How to Disable LogOff and TurnOff Buttons in Start Menu

Follow these Steps to Disable the LogOff and TurnOff  Buttons on your Start Menu:

• Open the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).

• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
  
  
  • Disable the Log Off Button
    
    
    • Right-click the Explorer key, and select New >> DWORD value.
    • Name the value StartMenuLogoff, and press Enter twice to access the Edit DWORD Value dialog box.
    • Type 1 in the Value Data text box, and click OK.
  
  
  
  • Disable the Power Off button
    
    
    • Right-click the Explorer key, and select New >> DWORD value.
    • Name the value NoClose, and press Enter twice to access the Edit DWORD Value dialog box.
    • Type 1 in the Value Data text box, and click OK.

• Close the Registry Editor.

• Or Instead of Above Steps, Paste the Following in Notepad and save as Buttons.reg
  
  

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"NoClose"=dword:00000001
"StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000001

Now Open the Buttons.reg

• At this point, both the Log Off and Turn Off Computer buttons are still on the Start menu.

• Restart you computer and Done.

• When you need these buttons back, launch the Registry Editor, and change the values to 0 or delete the values.  You can also shutdown your computer by pressing your cpu power button once.  Or you can also use shutdown command.