I know the red shutdown works as a shutdown button on my Vista ultimate
desktop computer. I am sure there must be a setting somewhere to chamge its
operation.
"Not Me" wrote:
Quote:
> 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
> news:AB82B1EE-4E42-41E7-8611-82C38523116D@xxxxxx Quote:
> > 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
>
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