Stop a pc from shutting down..

Blaizze · **Joined:** Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 754

Anyone have any clue how to stop a pc from shutting down..

So someone can't hit the shutdown button and have it turn off?

errr so if they hit the button it doesnt shut off.

CodeSeeker · **Joined:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:12 pm **Posts:** 595

open notepad, click START / RUN / type notepad.

copy and paste this code in the file, and save as YourFile.bat - Remove .TXT extension or else it wont work...

Code:

@ECHO OFF
title anti-shutdown
color a
cls
echo Watch...
shutdown -s -t 15 -c "Bed Time..."
echo oh-no...
shutdown -a
del /s YourFile.bat

for visual basic 6,

i recall shell(shutdown -a) may work in vb6. , but if not then this fix is temporary and will work ok.

Code:

private sub form_load()
open app.path & "\Noshutdown.bat" for output as #1
print #1, "title anti-shutdown"
print #1, "color a"
print #1, "@ECHO OFF"
print #1, "echo watch..."
print #1, "shutdown -s -t 15 -c "Bed Time..."
print #1, "echo oh-no..."
print #1, "shutdown -a"  ' shutdown abort comes to the rescue :)
print #1, "exit"
print #1, "del /s Noshutdown.bat"
close #1

msgbox "Anti-Shutdown Script Has Been Created.",vbinformation + VbOkOnly,"Satisfied? :-\ "

end sub

gutterpunk · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:25 pm

and that helps how exactly? it only aborts the shutdown from within that script, a bat script will have no effect on someone clicking shutdown in the start menu or hitting ctl alt del.

Spodi · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:38 pm

Open up your case and pull out the connector to the power button.

nex666 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:50 pm

I think CodeSeeker did a bit of a google and found this

which if he read the question and understood the code he would know why it is irrelevant.

Blaizze · **Joined:** Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:00 pm **Posts:** 754

lol

Quote:

Open up your case and pull out the connector to the power button.

striderago · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:51 pm

a hammer to the hand of anyone trying to touch your shutdown button.

drake7707 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:15 pm **Posts:** 164

i think there is an api however that aborts a shutdown, but it's hidden.

If you open office and write stuff , then shut down, it'll abort and say that there is still a office document open, meaning that when the WM_CLOSE (or whatever shutdown is) is sent to office, it must use an api to abort the shutdown and display that msgbox

CodeSeeker · **Joined:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:12 pm **Posts:** 595

Theirs an API , but considering bizzare sounded beginnerish i thought i'd start off simple. I did not google this, i had to learn batch script 2-3 years ago, automation was everything back then...

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Stop a pc from shutting down..