use the Sleep button as a shutdown button

[Guest]

i have a wireless keyboard. On that keyboard is a button with a picture of a
crescent moon.

in windows 2000, windows xp and server 2003, i can configure that button in
the power options so with 1 press it shuts down my computer (complete power
off), and thats the way i like it.

I go into power options and select the option "turn off my computer" in the
"when i press the sleep button" drop down menu.

Vista has stolen this function from me. I go into control panel and into the
power options, and all i can do with the sleep button is set it to hibernate
or set my computer to go to sleep mode. I have been through all the options
in the advanced boxes and there is not "turn off option".

If i look at the options available for the power button i have the shutdown
option in there, but the shutdown option is not given as an option for the
sleep button.

i have tried using both the keyboard software rom the manufacturer, and
microsofts intellitype, but neither make any changes, its still seen as a
sleep button.

If anyone has had anything similar please let me know, especially if you
have solved it, otherwise its me and a copy of regmon and filemon and a
wasted evening trying to solve this when i could be trying to drink the local
pub dry instead.

Thanks very much

 

[housetrained]

BIOS!

 

[Guest]

Cheers for the hint, would you care to elaborate which power settings in the
BIOS need tweaking?

Thanks very much

 

[Guy Thomas]

On my Vista machine, in the Power Options

On the tasklist (Left) is:
Choose what the power button does.

I have the option to
Sleep
Hibernate
Shut Down

Guy

 

[Guest]

On my Vista machine, in the Power Options

On the tasklist (Left) is:
Choose what the power button does.

I have the option to
Sleep
Hibernate
Shut Down

Guy

Thanks for the reply Guy.

unfortunately the button i am using is not classified as a power button, but
as a sleep button.

I have those exact same functions available for selection for my power button.

but for my sleep button i do not have the shut down option