Stopping a Windows client

This topic provides information about stopping a Windows® client.

Context

You cannot stop the Windows clients without shutting down the entire system. If the automatic-restart setting is enabled, it will restart automatically when the system is restarted; however, you can disable the automatic-restart setting.

Steps

  1. Edit the Windows registry by typing regedt32 and pressing Enter.
  2. Navigate to the start key: \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services \STFS
  3. Double-click Start and change the value to 3 to disable the client from starting automatically when the machine is booted.
  4. Click OK to close the window.
  5. Reboot.

Parent topic: Stopping a client

Related concepts
Clients

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Starting a Windows client

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