HANDLE hToken;  
TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tkp;  
 
// Get a token for this process. 
 
if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), 
        TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) 
    error( "OpenProcessToken" ); 
 
// Get the LUID for the shutdown privilege. 
 
LookupPrivilegeValue(NULL, SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME, 
        &tkp.Privileges[ 0 ].Luid); 
 
tkp.PrivilegeCount =  1 ;  // one privilege to set    
tkp.Privileges[ 0 ].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED; 
 
// Get the shutdown privilege for this process. 

 
AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tkp,  0 , 
        (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES)NULL,  0 ); 
 
// Cannot test the return value of AdjustTokenPrivileges. 
 
if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SUCCESS) 
    error( "AdjustTokenPrivileges" ); 
 
// Shut down the system and force all applications to close. 
 
if (!ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN | EWX_FORCE,  0 )) 
    error( "ExitWindowsEx" );