Shut down after closing lid??

[Barry]

I have a Dell 1720 installed with Vista, and I down graded to Winxp..
Everything works great except the option to shutdown the laptop after
closing the lid.. The only choices I have are "Do Nothing" or "Standby" . I
Went to Dell's website and installed all the correct drivers..
Any advise will be appreciated
Thanks
Barry

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Dell 1720 installed with Vista, and I down graded to
Winxp.. Everything works great except the option to shutdown the
laptop after closing the lid.. The only choices I have are "Do
Nothing" or "Standby". I Went to Dell's website and installed all
the correct drivers.. Any advise will be appreciated

Repost?

Did you legitimately downgrade? (Got the business license with downgrade
rights?) - Call Dell.

Otherwise - not having direct access to an 1720 with Windows XP - I cannot
tell you if this is a manufacturer 'lack of driver options' thing or not.

You might ask on Dell's forums...
http://en.community.dell.com/

You might just change what happens when the 'sleep button' is pressed to
'shutdown the computer'.

Then again - it may not be possible - some laptops do not have that option
(usually because of supplied options bytthe manufacturer - but, none the
less...) The Inspiron series of laptops is not the 'top-end' - so perhaps
this is one of those 'little things' that is there to encourage you to move
to the next level by Dell? Many laptops out there do *not* get this
option - at least not in all OSes.

Your support page:
http://support.dell.com/support/top...us&l=en&lnki=0&s=gen&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1720

Do you have the latest BIOS? What are the power settings in the BIOS?

 

[almostbob]

Ask at the Dell help forums perhaps