Customize "Logoff" button action

Hey,

I've looked all over the internet for about 2,5 days, but no succesful
answer:

Is there any possible way to change the action behind the "Logoff"
button?

We have to do this because we are serving serveral virtual windows XP
desktops;

Users connect to the desktop using RDP, so, there is the "Shut down"
button not available.

We want, when a user logs off the virtual machine, that the machine
logs off and restart again. (to remove changes to the drive using
Steady State).

We have tried to do this with a logoff script, but that is not working
(the shutdown -r -t 00 process is killed by the logoff process.)

Thanks,

ju
Tue May 06 16:36:35 PDT 2008

The commands are hard coded inside
\WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll

To change the action when pressing the Log Off button you need to find
the code inside of user32.dll and change it.

ExitWindowsEx(int uFlags, int dwReason)

Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(0, 0)
Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(4, 0) (force processes to terminate while
logging off)
Reboot: ExitWindowsEx(2, 0)
Shutdown: ExitWindowsEx(1, 0)

This is a fun challenge, if you need more info tell me where to start.
Do you know how to mod a dll, etc.?


ju.c


"Sem Craeghs" <sem.craeghs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:c22f2680-b432-45a5-8fd9-d983b4ba9d4a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Hey,
>
> I've looked all over the internet for about 2,5 days, but no succesful
> answer:
>
> Is there any possible way to change the action behind the "Logoff"
> button?
>
> We have to do this because we are serving serveral virtual windows XP
> desktops;
>
> Users connect to the desktop using RDP, so, there is the "Shut down"
> button not available.
>
> We want, when a user logs off the virtual machine, that the machine
> logs off and restart again. (to remove changes to the drive using
> Steady State).
>
> We have tried to do this with a logoff script, but that is not working
> (the shutdown -r -t 00 process is killed by the logoff process.)
>
> Thanks,

Sem
Wed May 07 00:04:02 PDT 2008

On 7 mei, 01:36, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailnator.com> wrote:
> The commands are hard coded inside
> \WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
>
> To change the action when pressing the Log Off button you need to find
> the code inside of user32.dll and change it.
>
> ExitWindowsEx(int uFlags, int dwReason)
>
> Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(0, 0)
> Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(4, 0) =A0(force processes to terminate while
> logging off)
> Reboot: ExitWindowsEx(2, 0)
> Shutdown: ExitWindowsEx(1, 0)
>
> This is a fun challenge, if you need more info tell me where to start.
> Do you know how to mod a dll, etc.?
>
> ju.c
>
> "Sem Craeghs" <sem.crae...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:c22f2680-b432-45a5-8fd9-d983b4ba9d4a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hey,
>
> > I've looked all over the internet for about 2,5 days, but no succesful
> > answer:
>
> > Is there any possible way to change the action behind the "Logoff"
> > button?
>
> > We have to do this because we are serving serveral virtual windows XP
> > desktops;
>
> > Users connect to the desktop using RDP, so, there is the "Shut down"
> > button not available.
>
> > We want, when a user logs off the virtual machine, that the machine
> > logs off and restart again. (to remove changes to the drive using
> > Steady State).
>
> > We have tried to do this with a logoff script, but that is not working
> > (the shutdown -r -t 00 process is killed by the logoff process.)
>
> > Thanks,- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>
> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -

Thanks,
but, is this supported by Microsoft?

Are there some alternatives?

With regards,
Sel

Bill
Wed May 07 16:06:09 PDT 2008



"Sem Craeghs" <sem.craeghs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:c22f2680-b432-45a5-8fd9-d983b4ba9d4a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Hey,
>
> I've looked all over the internet for about 2,5 days, but no succesful
> answer:
>
> Is there any possible way to change the action behind the "Logoff"
> button?
>
> We have to do this because we are serving serveral virtual windows XP
> desktops;
>
> Users connect to the desktop using RDP, so, there is the "Shut down"
> button not available.
>
> We want, when a user logs off the virtual machine, that the machine
> logs off and restart again. (to remove changes to the drive using
> Steady State).
>
> We have tried to do this with a logoff script, but that is not working
> (the shutdown -r -t 00 process is killed by the logoff process.)
>
> Thanks,

You could create a shortcut on the desktop to the shutdown.exe file and
modify the paramaters used in the target box on the general properties page
of the shortcut. I used to use this trick to force an older machine I had
installed XP on to shutdown at a specified time. HTH

ju
Fri May 09 02:51:57 PDT 2008

>>is this supported by Microsoft?

Of course not.


>> Are there some alternatives?

Good luck!

Modding the dll is the easiest way.

Just change ExitWindowsEx(0, 0) to ExitWindowsEx(2, 0)


ju.c


"Sem Craeghs" <sem.craeghs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f3f15e41-7a5b-463e-b35a-ad0c8c7eb2eb@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> On 7 mei, 01:36, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailnator.com> wrote:
>> The commands are hard coded inside
>> \WINDOWS\System32\user32.dll
>>
>> To change the action when pressing the Log Off button you need to
>> find
>> the code inside of user32.dll and change it.
>>
>> ExitWindowsEx(int uFlags, int dwReason)
>>
>> Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(0, 0)
>> Log Off: ExitWindowsEx(4, 0) (force processes to terminate while
>> logging off)
>> Reboot: ExitWindowsEx(2, 0)
>> Shutdown: ExitWindowsEx(1, 0)
>>
>> This is a fun challenge, if you need more info tell me where to
>> start.
>> Do you know how to mod a dll, etc.?
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>> "Sem Craeghs" <sem.crae...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:c22f2680-b432-45a5-8fd9-d983b4ba9d4a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hey,
>>
>> > I've looked all over the internet for about 2,5 days, but no
>> > succesful
>> > answer:
>>
>> > Is there any possible way to change the action behind the "Logoff"
>> > button?
>>
>> > We have to do this because we are serving serveral virtual windows
>> > XP
>> > desktops;
>>
>> > Users connect to the desktop using RDP, so, there is the "Shut
>> > down"
>> > button not available.
>>
>> > We want, when a user logs off the virtual machine, that the machine
>> > logs off and restart again. (to remove changes to the drive using
>> > Steady State).
>>
>> > We have tried to do this with a logoff script, but that is not
>> > working
>> > (the shutdown -r -t 00 process is killed by the logoff process.)
>>
>> > Thanks,- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>>
>> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -
>
> Thanks,
> but, is this supported by Microsoft?
>
> Are there some alternatives?
>
> With regards,
> Sel