disable lock button beside power button?

george1

Is there a way in Vista to disable the lock button? My grandmother keeps
hitting it instead of the power button to shut down and is getting a bit
frustrated with it and herself. If I can disable or change the button tho
also be a power-off button it would make it much easier on both of us.

Thanks

Larry Maturo

Hi George1,

There is a tool for Vista called TweakVI. It's a pay for tool, but has a fee
subset
available. The free version places large icons on your desktop for for
hibernate,
power, etc. Much easier to use than the start menu version.

-- Larry Maturo

"george1" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a way in Vista to disable the lock button? My grandmother keeps
> hitting it instead of the power button to shut down and is getting a bit
> frustrated with it and herself. If I can disable or change the button tho
> also be a power-off button it would make it much easier on both of us.
>
> Thanks

Ronnie Vernon MVP

George

There is no way to do this in Vista.

You can workaround this by creating a shortcut on the Desktop to shut down
the computer.

Right click the Desktop and select New/Shortcut.

In the first dialog type: shutdown.exe /s /t 005

Click Next and name the shortcut SHUTDOWN COMPUTER. Click the Finish
button. When she double clicks this file, the computer will shut down after
a 5 second delay.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"george1" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Is there a way in Vista to disable the lock button? My grandmother keeps
> hitting it instead of the power button to shut down and is getting a bit
> frustrated with it and herself. If I can disable or change the button tho
> also be a power-off button it would make it much easier on both of us.
>
> Thanks