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== Power settings  ==
== Power settings  ==


* In order to make '''Windows 2008 R2''' guest shutdown cleanly on the event of a shutdown (power button) on the Proxmox VE host you need follow on of the ways:
* In order to make '''Windows 2008 R2''' guest shutdown cleanly on the event of a shutdown (power button) on the Proxmox VE host you need make the following changes:
** Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> Turn off the display: '''Never'''
** Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> Turn off the display: '''Never'''
** Or another workaround is:
*** gpedit.msc > Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Display Shutdown Event Tracker: Disalbe
*** Source: http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/10012-VM-s-on-proxmox-won-t-shutdown?p=56906#post56906


[[Category: HOWTO]]
[[Category: HOWTO]]

Revision as of 14:33, 24 January 2013

Power settings

  • In order to make Windows 2008 R2 guest shutdown cleanly on the event of a shutdown (power button) on the Proxmox VE host you need make the following changes:
    • Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> Turn off the display: Never