By default the Start Menu power button in Windows Vista operates in sleep mode.To change the Start Menu Power button to Shut Down instead of Sleep in Windows Vista,do the following tweak.
- Open the Control Panel and click on Power Options.
- Select the Power Plan that you want to use and click on “Change plan settings”. C
- lick on Change advanced power settings, double click on “Power buttons and lid”.
- Double click on “Start menu power button”, change the Setting to Shut down.
Another method is to Edit Windows Vista Registry Settings as our need.To enable Shut Down instead of sleep,follow the given steps;
Open the Windows Vista notepad editor from programs menu and copy the following code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Change the Default Action of the Start Menu Power Button to Shutdown (0 = Sleep, 1 = Hibernate, 2 = Shutdown)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\A7066653-8D6C-40A8-910E-A1F54B84C7E5]“ACSettingIndex”=dword:00000002 “DCSettingIndex”=dword:00000002
Save the notepad file as “PowerButtonShutdwn.reg” in the disk.Then open the saved file and merge to the Windows Vista registry to enable power button shut down.
By the above procedure we can also add Hibernation.
The code for hibernation is:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Change the Default Action of the Start Menu Power Button to Hibernate (0 = Sleep, 1 = Hibernate, 2 = Shutdown)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\A7066653-8D6C-40A8-910E-A1F54B84C7E5]“ACSettingIndex”=dword:00000001 “DCSettingIndex”=dword:00000001
Copy this file in notepad and save as “PowerButtonHibernate.reg” to disk and then merge to the Windows Vista registry.
Since the changes made at Windows registry, a reboot is required to effect the changes.
Note that it is better to create a full registry backup before the windows registry tweaks,because if any stability problem occurs restore the registry back.So it is a good practice to all,working with windows registry.
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