Change How Your Power Button Operates

Posted Aug 29, 2008 by Jason Faulkner  

One feature you many not know about Windows is you can easily change how the power button operates. By default it, obviously, turns off the computer but this can be changed so that it puts the computer into standby, hibernate or does nothing.

To make this change:

  1. Open the Control Panel.
  2. Select the Power Options.
  3. In Vista, click the “Change How the Power Button Operates” option on the left. In 2000/XP go to the Advanced tab.
  4. Select the appropriate mode.
  5. Apply your changes.

I’ve set my computers to hibernate whenever I press the button as it turns the machine off yet saves the system state before doing so. This way I can pick right back up where I left off.

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One Response to “Change How Your Power Button Operates”

  1. Adam says:

    I always turn my PC off but I do agree that it’s more practical to leave it on hibernate mode. What are the disadvantages of leaving it on hibernate? Does it use electricity or something?

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