Dell XPS 410, Vista Home Premium
At Power options, (change plan settings for the current active plan) Power
buttons and lid, Start menu power button, select shutdown works for me!
Color of start menu button changes and mouse over says will Close all
programs, shut down windows and turn off.

I know this doesn't explain your problem but it does work for a least some
systems.

Michael


"sy" <sy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:421696F0-0958-4B6C-8457-3510950AFC2B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I've got a new Dell Dimension with AMD 3600 processor and Vista Home
> Premium.
>
> My question is.. the power button does not shut down the PC. Instead, it
> goes into hibernate mode. I've gone into Control Panel - Power Options (as
> administrator) and made sure over and over again that its set to shut down
> and still it does not shut down. What happens is when I mouse over my
> cursor
> on the power button, the tool tip comes up and shows the text which says
> 'Saves your session and puts your computer in a low power state so you can
> quickly resume working' ..which is the text for hibernate mode. I've tried
> clicking on the button anyway and it does go into hibernate instead of
> shut
> down.
>
> The little shut down menu with the 'Shut Down' does work though but that
> is
> besides the point. I'd like to be able to shut down the PC by clicking on
> the
> power button. Any ideas anyone??? HELP !!![/color]