OT: Things have changed.....MS unbelievable oversight....

[Richard Kreiss]

John,

On windows 7 you can change the default button from shutdown to something
else.

Click on start, move the cursor over the shutdown button and then right
click.  Click on properties and then in the dropdown box select which button
you want as a default.

Since all of the buttons act without prompting, I would select hibernate as
this will cause the least chance of losing any data and will allow for a
quick restart.

The next thing you can do is create a shortcut for shutdown.  Create the
shortcut and add /I after shutdown.  This will bring up a GUI similar to
what occurs when shutdown is selected on Windows server.

I have not found a way to make the shutdown button accept any command line
options.  It would be nice if one could.  .

Richard




> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
[mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of John Esak
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:26 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: OT: Things have changed.....MS unbelievable oversight....
> 
> Okay, I think I would have guessed that this was configurable... But
really
> Bob, would you agree that "no confirmation" on a mouse click that shuts
the
> entire machine down to the ground is the right "default" operation?  I'm
> just stunned by that. When did the precisely opposite philosophy bite the
> dust?  Is it because everyone complained about the persistent questions in
> XP and more so in Vista?  Still, this is not a good response.  I coule
have
> been in the middle of a very large install... In fact, I pretty much
was...
> Just an accident saved me from a big mess.
> 
> There is something in me that would be a little less critical if this were
a
> hardware button like on a keyboard or the face of the machine... But a
mouse
> click?
> 
> Forget what I think or how I've commented. Do you really think it is
> possible that NO one else during al the testing of Viesta didn't hit this
> "bug" or "feature" and ask about it?  If not, that's amazing. If yes, and
it
> was kept as is... That's even more amazing.
> 
> This is all JIMO but it's all I ever go by... :-)  I give it lots of
weight.
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co
> m] On Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:32 PM
> > To: filePro Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: OT: Things have changed.....MS unbelievable oversight....
> >
> > It took five minutes of searching on microsoft.com to determine that
> > shutdown could be disabled. Several hundred other behaviors
> > can be changed
> > as well.
> >
> > Regards,
> > ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
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