"Turn Off Computer" option is missing from Start Menu?

Symptom
When you click Start Menu, the Turn Off Computer option may be missing. This is due to a
group policy / registry restriction. To restore the missing option, try this - for stand-alone
systems:

Resolution
NOTE: Backup the Registry before modifying. See this article for more information.

Open Registry Editor by typing REGEDIT.EXE in the Start, Run dialog.

Navigate to the following locations:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

-andHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

In the right-pane, double-click the value NoClose and set it to 0.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect