Microsoft Windows HotStart is a new technology introduced in Windows Vista and Windows 7, which enables you to turn on your computer and run an application at the press of a button. For example, if you have a laptop with media playback button, then pressing the media playback button will start the Windows 7 and then launch the default media player application. This technology is available only for supported hardware.
But this can be a nuisance because many times you accidentally press the media playback button (or some other HotStart enabled button) and the computer starts up. This can become a total headache for some of us. If you want to disable Windows HotStart, then follow these steps :
Note : This requires you to have administrator level access.
Method 1
- Press the key combination Windows logo key + R to open the Run dialog.
- In the Run Dialog, type gpedit.msc and press Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.
- In the Group Policy Editor, open User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Windows HotStart as shown.
- Double-click on Turn off Windows HotStart in the right side pane. In the window that opens up, select Enabled option.
- Click OK to save the settings.
Method 2
- Open an elevated command prompt. You might see the UAC (User Account Control) window – choose Yes.
- In the elevated command prompt, type the following exactly as shown and press Enter.
REG ADD “HKLM\Software\policies\Microsoft\System\HotStart” /v “NoHotStart” /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
- Now you can close the command prompt window.
Method 3
- Press the key combination Windows logo key + R to open the Run dialog.
- In the Run Dialog, type regedit.exe and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
- In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\policies\Microsoft\System\HotStart
- In the right-side pane, you would find a DWORD value NoHotStart as shown.
- Double-click on NoHotStart and set its value to 1.
