00,00,00,64,64,64,64,95,71

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]

"AcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,00,06,00,02,00,00,\

00,04,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,92,40,d4,77,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\

01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,\

00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

14,e7,06,00,b0,b2,97,71,ec,e6,06,00,1f,3b,d4,77,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\

00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,00,00,00,00

"DcPolicy"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,34,e7,\

06,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,03,06,00,04,00,00,\

00,04,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,b0,aa,08,00,84,03,00,00,03,00,00,00,\

01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,\

00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,\

01,40,d4,77,ea,01,15,00,f8,16,28,00,90,e7,06,00,58,02,00,00,00,64,64,00,02,\

00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,00,00,00,00

"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy]

"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\

00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,\

04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\

00,16,00,00,00

that way if you don't touch the mouse, windows won't shut down

[pregga]

Thanx for that i'll try out the first option first, failing that maybe the second

[pregga]

third option came in while responding to previous, any feedback on this would be apriciated

[MCT]

pregga..

jus tell your kids no.."if u break my toy, ill break u" lol

[pregga]

could be right or maybe mittens