shutting down

[Guest]

How can I make XP sp2's cursor default to the "turn off" button instead of
the "stand by" button when I am trying to shut down. When I hit Start...Turn
off Computer the cursor always goes to Stand By. I want it to go to Turn Off.

TIA

John

 

[Kelly]

Have looked into that one, but not enough, it seems.

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Happy Mardi Gras,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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[Thorsten Matzner]

How can I make XP sp2's cursor default to the "turn off" button instead of
the "stand by" button when I am trying to shut down. When I hit Start...Turn
off Computer the cursor always goes to Stand By. I want it to go to Turn Off.

Press "T" in the dialog window. You cannot change the default, but
this may help for you.

 

[Guest]

Happy Mardi Gras,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

snip

thanks--unfortunately cold and rainy now.

I don't see the widespread appeal of Stand By being the default. It would
seem that Turn off is mostly what people going to that window want.
Is it possible the create a desktop shortcut that with one click shuts the
machine down?
Is there maybe a registry setting that would change the default?


John

 

[a nonymous]

| Is it possible the create a desktop shortcut that with one click shuts the
| machine down?

John,

Create a shortcut with target:
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0