Activate or Deactivate Windows Shutdown Reason Tracker (Windows XP only)

If you have used Windows 2003 server you will have seen the new screen where you can indicate the reason for a shutdown or restart of the computer. This is then added to the event log for viewing later. If you wish, you can add this to Windows XP as well you can also disable it once you have enabled it.

For Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP you can control this feature by the group policy functionality, either local or domain.

To disable or enable the feature via the Group Policy, open the group policy editor and navigate to: Local Computer Policy, Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, where you will find it under "display event tracker".

On Windows XP only you can also make a registry change. To enable or disable it, open the registry editor and navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ReliabilityYou should find a key called "Shutdown Reason UI" (without the spaces - spaces added for readability).

If the value is "0" then the reason tracker is turned off. If the value is "1" then the reason tracker is turned on. If you do not wish to modify the registry directly, then you can use these two registry files instead.

Registry File - Turn On (right click and save to your machine then rename the file from ".txt" to ".reg")

Registry File - Turn Off (right click and save to your machine then rename the file from ".txt" to ".reg")Important information on "Amset.info" registry files.
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