Hello. I am trying prevent users from accessing logoff, lock,shutdown etc actions from their desktop . In win XP this was easy. However, in Win 7 the "logoff" is always presented on new start menu power button action. i can remove logoff IF i allow users to access shutdown command. if i also remove access to shutdown then the logoff is back in power button actions. So this leads me in situation where i need to allow users to either logoff or shutdown the computer. For some reason I cannot prevent both. Group Policy settings works correctly in CTRL-ALT-DEL menu but not on new start menu power button. i have configured following settings: user settings/admin templates/Start menu and taskbar/remove logoff from start menu: enabled user settings/admin templates/Start menu and taskbar/remove and prevent access to shutdown,restart ...: enabled Tried to set power button default action to restart -> logoff is default if shutdown/restart is prevented by other policy setting i have also tried settings under: user settings/admin templates/System/CTRL-ALT-DEL OPTIONS -> logoff is still presented in power button actions even it is disabled from here(lock is also there but does not do anything)

I can confirm this issue is also present with Remote Desktop Services in Server 2008 R2. Changing settings as listed by Mice999 above result in the same behavior. If Shut Down is prevented by other Group Policy settings (e.g., the "Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down..." setting), then Log Off is present on this button in the Start Menu. I did find a blog discussion about a registry key located at --> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer <-- as a new DWORD value named StartMenuLogOff and set it’s value to 1, but that seems to only apply to Windows 7, as it is not working in RDS 2008 R2. Thanks, -Tim

i have the same issue. did you ever find a way around it?