custom message for shutting down Windows 7

[Priceles]

I am running Windows 7 on my computer and I want to know a way to display a custom message when shutting down this operating system. I have looked for many software available on the internet but nothing works to what I am seeking for. So, can anyone tell me whether there is any software existing for doing such things? Also, if there is any manual way to do it then please let me know that method as well. Thanks for any help.

[Jimmy24]

There is a tool called shutdown101 that you can download from this direct link - http://retired.beyondlogic.org/solut...hutdown101.zip. After downloading this software, simply open command prompt by going to Start and then in Search box type CMD and run as administrator. After that go to the folder where you have saved this file and as an example you can type like this shutdown.exe -m "wow" -l 10 and it will work fine without any trouble. Hope this helps you out.

[need Tos]

Open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Windows\System32\en-US\wininit.exe.mui. After that take ownership of the wininit.exe.mui file with your user account and set its permissions to allow your user account with full control and then close Windows Explorer when finished. Now copy the wininit.exe.mui file on your desktop and then download latest version of Resource Hacker from internet. After installing it right click on it and run as administrator and then click on File and open. Go to C:\Windows\System32\en-US and choose All Files in the Files of type drop down menu and choose wininit.exe.mui file and then click on open button. At the left side of Resource hacker, expand String Table and 63 to 1033. Now at the right side of 1033, replace the Shutting down text in quotes at teh 1002 location with the text that you want withint the quotes and then click on Compile Script button. Now click on File and Save and close Resource Hacker. Now copy the modified wininit.exe.mui file on your desktop and then paste it in this location - C:\Windows\System32\en-US folder. Now restart the computer and at boot whenever you will press the shut down button then it will display your modified text always.

[Zavier]

Below is a C++ code through which you will be able to shutdown your computer with a custom message:

#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment( lib, "advapi32.lib" )

BOOL MySystemShutdown( LPTSTR lpMsg )
{
   HANDLE hToken;              // handle to process token 
   TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tkp;       // pointer to token structure 

   BOOL fResult;               // system shutdown flag 

   // Get the current process token handle so we can get shutdown 
   // privilege. 

   if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), 
        TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) 
          return FALSE; 

   // Get the LUID for shutdown privilege. 

   LookupPrivilegeValue(NULL, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, 
        &tkp.Privileges[0].Luid); 

   tkp.PrivilegeCount = 1;  // one privilege to set    
   tkp.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED; 

   // Get shutdown privilege for this process. 

   AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tkp, 0, 
  (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES) NULL, 0); 

   // Cannot test the return value of AdjustTokenPrivileges. 

   if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SUCCESS) 
      return FALSE; 

   // Display the shutdown dialog box and start the countdown. 

   fResult = InitiateSystemShutdown( 
      NULL,    // shut down local computer 
      lpMsg,   // message for user
      30,      // time-out period, in seconds 
      FALSE,   // ask user to close apps 
      TRUE);   // reboot after shutdown 

   if (!fResult) 
      return FALSE; 

   // Disable shutdown privilege. 

   tkp.Privileges[0].Attributes = 0; 
   AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tkp, 0, 
    (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES) NULL, 0); 

   return TRUE; 
}