Vista power settings - power button functionality

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Just got a Vista laptop after about 4 years of XP. There is one item from XP
that I was wondering whether or not could be enabled on Vista.

Does anyone know if there is a tweak or fix to add to the power options
(When the computer power button is pressed, do this...) the old XP "ask me
what to do?"

I think it is a useful piece of functionality, and I prefer it to scrounging
through the start menu everytime I want to power down, hibernate, or sleep my
laptop.
 
Vista Power Plan Settings
http://www.realtime-vista.com/administration/2007/05/vista_power_plan_settings.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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Just got a Vista laptop after about 4 years of XP. There is one item from XP
that I was wondering whether or not could be enabled on Vista.

Does anyone know if there is a tweak or fix to add to the power options
(When the computer power button is pressed, do this...) the old XP "ask me
what to do?"

I think it is a useful piece of functionality, and I prefer it to scrounging
through the start menu everytime I want to power down, hibernate, or sleep my
laptop.
 
So there's no way to configure Vista so that it will ask me what I want to do
when I push the power button?
 
Sure. Open "Power Options" located in your Control Panel
and in the left-hand pane, click on "Choose what the power buttons do".

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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So there's no way to configure Vista so that it will ask me what I want to do
when I push the power button?
 
So there's no way to configure Vista so that it will ask me what I want to do
when I push the power button?
Click to expand...

You have three options:

Shutdown
Sleep
Do nothing
 
Fairly weak... I liked the option of being able to have the power button
bring up your shutdown options in XP. I can only assume that they removed
the feature because there is no "shutdown" window anymore.
 
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