99. Enable Start Menu Power Button To Shut
Down PC
By default the Start Menu power button is set to
put your PC to sleep when it is pressed. If you want
to change the way the start menu power button works,
so that it it actually shuts down your computer
instead of putting it to sleep proceed as follows.
1/ Click Start and then Click
the Control Panel option on the
start menu.
2/ In the Control Panel window,
Click the Power Option icon.
3/ In the Power Options window
look under the power plan option
for your computer and, Click the link marked
Change plan settings.
4/ In the next window, Click the Change
advanced power settings link.
5/ When the Power Options window
opens, Scroll down the list until you see the
Power button and Lids option.
6/ Click the + (plus) sign to
expand the menu.
7/ Click the + (plus) sign next
to the Start Menu Power Button
option. The default setting is Sleep.
8/ Click the Arrow button to the
Right of the Sleep dialogue box and
you should see the option Shut Down.
9/ Select the Shut Down option
and then press OK.
10/ Finally, Close all of the
Power Option windows.
11/ When you click the Start button
and then click the Power button
your PC should shut down.