A technician has a computer locked in a cabinet in the office that shares a printer and some files. The computer must remain on. Which of the following Control Panel options would be used to control…

Power Options controls sleep, hibernate, and power button behavior settings, but does not restrict which user accounts are permitted to initiate a shutdown.

Security Center (Windows Defender Security Center) monitors antivirus, firewall, and update status - it does not manage user shutdown permissions.

Local Security Policy (secpol.msc) contains User Rights Assignments, including the 'Shut down the system' privilege, which explicitly controls which users or groups are permitted to perform a system shutdown. By removing non-administrator accounts from this right, the technician can prevent unauthorized users from shutting down the shared computer while it remains on. This is a direct OS-level access control mechanism independent of the physical power button.

The System applet in Control Panel provides hardware and OS information and basic settings like computer name, but does not control user shutdown rights.