Power Button

[RandomGuest]

Hi

I have searched the forums for disabling the power button so people cant get passed my computer lock so nobody can get into my computer, i know you can manually do it in the bios/windows but is there some registry key, special send key to disable the power button? I disabled mine through windows but when i press AND hold the power button like some people do it turns off. is there anyway around this? ???

Edited July 17, 2007 by RandomGuest

[ChrisL]

Hi

I have searched the forums for disabling the power button so people cant get passed my computer lock so nobody can get into my computer, i know you can manually do it in the bios/windows but is there some registry key, special send key to disable the power button? I disabled mine through windows but when i press AND hold the power button like some people do it turns off. is there anyway around this? ???

No, that would just be silly.

You'd have to do something physical to the machine to dissable the button completely

[James]

Or you could look for the process shutdown.exe and run a command like:

While 1
    If ProcessExists("shutdown.exe") Then
        ShellExecute("cmd.exe", "shutdown - a")
    EndIf
Wend

Un-tested, I doubt it works.

[ChrisL]

Or you could look for the process shutdown.exe and run a command like:

While 1
    If ProcessExists("shutdown.exe") Then
        ShellExecute("cmd.exe", "shutdown - a")
    EndIf
Wend

Un-tested, I doubt it works.

I think he was asking if you could dissable the power button on the front!

[James]

Thats not possible with AutoIt, thats kinda obvious, well, for the clever of us.

I was trying to give him another another solution.