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Windows Server Shutdown Button Misplaced for Server OS

Submitted by dotnetdev on June 12, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Windows Server makes it too hard to log off, and very easy to accidently shut your server down. I have never shut a server down, but I log off every time I use it via remote desktop and the Server OS should not prominantly feature a shutdown on the start menu.

Windows Server should get rid of the hibernate/shutdown button and put a log off button here. Shutdown/hibernate should be hidden in the submenu.

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Discussion (6 comments)

longzheng wrote on June 12, 2008, 7:21am

Oh wow, that's dangerous. A server shouldn't have "shutdown" as the default option, especially a remote server.

jigarmehtamscit wrote on June 12, 2008, 9:55am

There is an option to get log-off icon over there in one of those two buttons from control panel.

For remote machine, you will not get that.. you will get option to disconnect/logoff.

talkersoft wrote on June 12, 2008, 4:01pm

I agree, I have accidentally shut down my Server 2008 machine because of this issue.

Nidonocu wrote on June 14, 2008, 11:18pm

That is quite dangerous. o.O

reactionary007 wrote on June 17, 2008, 11:15pm

yeah - i noticed that too...

Ensign Joe wrote on July 3, 2008, 10:16pm

The Server OSes should actually prompt the user before then really shutting down.
Or like in a way Mac Os does: "Windows will Shut Down in 10 seconds" - "Shutdown Now / Cancel"

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