Or, if you??™re setting up a system
to be used by the public, you won??™t want to allow anyone to shut down
or reboot the system in an effort to compromise it. Here??™s how to do it:
1. Open the Registry Editor (discussed in Chapter 3).
2. Expand the branches to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
3. Create a new DWORD value by going to Edit ??? New ??? DWORD (32-
bit) Value, and type NoClose for its name.
4. Double-click the new NoClose value and type 1 for its data.
5. Close the Registry Editor when you??™re done. You??™ll need to restart Windows
for this change to take effect.
Keep in mind that this isn??™t a bulletproof solution. For instance, anyone will
be able to shut down Windows by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and clicking Shut
Down there. Also, someone with ready access to your computer??™s on/off
switch, reset button, or power cord will be able to circumvent this restriction.
At the very least, though, it??™ll provide some reasonable assurance that
your PC will remain powered on.
Log In As the Administrator
When you first install Windows Vista, Setup walks you through the process
of setting up a user account for yourself by asking for your name and then
having you choose a picture. One of the requirements of the username is
that it not be ???Administrator.???
The account named Administrator is a built-in account, mostly as a holdover
from earlier versions of Windows. For more intents and purposes, it??™s
pretty much the same as any other administrator-level account, except that
it can have the name ???Administrator.
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