Saturday, March 17, 2007

Changing the Action for the Start Menu Power Button in Vista

The Power Button (red) on Start menu has 3 functions (Sleep, Hibernate or Power Off), by default the function of this button is set to "Sleep". to change this setting to "Power off":
  • Go to Control Panel
  • In Default view go to System Maintenance and then Power Options,
  • In classic view go to Power Options
  • In your Preferred plans click on "Change plan settings"
  • Then click on "Change advanced power settings"Go to Power buttons and lid
  • Then go to Start menu power options
  • Select Shut down from the drop down option and click OK.

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