Vista - Log off confirmation

Does anyone have a way to force vista to popup a confirmation box when
logging off? I'd like to have one similar to the way XP did it.

"Drazzi" <drazzi8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a way to force vista to popup a confirmation box when
> logging off? I'd like to have one similar to the way XP did it.

No you can't.
The trick he is not to accidently press the start button move you mouse to
he arrow next to the lock icon, wait for the menu to appear hen scroll up it
to eventually click on Logoff.

Do you really need a confirmation of an multi part action you did ?

I know my TV does not check that I meant it go to stand by or my car when I
turn off he ignition - so why do you need your PC to check that you actually
wanted to logoff?

--

Mike Brannigan

Actually, we use the classic start menu and frequently the keyboard is
used to navigate the start menu instead of a mouse. So, the issue here
is when you hit the "Windows Key" and arrow up attempting to hit "Run"
and you are in a hurry and accidentally select "Log Off".

I really appreciate your completely unhelpful and disrespectful reply,
though!

And, yes we do need a confirmation for a multi part action that will
force all open applications closed. Especially when there are 700+
users who are used to having a confirmation from XP when logging off.

For viewers who may actually be curious about the same thing, or people
who'd genuinely like to help with problems, we will probably end up
removing "Log Off" from the start menu.


Mike Brannigan wrote:
>
>
> "Drazzi" <drazzi8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OoE8IH9kHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Does anyone have a way to force vista to popup a confirmation box when
>> logging off? I'd like to have one similar to the way XP did it.
>
> No you can't.
> The trick he is not to accidently press the start button move you mouse
> to he arrow next to the lock icon, wait for the menu to appear hen
> scroll up it to eventually click on Logoff.
>
> Do you really need a confirmation of an multi part action you did ?
>
> I know my TV does not check that I meant it go to stand by or my car
> when I turn off he ignition - so why do you need your PC to check that
> you actually wanted to logoff?
>

"Drazzi" <drazzi8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u0R7kt%23kHHA.4936@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Actually, we use the classic start menu and frequently the keyboard is
> used to navigate the start menu instead of a mouse. So, the issue here is
> when you hit the "Windows Key" and arrow up attempting to hit "Run" and
> you are in a hurry and accidentally select "Log Off".
>
> I really appreciate your completely unhelpful and disrespectful reply,
> though!
>
> And, yes we do need a confirmation for a multi part action that will force
> all open applications closed. Especially when there are 700+ users who
> are used to having a confirmation from XP when logging off.
>
> For viewers who may actually be curious about the same thing, or people
> who'd genuinely like to help with problems, we will probably end up
> removing "Log Off" from the start menu.
>

Classic menus is not relevant
From a user education and control perspective - remember this is new OS with
new ways of doing things and your users should have had some degree or
orientation on this.
If you hit the Windows Key and up arrow the first location you are in is the
search box.
The Run option is by default no longer on the Start menu under Windows
Vista.
So one way around your users issue would be that they no longer have the run
option and are told to use the search box which will perform in many
respects the same functionality and would allow them to get into the more
flexible mode of working of not having to know the explicit path to
something and that the search engine will locate it for them.
You have to accept that this is not Windows XP and as things change so your
users way of working should change too.
If your users have put the Run command on the menu themselves then you can
remove it with a policy.
--

Mike Brannigan
"Drazzi" <drazzi8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u0R7kt%23kHHA.4936@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Actually, we use the classic start menu and frequently the keyboard is
> used to navigate the start menu instead of a mouse. So, the issue here is
> when you hit the "Windows Key" and arrow up attempting to hit "Run" and
> you are in a hurry and accidentally select "Log Off".
>
> I really appreciate your completely unhelpful and disrespectful reply,
> though!
>
> And, yes we do need a confirmation for a multi part action that will force
> all open applications closed. Especially when there are 700+ users who
> are used to having a confirmation from XP when logging off.
>
> For viewers who may actually be curious about the same thing, or people
> who'd genuinely like to help with problems, we will probably end up
> removing "Log Off" from the start menu.
>
>
> Mike Brannigan wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Drazzi" <drazzi8@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OoE8IH9kHHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Does anyone have a way to force vista to popup a confirmation box when
>>> logging off? I'd like to have one similar to the way XP did it.
>>
>> No you can't.
>> The trick he is not to accidently press the start button move you mouse
>> to he arrow next to the lock icon, wait for the menu to appear hen scroll
>> up it to eventually click on Logoff.
>>
>> Do you really need a confirmation of an multi part action you did ?
>>
>> I know my TV does not check that I meant it go to stand by or my car when
>> I turn off he ignition - so why do you need your PC to check that you
>> actually wanted to logoff?
>>

Honestly, It is not worth my time arguing with you about this. Classic
menus are relevant, so is providing an extremely high quality customer
support. Thanks for your suggestions, they will not be considered.

mike is a complete idiot, typical vista retard. yeah i just accidentally logged myself off right now. its funny how windows vista won't give prompts for shutting down the computer but feels it's more important to bombard me with UAC warnings when I fix up my start menu

UAC can be turned off if it is that bad for you that you are 'bombarded' -
however you are opening up a security risk if you turn it off.

Or wait for Windows 7 which has a more granularly adjustable and better
implemented UAC.

Saucy



"softwareguy256" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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"softwareguy256" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:7f8ffc4fcb8f8247b46221733aa65d70@xxxxxx-gateway.com...My Shutdown gives me the choice of Shutdown, Logoff, Switch User,
Restart, Sleep and Cancel.
Its Startup that's the problem, there is no warning at all, the number
of times I've booted up when I meant to make a pot of coffee.

Tom