Change the Windows 7 or Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down/Sleep/Hibernate Change Windows 7 Shutdown Button
Windows 7 makes it really easy – just head into the Start Menu / Taskbar preferences by right-clicking on the start menu and choosing Properties. All you need to do is change the drop-down for Power Button Action to whatever you would prefer. Change Windows Vista Power Buttons You can configure this setting easily by using the advanced power settings panel, which is a little tricky to get to normally, but we’ll take the shortcut. Open a command prompt (type cmd into the start menu search bar), and then type in the following: block quote powercfg.cpl,1 block quote end You could also take the long route (Control Panel \ Power Options \ Change Plan Settings \ Change Advanced Power Settings) Once you get to this dialog, browse down to “Power buttons and lid” >From here, you can change the options: • Power button action – Changes the hardware power button action • Start menu power button – Changes the power button on the Start Menu You can change the power button to either Sleep, Hibernate or Shut Down, or even nothing for the hardware power button. hope it helps: On 12/16/09, syed imran <[email protected]> wrote: > well, at least in windows xp systems, provided u haven't alterde ur > power action settings yet, pressing the power button shud perform a > normal shutdown. it will not save any unsaved data such as in an > opened document or somethin, but it will shutdown ur system alright. > u'll here the shutdown sound and all that. but u'll have to weight for > it to get completely turnde off, stop rotating its fans, wheels or > whatever. i'm sure u do the same after pressing start button> u> u. > as for knowing how to change the power action settings, i shall not b > able to instruct u properly, because i don hav access 2 my pc right > now. i'm writing this mail on my n70 handset. go to ctrl panel, open > power properties, and just search around and u'll find it..... > > syed imran > > On 12/16/09, Subramani L <[email protected]> wrote: >> How do you do that? I always assumed that simply turning off the system >> while we have not shut down the PC is a problem, particularly with >> Windows based systems. >> >> Subramani >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of syed imran >> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:34 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AI] Shortcut key for restarting a PC >> >> u're right, even then, creating a shortcut key is not only time >> saving, but also a workaround to restart windows wen the computer >> hangs, or wen the screen reader doesn't work. what is more interesting >> is that, using the power properties, one can configure the computer to >> shutdown, restart, sleep or hybernate wen u press the power button. >> what's more, in some laptops and desktops there are separate keys or >> key combinations to do these things by default....isn't that cool? >> >> On 12/15/09, Subramani L <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is something you can do in Windows XP --press start button press >> U >>> for shut down and select re-start from the choices available in the >> box. >>> Press it and you will see the system shutting down and restarting by >>> itself. >>> >>> Subramani >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Surinder >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:39 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AI] Shortcut key for restarting a PC >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there any way to create a shortcut key for restarting computer? >>> If yes, then how? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> SN >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >>> n >>> >>> Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] with >>> the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -.-.-.-Faint heart never won fair lady_._._._._ >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i >> n >> >> Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > -- > > > > > > > > -.-.-.-Faint heart never won fair lady_._._._._ > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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