You have to either hold the power button 5 seconds for a hard shutdown or
pick shutdown/turn off from the menu
Vista doesn't like to shutdown because it takes so long to start, so they
try everything they can to get you to sleep or hibernate instead of powering
off.
They don't like to admit it, but that is what I see.
"Martin" <Martin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have Vista Home premium installed on a Dell laptop. I have set the power
> options to shutdown the computer when the power switch is pressed. This
> does
> work when I physically press the power switch. But when I go to the start
> orb
> and click the red shutdown button the computer goes into sleep mode.
>
> Any ideas on how I get the computer to shut down when the red shutdown
> button is clicked?
>
> Thanks