Where is the shut down button on my computer?
Some users do not use the Shut down button from the Start Menu to power off their Windows computers. Instead, they prefer to use the hardware power button found on their PCs and devices.
How to change the power or shut down button does when you press it?
Click on the Start Menu tab. Click on the “Power button action” drop-down list and select the action you want to set as default. Click on the OK button and the change is now applied. What about changing what the software “Shut down” button does in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10?
How can I Turn Off the screen completely, but leave the screen?
Scroll down to the ‘Power buttons and lid’ option and expand it. Under the ‘Power buttons and lid’ section there are three options; lid close action, power button action, and sleep button action. Expand the ‘Power button action’. Click inside the action set for ‘On Battery’ and ‘Plugged In’. Open the dropdown and select ‘Turn off the display’.
What happens when you select shutdown in Start menu?
Here is what happens usually. When you select shutdown using the Start menu, the Ctrl-Alt-Del menu, or other means, Windows runs the shutdown command but restarts the PC instead of executing the shutdown command.
Scroll down to the ‘Power buttons and lid’ option and expand it. Under the ‘Power buttons and lid’ section there are three options; lid close action, power button action, and sleep button action. Expand the ‘Power button action’. Click inside the action set for ‘On Battery’ and ‘Plugged In’. Open the dropdown and select ‘Turn off the display’.
Can a power button be used to turn off the display?
If you’re running anything older than Windows 10, or you haven’t upgraded to the Creators Update, you cannot use the power button to turn off the display. To configure the power button to turn of the display, you need to go to the power plan settings.
How do I change the power button on my laptop?
On a desktop, open the Control Panel. Go to Hardware and Sound>Power Options. On the Power Options screen, click ‘Change plan settings’ for the current power plan. Click ‘Advanced power plan settings’ on the screen that follows. A new Power Options window will open. Scroll down to the ‘Power buttons and lid’ option and expand it.
How to set the power button on my computer to sleep?
1 Go to your computer’s Control Panel and search for the terms “change what the power buttons do.” 2 Click on the result and set your PC to sleep each time you press the power button. You can do this by clicking the drop-down menu. 3 As soon as you finish, save your settings.