Dave R.

"Malcolm H" <mph@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com> wrote in message
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>> "Joshua Eason" <jeason@ccboe.org> wrote in message
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>>>I believe the system settings option for changing how the power
>>>button reacts is actually referring to the power button on the
>>>machine and not the on-screen power button. Personally, my Vista
>>>install has always went into hibernate when pressing the stupid
>>>on-screen power button and I really, really hate that.
>>>
>> To change the behavior of the Start Menu Power Button, go to Control
>> Panel - System and Maintenance - Power Options - Change Plan Settings
>> (for whichever power plan you are using) - Change Advanced Power
>> Settings - Power Buttons and Lid - Start Menu Power Button - Setting:
>> Shut Down.
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>> Works fine for me, but of course YMMV.
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> Fantastic Dave, it works for me too! But how obscure was that!!!
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> Thank you again, I knew there had to be an answer.
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Glad to help. I agree, this trend MS has of burying settings deeper and
deeper in the UI id annoying. Seems like they've come to the conclusion
that users can only handle a couple of options per screen so the screens
get more simple but there are way more of them piled deeper and
deeper...

Regards,

Dave