How to prevent users from shutting down the host on Window 7 or XP ?
On Windows 8 or later systems, remote desktop users are not able to shutdown the host. But for Windows 7 and earlier systems, the shot shutdown option is available to remote desktop users. Below is the guide to preventing zero clients users from shutting down the host.
1. On the host, open the security setting console through Control Panel > Management Tools > Local Security Settings > Security Setting > Local > User’s right assignment > Shutdown Operation system.
2. Delete users or groups that are not allow to shutdown host.