Make Vista shutdown easier
With Vista, Microsoft decided that the default power down option available on the Start menu should put your computer into sleep mode. Personally, I liked the XP method better whereby the Shutdown menu gave you several options to Shutdown, Sleep or Hibernate, pretty simple. Vista went and made it more complicated.
I only used basically two of them, Shutdown or Hibernate. In Vista you will find no less than 7 options for turning off your computer or putting it into one of several “standby†modes. In addition to the secondary power off menu (which is accessed by the small arrow at the bottom of the Start menu) there is the Power button on the start menu.
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