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Change the default action of the stop button

Under Windows Vista, the default action of the stop button is to put the computer into hibernate. We will see in this tip how you can change this so that the computer completely shuts down.

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Change the default action of the stop button

November 21st, 2006 - 06:00 pm ET by Mathieu D.
In its default configuration, Windows Vista will put your computer into hibernate when you click on the [Stop] button. The hibernate function shuts down the computer, but saves the contents of the memory to your hard drive so that the next start up can be performed faster.
It may not always be convenient to systematically save the contents of the RAM: as this is not “refreshed” and if for example an application is not functioning correctly and a phantom process for this application appears, it will systematically be restored. In the long term the computer will start to show similar characteristics to a computer that hasn’t been shutdown for a long time, with it possibly seeming to take a long time to do anything. If Microsoft is confident of it memory management in their new OS, computer professionals have not yet had the necessary time to come to their own conclusions…
We will therefore look at this trick that will modify the action associated with the [stop] button so that the computer will be properly shutdown and not just put into hibernate.

Note: It is possible to stop the computer fully without changing the default action of the [stop] button by simply clicking on the [>] button that it situated next to the lock workstation button:

 


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Shutdown the computer


  • Go to the control panel by clicking on the “pearl” (this is what Microsoft calls it!), and select “Control Panel”.
  • You will have either one of the following two displays in front of you depending on the Control Panel view that you have selected:
1) Welcome Page display
Select “System and Maintenance” then “Change the power buttons”.


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2) Classic Display
Select “Power Options” then “Change the power buttons”.


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  • You then simply need to change the “Stop” action that is associated with the power button and click on the [Save Changes] button.


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