IT Tip: How to Disable the Windows Event Tracker

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Have you ever been annoyed by the Windows Shutdown Event Tracker?  I know I have been and it is one of the first things I disable during a server build.  Most people I have spoken to will type in a random set of characters just to bypass this prompt.  Here is how you disable it so you don’t have to put up with it in the first place.

1. Click on Start-Run.
2. Once the Run prompt has open, type in “gpedit.msc” and click OK.
3. In the Group Policy Editor, expand the following branches: Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates.
4. Click on the System Folder in the tree.
5. Browse through the parameters on the right side for “Display Shutdown Event Tracker”.  When you have found it, double click to open it.
6. Set the value to “Disabled”.
7. Click Apply and watch the Windows Event tracker annoy you for the last time!

2 Responses to “IT Tip: How to Disable the Windows Event Tracker”

1. Dragonsbane777 Says:
   June 11th, 2009 at 6:55 am

   I have read this method on a number of sites. I am using Server 2003 64-bit and when I go to the Administrative Template folder, I only have Windows Components, nothing more. I have checked virtually every setting there, and cannot discover any setting related to this.

   I am trying to make it so that in a power failure, this annoying box does not come up, preventing the automatic startup of my server! Help!

2. Dragonsbane777 Says:
   June 11th, 2009 at 6:56 am

   Also, I tried this:
   To configure registry settings for the Shutdown Event Tracker,

   1. Click Start, Run, enter regedit, and click OK.
   2. The Registry Editor console opens.
   3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, and then Reliability.
   4. Select ShutdownReasonUI. If ShutdownReasonUI does not exist, create a DWORD value, and then name it ShutdownReasonUI.
   5. Enter a data value of 1 in the Value data box to enable the Shutdown Event Tracker, or enter a data value of 0 in the Value data to disable the Shutdown Event Tracker.
   6. Click OK.
   7. Close the Registry Editor console.
   8. Restart the computer.

   That did not work either

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