{"id":539,"date":"2008-11-07T20:41:25","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=539"},"modified":"2008-11-07T20:49:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T03:49:03","slug":"how-to-disable-shutdown-event-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/how-to-disable-shutdown-event-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Shutdown Event Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"

My clients, and especially my students are always asking me how to disable shutdown event tracker on Windows Server 2003. On a production network, shutdown event tracker can be useful in logging the information in the Event Viewer. However, for some people, such as developers, testers and even in a classroom environment dealing with shutdown event tracker is a nuisance.<\/p>\n

There are different ways to disable the event tracker. On a server you can either use on of the built-in policies, such as Default Domain Policy or edit the local group policy. I will describe the procedure to use the local policy to enable or disable the event tracker because it will work on a Domain Controller as well as a client operating system such as Microsoft Vista. Here’s how you can disable the event tracker.<\/p>\n

1. Click Start, Run, type MMC and press Enter.<\/p>\n

2 . On the File menu choose Add\/Remove Snap-in.<\/p>\n

3. Add the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in for the “Local Computer.”<\/p>\n

4. Click Finish and OK until you get back to the MMC console.<\/p>\n

5. Expand Local Computer Policy.<\/p>\n

6. Expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates and select System.<\/p>\n

7. In the right-hand pane double-click Display Shutdown Event Tracker<\/em>.<\/p>\n

8. Configure it to be Disabled<\/em> and click OK.<\/p>\n

9. Close the console without saving it.<\/p>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: If you are working on a Domain Controller, it can take up to 5 minutes for the Group Policy to take effect. On a client it can take up to 90 minutes (with a 30 minute offset). Rather than waiting, you can go to the command prompt and manually refresh the Group Policy by typing GPUPDATE \/FORCE<\/strong> so that your change takes place immediately. There is no need to reboot.<\/p>\n

This tip applies to all Windows Server 2003\/2008 Domain Controllers and member servers as well as Windows Vista clients.<\/p>\n

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My clients, and especially my students are always asking me how to disable shutdown event tracker on Windows Server 2003. On a production network, shutdown event tracker can be useful in logging the information in the Event Viewer. However, for some people, such as developers, testers and even in a classroom environment dealing with shutdown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,38,30,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-directory","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-2003","category-longhorn-server","category-windows-vista"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t