Shutdown on lid close

[Jerry Park]

I'm running Windows XP on a Dell laptop (Inspiron 6400) with dual boot
with Debian Linux.


The power options on lid close only have "do nothing", "suspend",
"hibernate". I would like the system to shutdown on lid close.


Is there any way to add the shutdown option in the power settings?

I understand that Vista provides this option. The BIOS in my system is
compatible with Vista.

 

[Bob I]

Disable Hibernate and see if Shutdown replaces it.

 

[Jerry Park]

If I disable hibernate, it just gets removed from the options list.

 

[Phillip Singletary]

I do not believe that is an option with XP.

If I disable hibernate, it just gets removed from the options list.

 

[Jerry Park]

I know it is not an option with XP. I was hoping for a registry entry or
some other method to activate that option.
Since Vista can do it and this system has the same BIOS capabilities as
a Vista system, there should be some way to use the capability.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

I know it is not an option with XP. I was hoping for a registry entry or

some other method to activate that option.
Since Vista can do it and this system has the same BIOS capabilities as
a Vista system, there should be some way to use the capability.

In my experience, there is no secret registry option or setting that
can be enabled to give you what you need. Vista is not XP. The reason
that XP does not have this feature is perhaps by design and not
because MS is hiding it from users.

- Thee Chicago Wolf