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remove stand by from shut down menu

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by nm9255

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How do you remove Stand by as an option in the shut down menu? I have multiple machines that will go into stand by when a user chooses it on shut down. I don't want stand by as an option. I only want log off, shut down and restart. Computers don't wake up!

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by nikki96

I found this on the Net.

"Clicking Shut Down presents you with the dialog box shown in Figure 9-1. This dialog box presents you with choices that are dependent upon the capabilities of your PC. For example, if your computer's BIOS has a Windows-compatible Automated Power Management (APM) facility, and you haven't disabled it, the default option (the first time you start the computer) is "Stand by." Your other choices include "Shut down" and "Restart.""

I would assume that means you can disable it by disabling the BIOS APM. That is dependent on the type of PC / OS. If you don't know how to disable it, tell us what kind of PC you have and the Windows OS version.

HTH
Nikki

by nm9255

These HP machines have limited power management features. I have already disabled power management in the BIOS. I have also set the power options to "never" in Win2K control panel. Nothing has removed Stand by from the shut down menu.

by nm9255

Power management has nothing to do with the shut down menu. These machines never go into stand by except when someone chooses stand by when shutting down the machine.

by a. square

The answers above definitely apply for Windows 95. By going into Control Panel => Power => Power tab & disabling "Allow Windows to manage Power on this computer" the "Standby" Option disappears from the Start Menu.

In Win2K Professional After you click Shutdown there is an option for Hibernate which sounds like what's happening to you. If that's the case Go to the Control Panel, Power Options, Hibernate tab, & disable the Hibernate capability. This will remove the Hibernate option from the Shutdown list of choices.

by nm9255

I don't want to disable standby on the start menu... That was done long ago. I want to disable it on the Shut Down Windows dialog box that asks you "What do you want to do?" when you click shut down. As for going to control panel->power options->power tab, there is no power tab on Win2k Professional under Power Options.

by nm9255

There is no hibernate tab. Was hoping for a registry entry that could be modified.

by daravon

Try finding a program like TweakUI. Great program that helps automate the customizing of windows. I have a version of it running on my XP machine at home and it lets you customize "hidden" settings in an easy to use interface.

Jeremy

by nm9255

TweakUI does not offer a way to disable the Stand-by option from the start menu. Apparently there is no registry edit that will accomplish this.

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