They cannot turn off their computers .. A new problem in Windows 7 after canceling the support .. How to solve it?

Windows 7 reached the end of the official life of the product on January 14, 2020 (Getty Images)

Several reports on the Internet stated that a strange, unknown source glitch affected computers running Windows 7 this week, and this comes less than a month after Microsoft canceled official support for the upcoming operating system.

Windows 7 users are told that every time they try to shut down or restart their systems they receive notifications on their devices saying "You don't have permission to shut down this computer."

The cause of the error is still unknown at the time of writing this report, but during the past two days, users have searched for solutions to the problem, and the good news is that they found a temporary and unofficial solution to the problem.

Temporary workaround
A simple solution that a user posted on Reddit was found, and requires no hacks, scripts or operating system, and can be implemented by any Windows 7 user.

The downside is that they have to repeat these steps every time they want to shut down or restart their computers.

Step 1: Create another administrator account.

Step 2: Log in to this account (or another administrator account that was already on the system).

Step 3: Log back in to the default admin account.

Step 4: Shut down or restart normally.

The user on Reddit warned that "this is not a permanent solution, it is just a circumvention of the problem."

"You do not have permission to turn off this computer" message that started to appear on computers running Windows 7 (networking sites)

Informal reform
A better way to overcome this bug has been proposed by many users of Reddit and IT support company Quick Heal. This method has been confirmed by many users and is summarized as follows:

Step 1: Press (Windows) + (R) to open the (Run) window.

Step 2: Type (gpedit.msc) and press "enter".

Step 3: In the (Group Policy Editor) window go to: Computer Operation, then Windows Settings, then Security Settings, then Local Policies, and finally Security Options.

Step 4: In the right panel of the “Security Options” option, search and double-click on “User Account Control and choose to run all administrators in administrator approval mode.”

Step 5: Select “On” in the new window.

Step 6: Reopen the Run window, but this time type (gpupdate / force) and press Enter, this will update all group policies.

Step 7: Restart or shutdown your system normally.

Windows 7 had reached the end of its official life cycle on January 14, 2020, after which date it would not receive any new fixes.

But last month, Microsoft was forced to provide an exception to this rule when it offered a solution to fix a wallpaper glitch for Windows 7 users.

Since restarting or turning off the computer is more important than supporting wallpaper, Microsoft is likely to resort to an alternative and provide another update.