You can change the Start menu Power button action via Control Panel - Power
Options - Change plan settings - Change advanced power settings.

See:

Change Vista Start menu Power button action to Shut Down the computer:
[url]http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/set-vista-start-menu-power-button-action-to-shut-down-the-computer/[/url]

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Regards,

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


"+Bob+" <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote in message
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> (Vista SP1 - I run in non-aero mode)
>
> When I choose Start -> Shutdown it always defaults to "Sleep" unlike
> previous versions of Windows which always defaulted to the last choice
> you'd made.
>
> Is there some way to get the previous behavior or to make the default
> Shutdown instead of Sleep?
>
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