Change Vista start menu power button - not working

Craig321 · 5 Jun 2008 at 02:02

I just tried to change the start menu power button to shut down rather than sleep through the power plan.

When I try select shutdown rather than sleep from the menu I get this:

UAC is currently off so I'm definitely a full administrator.

Any ideas?

Uhtred · 5 Jun 2008 at 09:18

turning uac off doesn't necessarily mean you're an admin. You could still have a limited account

paradigm · 5 Jun 2008 at 09:50

Not a domain machine is it by any chance?

Craig321 · 5 Jun 2008 at 11:42

Zap said:
turning uac off doesn't necessarily mean you're an admin. You could still have a limited account

I can confirm I'm using an administrator account

paradigm said:
Not a domain machine is it by any chance?

Nope

Smorgasbord · 5 Jun 2008 at 12:30

Which version of Vista do you have, as it could be a registry modification or a Group Policy that can sometimes prevent even administrators from modifying system settings?

Anything been installed recently since it occured?

Craig321 · 5 Jun 2008 at 13:19

I've never tried to change this option, so I'm unsure if it's ever worked.

Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 here.