Vista - Power Button - annoyance - in Vista

I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on the
start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby -- however
is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the classic
start menu) ?

I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as well,
especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.

I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to accidentally
hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.

You can change th powe buton in start menu to power down somewhere in power
options, but you are right about the confirm dialog...



"Sal" <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on
>the
> start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby --
> however
> is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the
> classic
> start menu) ?
>
> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as well,
> especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>
> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to accidentally
> hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
> CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.
>

Sal wrote:

> I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on the
> start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby -- however
> is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the classic
> start menu) ?
>
> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as well,
> especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>
> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to accidentally
> hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
> CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.
>

In the future you might try the keyboard to bring up the run
command...winkey+r will do the trick.
Frank

Good idea Still, old tricks are hard to break, and the common user will
just be clicking around -- it's kinda a dangerous button, IMHO- standby is
less problematic than shutdown tho.



"Frank" wrote:

> Sal wrote:
>
> > I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on the
> > start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby -- however
> > is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the classic
> > start menu) ?
> >
> > I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as well,
> > especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
> >
> > I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to accidentally
> > hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
> > CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.
> >
>
> In the future you might try the keyboard to bring up the run
> command...winkey+r will do the trick.
> Frank
>

Yea, that's how I have mine setup (because I dislike Standby, since Windows
needs a good restart regularly to perform optimally) - a confirm dialog would
be nice - otherwise, one mis-click, and your PC is powered down (or in
standby).




"Mihic" wrote:

> You can change th powe buton in start menu to power down somewhere in power
> options, but you are right about the confirm dialog...
>
>
>
> "Sal" <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8503216B-D275-4934-9CDA-A68A3423232F@microsoft.com...
> >I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button' on
> >the
> > start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby --
> > however
> > is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the
> > classic
> > start menu) ?
> >
> > I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as well,
> > especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
> >
> > I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to accidentally
> > hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
> > CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.
> >
>
>

I just went in to play with that, and one of my options is to set it to "Do
Nothing," which may be better than what it's set to do now, which is to shut
off the computer everytime I hit it by mistake!




"Sal" <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Good idea Still, old tricks are hard to break, and the common user will
> just be clicking around -- it's kinda a dangerous button, IMHO- standby is
> less problematic than shutdown tho.
>
>
>
> "Frank" wrote:
>
>> Sal wrote:
>>
>> > I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power button'
>> > on the
>> > start menu to actually power down the PC rather than go to Standby --
>> > however
>> > is there a way to REMOVE it altogether? (other than switching to the
>> > classic
>> > start menu) ?
>> >
>> > I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have as
>> > well,
>> > especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>> >
>> > I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to
>> > accidentally
>> > hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they didn't even put a
>> > CONFIRM dialog before such a major function! Bad design, IMHO.
>> >
>>
>> In the future you might try the keyboard to bring up the run
>> command...winkey+r will do the trick.
>> Frank
>>

=?Utf-8?B?U2Fs?= <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:8503216B-D275-4934-9CDA-A68A3423232F@microsoft.com:

> I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power
> button' on the start menu to actually power down the PC rather
> than go to Standby -- however is there a way to REMOVE it
> altogether? (other than switching to the classic start menu) ?
>
> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have
> as well, especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>
> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to
> accidentally hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they
> didn't even put a CONFIRM dialog before such a major function!
> Bad design, IMHO.
>
>


If you use the Run command alot and don't like using the hotkey (win+r)
just drag the RUN shortcut to the Start Menu (left pane)or where ever
it might be more convenient for you, then remove it from it's current
location (if you want) using the customize start menu options.

I for one am happy not to get a confirmation to shut down my PC when
I hit the power button. I do agree there should be an option to turn
confirmation dialogs on or off though.

