my new laptop (brought today) doesnt have a SHUTDOWN button!!!! i looked at
the help pages and it says that its on the little triangle button next to the
lock button...but i just done have it!!! i have looked everywhere for it!!!

can anyone suggest anything?? at the moment i am having to log off and then
shut down from there but that can not be right surly!!!!

thanks for anyone who can help me!!

See the illustration here:

http://vista.blorge.com/2007/04/23/m...utdown-easier/

This web site also tells you how to make the standby button a shutdown
button instead.

Well I have no idea what the cause of your problem might be, but I can
offer you a faster way of shutting down your computer. First of all
click "Start" and then open "Computer". Then click the "Tools" menu and
go to "Folder Options". Then go to the "View" tab and make sure that
there is not a check in the "Hide Extensions For Known File Types" check
box. Next right click your "Desktop" and select "New" and then "Text
Document". Then in the text document type "shutdown -s" and save the
document. Then right click the text document that you just saved, and
click "Rename". Change the (.txt) to (.bat). This will create a batch
file on your desktop that should shut down your computer when you double
click/open it. Let me know if this helps you/works.

Derik

motiok wrote:
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motiok;538706 Wrote:
> my new laptop (brought today) doesnt have a SHUTDOWN button!!!! i looked
> at
> the help pages and it says that its on the little triangle button next
> to the
> lock button...but i just done have it!!! i have looked everywhere for
> it!!!
>
> can anyone suggest anything?? at the moment i am having to log off and
> then
> shut down from there but that can not be right surly!!!!
>
> thanks for anyone who can help me!!

Hi Motiok,

This tutorial will show you how to change the Vista Start menu and Case
power button to what you want when it is pressed. See the related links
if you would like to create a desktop shortcut for these options as
well.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...er-button.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Im actually confused, are u saying that there is not button on your
start menu, if so then my idea will work. if you are saying that there
is a button, but it doesnt shutdown and it puts the computer to sleep
then you need to go with richard g. harper's reply.

motiok wrote:
[..]

motiok;538706 Wrote:
> my new laptop (brought today) doesnt have a SHUTDOWN button!!!! i looked
> at the help pages and it says that its on the little triangle button
> next to the lock button...but i just done have it!!! i have looked
> everywhere for it!!!
>
> can anyone suggest anything?? at the moment i am having to log off and
> then shut down from there but that can not be right surly!!!!
>
> thanks for anyone who can help me!!

I have a slightly more permanent solution to the "shortcut" given by
Derik:

- Open "Control Panel"
- Click "Hardware and Sound"
- Click "Power Options"
- Under your selcted power plan, click "Change plan settings"
- Click "Change advanced power settings"
- Expand "Power buttons and lid" entry
- Expand the "Start menu power button"
- Change the "Setting" to "Shutdown" by selecting it from the drop
down box.
- Click OK
- Click CancelSee the screenshot for details:
[image:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...erOptions.jpg]
If you regularly change your power plan, you might want to do this for
all power options - "Balanced", "Power Saver" and "High Performance".

The above will work for a Desktop computer also, which oddly enough
also uses "Standby" as the default shutdown button on the start menu.

Please report back on this so that I know if the above has worked for
you or not.

You can also use one of the many Shutdown type Gadgets available:
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDeta...c-81598bd89d8e