For many years the Power Button function has been an option in Windows. Most people want it to shutdown in an orderly way, so tapping the button signals Windows to shutdown.
The force 5 sec pinch is nice to have for emergencies, but I always run a chkdsk afterwards because I assume _some_ files will break. On 5/10/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yet another example of the Apple way vs. the PC way. The key came off shortly after Apple switched from their own ADB cable to Intel's USB cable. Apple discovered the hard way that USB didn't work the way it was supposed to work. That button on USB keyboards proved to be unreliable. >Yeah, I think they took the actual power button off the keyboard and >provided one with a modifier key because people were complaining about >accidentally hitting the key and having to dismiss the shutdown dialog. >They also had people mention the media eject key getting pressed >accidentally, so now you have to hold it down a short bit before it ejects. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
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