Undo a Dell Customization

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Wayne Morgan

I have a new Dell laptop with WinXP Pro SP2. They apparently customized the
shut down menu. Windows is configured as a domain member so it is the old
style shut down dialog with the drop down box to select Shut Down, Restart,
Suspend, or Hibernate. Whenever shut down is chosen from the Start menu and
this dialog appears, it always shows Hibernate as the default option instead
of it being the last option used as is the default for WinXP. What registry
or profile setting controls this?
 
Hello Wayne,

If you want to stay in domain, there is no way to log on or off differently.

Otherwise, right click My Computer>Properties - tab Computer Name - Change
and uncheck Domain.

Then go to Control Panel>User Accounts and "Change the way users log on or
off"
Check "Use the welcome screen" and "Enable fast user switching"

That will do, but not on domain!

WM> I have a new Dell laptop with WinXP Pro SP2. They apparently
WM> customized the shut down menu. Windows is configured as a domain
WM> member so it is the old style shut down dialog with the drop down
WM> box to select Shut Down, Restart, Suspend, or Hibernate. Whenever
WM> shut down is chosen from the Start menu and this dialog appears, it
WM> always shows Hibernate as the default option instead of it being the
WM> last option used as is the default for WinXP. What registry or
WM> profile setting controls this?
WM>
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Thanks, but I think you misunderstood. I don't mind the dialog box, I know
I'll get that with a domain. The problem is the Default Selection in the
dialog box. Normal WinXP behavior is that the Default Selection will be the
last used selection. However, this Dell customization is always defaulting
to Hibernate and the user has to change the selection to Shut Down.
 
On our Dell Inspiron 9100, the selection in the shutdown box is whatever the
last shutdown action was. IOW, if the last time we chose Hibernate, then it
would say Hibernate the next time; ditto ShutDown, ...

Norm
 
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