Minor annoyance with Vista

[kapibara]

Why is it that when I go to the shutdown menu on Vista, that it always
defaults to the sleep option? XP would remember the last setting I
chose (shutdown, restart, etc) and default to that. Is there anyway to
change this behaviour or change the default?

Thanks.

 

[Justin]

It can be changed:

1. Click on Start, and then click on Control Panel.
2. Click on "System and Maintenance".
3. Click on "Power Options".
4. Select a power management plan and then click on "Change Plan Settings".
5. Click on "Change advanced power settings".
6. In the Power Options dialog that appears, expand "Power Buttons and Lid",
and then expand "Start menu power button".
7. Click on "Setting" and then choose the function you want the button to
perform - "Sleep", "Hibernate", or "Shut down".
8. Click on OK.
9. Close the "Edit Plan Settings" Control Panel window.

 

[DanS]

It can be changed:

1. Click on Start, and then click on Control Panel.
2. Click on "System and Maintenance".
3. Click on "Power Options".
4. Select a power management plan and then click on "Change Plan
Settings". 5. Click on "Change advanced power settings".
6. In the Power Options dialog that appears, expand "Power Buttons and
Lid", and then expand "Start menu power button".
7. Click on "Setting" and then choose the function you want the button
to perform - "Sleep", "Hibernate", or "Shut down".
8. Click on OK.
9. Close the "Edit Plan Settings" Control Panel window.

All that is just to make Vista 'remember' the desired Shutdown option ?

Or is that to make the power button do a shutdown ?

 

[Michael Chare]

All that is just to make Vista 'remember' the desired Shutdown option ?
Yes

Or is that to make the power button do a shutdown ?

What I have found is that if I press my computers front panel power button,
Vista does a shutdown, then the computer is powered off.

 

[kapibara]

It can be changed:

1. Click on Start, and then click on Control Panel.
2. Click on "System and Maintenance".
3. Click on "Power Options".
4. Select a power management plan and then click on "Change Plan Settings".
5. Click on "Change advanced power settings".
6. In the Power Options dialog that appears, expand "Power Buttons and
Lid", and then expand "Start menu power button".
7. Click on "Setting" and then choose the function you want the button
to perform - "Sleep", "Hibernate", or "Shut down".
8. Click on OK.
9. Close the "Edit Plan Settings" Control Panel window.

Hi Justin and thanks for the reply. Is there no way to make the default
be restart? I dual-boot XP and Vista so I restart alot. Thanks.