Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can't Shut Down Their PCs, How to Fix

[sidemoon]

 A "You don’t have permission to shut down this computer." error is preventing Windows 7 from shutting down or restarting their computers according to user reports that came in during the last 24 hours.

"This happened to a couple of our machines today. I looked it up and it seems that in the past 24 hours this is becoming widespread," a Bleeping Computer reader told us.

There are already more than 100 posts in this Reddit thread with another 50+ in this one, with more being added every minute. 

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[divinenews]

 A "You don’t have permission to shut down this computer." error is preventing Windows 7 from shutting down or restarting their computers according to user reports that came in during the last 24 hours. "This happened to a couple of our machines today. I looked it up and it seems that in the past 24 hours this is becoming widespread," a Bleeping Computer reader told us.

There are already more than 100 posts in this Reddit thread with another 50+ in this one, with more being added every minute. 

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(For non-English speakers, "RRRR - GATESSSSS...")

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"Now, an angry Captain Kirk knows he can't Kling-On to Windows 7 forever."   

 

 ... He has to go somewhere he has never gone before. - To ask Spock about Version 10.

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Lesson: Global corporate elitists rule the Federation, galaxy & even all our toys. :@

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- Elijah  

[Raur]

These users are beta testers of recent updates from Microsoft. Haven't installed January's update yet but will wait for a stable fix. Never use your working machines as test machines 

[sidemoon]

How to Fix the 'Shut Down' Bug Affecting Windows 7 PCs