Display Shutdown Event Tracker
The Shutdown Event Tracker can be displayed when you shut down a workstation or server. This is an extra set of questions that is displayed when you invoke a shutdown to collect information related to why you are shutting down the computer. If you enable this setting and choose “Always” from the drop-down menu list the Shutdown Event Tracker is displayed when the computer shuts down. If you enable this policy setting and choose “Server Only” from the drop-down menu list the Shutdown Event Tracker is displayed when you shut down a computer running Windows Server. (See “Supported on” for supported versions. )If you enable this policy setting and choose “Workstation Only” from the drop-down menu list the Shutdown Event Tracker is displayed when you shut down a computer running a client version of Windows. (See “Supported on” for supported versions. )If you disable this policy setting the Shutdown Event Tracker is not displayed when you shut down the computer. If you do not configure this policy setting the default behavior for the Shutdown Event Tracker occurs. Note: By default the Shutdown Event Tracker is only displayed on computers running Windows Server.
Activate Shutdown Event Tracker System State Data feature
This policy setting defines when the Shutdown Event Tracker System State Data feature is activated. The system state data file contains information about the basic system state as well as the state of all running processes. If you enable this policy setting the System State Data feature is activated when the user indicates that the shutdown or restart is unplanned. If you disable this policy setting the System State Data feature is never activated. If you do not configure this policy setting the default behavior for the System State Data feature occurs. Note: By default the System State Data feature is always enabled on Windows Server 2003. See “Supported on” for all supported versions.
Report unplanned shutdown events
This policy setting controls whether or not unplanned shutdown events can be reported when error reporting is enabled. If you enable this policy setting error reporting includes unplanned shutdown events. If you disable this policy setting unplanned shutdown events are not included in error reporting. If you do not configure this policy setting users can adjust this setting using the control panel which is set to “Upload unplanned shutdown events” by default. Also see the “Configure Error Reporting” policy setting.
Enable Persistent Time Stamp
This policy setting allows the system to detect the time of unexpected shutdowns by writing the current time to disk on a schedule controlled by the Timestamp Interval. If you enable this policy setting you are able to specify how often the Persistent System Timestamp is refreshed and subsequently written to the disk. You can specify the Timestamp Interval in seconds. If you disable this policy setting the Persistent System Timestamp is turned off and the timing of unexpected shutdowns is not recorded. If you do not configure this policy setting the Persistent System Timestamp is refreshed according the default which is every 60 seconds beginning with Windows Server 2003. Note: This feature might interfere with power configuration settings that turn off hard disks after a period of inactivity. These power settings may be accessed in the Power Options Control Panel.
Allow restore of system to default state
Requirements: Windows 7 Description: This policy setting controls whether users can access the options in Recovery (in Control Panel) to restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting the items “Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer” and “Reinstall Windows” (or “Return your computer to factory condition”) appears on the “Advanced recovery methods” page of Recovery (in Control Panel) and will allow the user to restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image. This is the default setting. If you disable this policy setting the items “Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer” and “Reinstall Windows” (or “Return your computer to factory condition”) in Recovery (in Control Panel) will be unavailable. However with this policy setting disabled users can still restore the computer to the original state or from a user-created system image by restarting the computer and accessing the System Recovery Options menu if it is available.
Configure Scenario Execution Level
Determines the execution level for Windows Resource Exhaustion Detection and Resolution. If you enable this policy setting you must select an execution level from the dropdown menu. If you select problem detection and troubleshooting only the Diagnostic Policy Service (DPS) will detect Windows Resource Exhaustion problems and attempt to determine their root causes. These root causes will be logged to the event log when detected but no corrective action will be taken. If you select detection troubleshooting and resolution the DPS will detect Windows Resource Exhaustion problems and indicate to the user that assisted resolution is available. If you disable this policy setting Windows will not be able to detect troubleshoot or resolve any Windows Resource Exhaustion problems that are handled by the DPS. If you do not configure this policy setting the DPS will enable Windows Resource Exhaustion for resolution by default. This policy setting takes effect only if the diagnostics-wide scenario execution policy is not configured. No system restart or service restart is required for this policy to take effect: changes take effect immediately. This policy setting will only take effect when the Diagnostic Policy Service is in the running state. When the service is stopped or disabled diagnostic scenarios will not be executed. The DPS can be configured with the Services snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console.
Configure Reliability WMI Providers
This policy setting allows the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) providers Win32_ReliabilityStabilitymetrics and Win32_ReliabilityRecords to provide data to Reliability Monitor in the Action Center control panel and to respond to WMI requests. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting the listed providers will respond to WMI queries and Reliability Monitor will display system reliability information. If you disable this policy setting Reliability Monitor will not display system reliability information and WMI-capable applications will be unable to access reliability information from the listed providers.
Qualitative service type
Specifies an alternate link layer (Layer-2) priority value for packets with the Qualitative service type (ServiceTypeQualitative). The Packet Scheduler inserts the corresponding priority value in the Layer-2 header of the packets. If you enable this setting you can change the default priority value associated with the Qualitative service type. If you disable this setting the system uses the default priority value of 0. Important: If the Layer-2 priority value for this service type is specified in the registry for a particular network adapter this setting is ignored when configuring that network adapter.
Non-conforming packets
Specifies an alternate link layer (Layer-2) priority value for packets that do not conform to the flow specification. The Packet Scheduler inserts the corresponding priority value in the Layer-2 header of the packets. If you enable this setting you can change the default priority value associated with nonconforming packets. If you disable this setting the system uses the default priority value of 0. Important: If the Layer-2 priority value for nonconforming packets is specified in the registry for a particular network adapter this setting is ignored when configuring that network adapter.
Network control service type
Specifies an alternate link layer (Layer-2) priority value for packets with the Network Control service type (ServiceTypeNetworkControl). The Packet Scheduler inserts the corresponding priority value in the Layer-2 header of the packets. If you enable this setting you can change the default priority value associated with the Network Control service type. If you disable this setting the system uses the default priority value of 0. Important: If the Layer-2 priority value for this service type is specified in the registry for a particular network adapter this setting is ignored when configuring that network adapter.