Enable Shut down prompt in Windows 7

One of the things that's bugged me since upgrading to Windows 7 is the lack of "confirmation dialog" when selecting the shut down button. A number of times members of our family have shut the machine down by accident, when switching users for example (shared family machine). Not really sure why Microsoft removed the confirmation for such a major task, but hey, not my call.

Anyhow, if you (like me) want a confirmation, you can do this very easily via the local group policy editor:

• Select start and enter gpedit.msc into search box and run the editor
• Go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System
• Then choose Display Shutdown Event Tracker and Enable.

Now when you select Shut down you have to confirm and put some text in a comment box (server ops styleee). The comment is overkill for a desktop really but way better than not having any confirmation at all.