Hi Michael.

Yup! You're absolutely right. Took me awhile to find it, but I found what
you're talking about and set it. It works excellently now.

THANK YOU !!!!

"sy" wrote:
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> That's exactly what I tried. It used to work until I had to reformat the PC
> and reinstall Vista. I used the Dell recovery disc and all and have already
> updated my PC with all current patches for Vista, MS Office, as well as other
> hardware drivers, etc.
>
> "Michael Walraven" wrote:
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> > 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
> >
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