Questions on Standby and related Power Option Selections

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I have Win XP home ed. on a desktop pc and have two questions:

1. Is there a way to put Standby on the Desktop for quick access - I
would like to use Standby routinely rather than turning off the pc at
night and this would save two steps.
2. I note in the Power Options >Power Schemes was set to Win DVD
Creator? THere are several other selection options including
Home/Office Desk. Would this be a more desirable selection than Win
DVD Creator?

Thanks for any guidance,

Frank

 

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Set the physical power button on the system to activate standby, and use the start menu to actually do a shutdown (or a command in a
shortcut 'shutdown -t 00')

Control Panel, Power Options, Advanced tab, set power button dropbox to 'standby'

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"ECLiPSE 2002" <fdm2000@comcast.net> wrote in message news:mvc4f1hv7k30mjqifrnpcg6mqqhnmsmgfl@4ax.com...
>
> I have Win XP home ed. on a desktop pc and have two questions:
>
> 1. Is there a way to put Standby on the Desktop for quick access - I
> would like to use Standby routinely rather than turning off the pc at
> night and this would save two steps.
> 2. I note in the Power Options >Power Schemes was set to Win DVD
> Creator? THere are several other selection options including
> Home/Office Desk. Would this be a more desirable selection than Win
> DVD Creator?
>
> Thanks for any guidance,
>
> Frank

 

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Mark,

Thanks for the response and guidance. If you would, could you comment
on question #2

Frank

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:39:05 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
<marfer_mvpREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Set the physical power button on the system to activate standby, and use the start menu to actually do a shutdown (or a command in a
>shortcut 'shutdown -t 00')
>
>Control Panel, Power Options, Advanced tab, set power button dropbox to 'standby'

 

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I have not seen that scheme. I have WinDVD, but do not see any listing for that. I see no reason to believe that it might not be
acceptable.

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"ECLiPSE 2002" <fdm2000@comcast.net> wrote in message news:vrr7f1dnjpolujkicg89bu81qkd1qkqmpr@4ax.com...
> Mark,
>
> Thanks for the response and guidance. If you would, could you comment
> on question #2
>
> Frank
>
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:39:05 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
> <marfer_mvpREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Set the physical power button on the system to activate standby, and use the start menu to actually do a shutdown (or a command in
>>a
>>shortcut 'shutdown -t 00')
>>
>>Control Panel, Power Options, Advanced tab, set power button dropbox to 'standby'
>