Switching Vista off

When I close down Vista always defaults to sleep. Can I make it default to
shut down
In the sleep mode the hard drive appears to keep running - is this the case?

Mauries

http://changevistashutdownbutton.blogspot.com/

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SG

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"M Smith" <> wrote in message
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> When I close down Vista always defaults to sleep. Can I make it default to
> shut down
> In the sleep mode the hard drive appears to keep running - is this the
> case?
>
> Mauries

By default, when you click the Power button in the Start menu, it goes into Sleep mode. You can change the Power button action in the Start menu to Shut down the system or go into Hibernate mode. See:

Change Vista Start menu Power button action to Shut Down the computer - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/se...-the-computer/

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"M Smith" <> wrote in message news:...
When I close down Vista always defaults to sleep. Can I make it default to
shut down
In the sleep mode the hard drive appears to keep running - is this the case?

Mauries