"Jian-Ping Zhu [MSFT]" <v-jpzhu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3iLHkHXuIHA.4284@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your post.
>
> By default, Windows puts your computer to sleep when you click the Power
> button. However, you can change the default setting so that clicking the
> button causes your computer to sleep, hibernate, or shut down. (Any changes
> you make will also apply to the physical power button on the computer
> itself.) To change the default setting:
>
> 1. Open Control Panel -> Power Options.
>
> 2. On the 'Select a power plan' page, click 'Change plan settings' under
> the selected plan.
>
> 3. On the 'Change settings for the plan' page, click 'Change advanced power
> settings'.
>
> 4. On the 'Advanced settings' tab, expand 'Power buttons and lid', expand
> 'Start menu power button', and then do one of the following:
> If you are using a mobile PC, click On battery or Plugged in (or both),
> click the arrow, and then click Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut Down.
> If you are using a desktop computer, click Setting, click the arrow, and
> then click Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut Down.
>
> 5. Click OK, and then click Save changes.
>
> I hope this helps. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Neo Zhu,
> Microsoft Online Support
> Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
> [/color]

That's the one that works. I had gotten there from the first clue "power Options" but couldn't remember how I had gotten there. When you change the setting from "sleep" to "shut down", then you click "apply", then "OK" and the whole thing disappears. Another example of non-intuitive Vista. You had to click on SIX different things to dig down to the actual setting from the Power Options page.

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