Shut down VS 'low power state'

On my laptop, in XP, when I pressed the power button, the computer would shut
down. With Vista, when I press the power button, the computer goes into a
'low power state' mode. How do I get it to wake up from this low power state?
I tried the power button, no good. Tried pressing keys, movind the mouse, no
good. Only way I could get the computer working again was to press and hold
the power button until it crashed and then restart.
By the way, my power button has the same symbol on it as the symbol left of
the 'lock' symbol to lock the computer in the shut down line on the Vista
start menu. Is the only way to turn off this computer now to go into the
start menu, then to the shutdown/restart/hibernate menu and click on shut
down, like in versions of Windows before XP?
Suggestions on powering up from 'low power state' mode and alternate shut
down options would be welcome.
Thanks, Tom

I have a laptop as well. I did the standby (low power) thing once, but all I
had to do, was press the power button once, and it woke right up.

"thbjr(removethis)@hotmail.com" wrote:

> On my laptop, in XP, when I pressed the power button, the computer would shut
> down. With Vista, when I press the power button, the computer goes into a
> 'low power state' mode. How do I get it to wake up from this low power state?
> I tried the power button, no good. Tried pressing keys, movind the mouse, no
> good. Only way I could get the computer working again was to press and hold
> the power button until it crashed and then restart.
> By the way, my power button has the same symbol on it as the symbol left of
> the 'lock' symbol to lock the computer in the shut down line on the Vista
> start menu. Is the only way to turn off this computer now to go into the
> start menu, then to the shutdown/restart/hibernate menu and click on shut
> down, like in versions of Windows before XP?
> Suggestions on powering up from 'low power state' mode and alternate shut
> down options would be welcome.
> Thanks, Tom

One more thought thouh, you can go into power settings and set it up to when
you press the power button it goes to auto shutdown. On the bottom right,
just right click on the battery and cable. you can also make adjustments to
what to do when you close the lid and such.
I have mine in an "Always on" configuration,, and have it set up to go to
shut down when I push the power button..

Hope that helps..

"thbjr(removethis)@hotmail.com" wrote:

> On my laptop, in XP, when I pressed the power button, the computer would shut
> down. With Vista, when I press the power button, the computer goes into a
> 'low power state' mode. How do I get it to wake up from this low power state?
> I tried the power button, no good. Tried pressing keys, movind the mouse, no
> good. Only way I could get the computer working again was to press and hold
> the power button until it crashed and then restart.
> By the way, my power button has the same symbol on it as the symbol left of
> the 'lock' symbol to lock the computer in the shut down line on the Vista
> start menu. Is the only way to turn off this computer now to go into the
> start menu, then to the shutdown/restart/hibernate menu and click on shut
> down, like in versions of Windows before XP?
> Suggestions on powering up from 'low power state' mode and alternate shut
> down options would be welcome.
> Thanks, Tom

Thanks, I've changed the settings as suggested and that worked for sutting it
down. Wish I knew why it won't wake up.
Thanks!

"Gene Fitz" wrote:

> One more thought thouh, you can go into power settings and set it up to when
> you press the power button it goes to auto shutdown. On the bottom right,
> just right click on the battery and cable. you can also make adjustments to
> what to do when you close the lid and such.
> I have mine in an "Always on" configuration,, and have it set up to go to
> shut down when I push the power button..
>
> Hope that helps..
>
> "thbjr(removethis)@hotmail.com" wrote:
>
> > On my laptop, in XP, when I pressed the power button, the computer would shut
> > down. With Vista, when I press the power button, the computer goes into a
> > 'low power state' mode. How do I get it to wake up from this low power state?
> > I tried the power button, no good. Tried pressing keys, movind the mouse, no
> > good. Only way I could get the computer working again was to press and hold
> > the power button until it crashed and then restart.
> > By the way, my power button has the same symbol on it as the symbol left of
> > the 'lock' symbol to lock the computer in the shut down line on the Vista
> > start menu. Is the only way to turn off this computer now to go into the
> > start menu, then to the shutdown/restart/hibernate menu and click on shut
> > down, like in versions of Windows before XP?
> > Suggestions on powering up from 'low power state' mode and alternate shut
> > down options would be welcome.
> > Thanks, Tom