Hope this helps
Dave

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"Dave Cox" <dcox1961@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> =?Utf-8?B?U2Fs?= <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:8503216B-D275-4934-9CDA-A68A3423232F@microsoft.com:
>
>> I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power
>> button' on the start menu to actually power down the PC rather
>> than go to Standby -- however is there a way to REMOVE it
>> altogether? (other than switching to the classic start menu) ?
>>
>> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have
>> as well, especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>>
>> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to
>> accidentally hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they
>> didn't even put a CONFIRM dialog before such a major function!
>> Bad design, IMHO.
>>
>>
>
>
> If you use the Run command alot and don't like using the hotkey (win+r)
> just drag the RUN shortcut to the Start Menu (left pane)or where ever
> it might be more convenient for you, then remove it from it's current
> location (if you want) using the customize start menu options.
>
> I for one am happy not to get a confirmation to shut down my PC when
> I hit the power button. I do agree there should be an option to turn
> confirmation dialogs on or off though.

I've tried changing that button to shutdown but it never takes - it just
goes to sleep, I think. I'd appreciate it if someone would post the
instructions or a link to make it actually shut down. I suppose it may be a
permissions problem for me.

-Paul Randall

Laptop or desktop?

"Paul Randall" <paulr901@cableone.net> wrote in message
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> "Dave Cox" <dcox1961@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns991570FBF524Adcox1961gmailcom@69.28.186.121...
>> =?Utf-8?B?U2Fs?= <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:8503216B-D275-4934-9CDA-A68A3423232F@microsoft.com:
>>
>>> I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power
>>> button' on the start menu to actually power down the PC rather
>>> than go to Standby -- however is there a way to REMOVE it
>>> altogether? (other than switching to the classic start menu) ?
>>>
>>> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have
>>> as well, especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>>>
>>> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to
>>> accidentally hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they
>>> didn't even put a CONFIRM dialog before such a major function!
>>> Bad design, IMHO.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you use the Run command alot and don't like using the hotkey (win+r)
>> just drag the RUN shortcut to the Start Menu (left pane)or where ever
>> it might be more convenient for you, then remove it from it's current
>> location (if you want) using the customize start menu options.
>>
>> I for one am happy not to get a confirmation to shut down my PC when
>> I hit the power button. I do agree there should be an option to turn
>> confirmation dialogs on or off though.
>
> I've tried changing that button to shutdown but it never takes - it just
> goes to sleep, I think. I'd appreciate it if someone would post the
> instructions or a link to make it actually shut down. I suppose it may be
> a permissions problem for me.
>
> -Paul Randall
>

Both Compaqs, 1 laptop and 1 desktop. Same symptoms.

-Paul Randall

"AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Laptop or desktop?
>
> "Paul Randall" <paulr901@cableone.net> wrote in message
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>> "Dave Cox" <dcox1961@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns991570FBF524Adcox1961gmailcom@69.28.186.121...
>>> =?Utf-8?B?U2Fs?= <Sal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> news:8503216B-D275-4934-9CDA-A68A3423232F@microsoft.com:
>>>
>>>> I know it's possible to change the behavior of the new 'power
>>>> button' on the start menu to actually power down the PC rather
>>>> than go to Standby -- however is there a way to REMOVE it
>>>> altogether? (other than switching to the classic start menu) ?
>>>>
>>>> I've hit it a few times myself, and others testing out Vista have
>>>> as well, especially when making a quick dash for start->Run.
>>>>
>>>> I can't believe Microsoft put it there, where it's so easy to
>>>> accidentally hit it and either sleep or shutdown a PC -- and they
>>>> didn't even put a CONFIRM dialog before such a major function!
>>>> Bad design, IMHO.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you use the Run command alot and don't like using the hotkey (win+r)
>>> just drag the RUN shortcut to the Start Menu (left pane)or where ever
>>> it might be more convenient for you, then remove it from it's current
>>> location (if you want) using the customize start menu options.
>>>
>>> I for one am happy not to get a confirmation to shut down my PC when
>>> I hit the power button. I do agree there should be an option to turn
>>> confirmation dialogs on or off though.
>>
>> I've tried changing that button to shutdown but it never takes - it just
>> goes to sleep, I think. I'd appreciate it if someone would post the
>> instructions or a link to make it actually shut down. I suppose it may
>> be a permissions problem for me.
>>
>> -Paul Randall