"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:57:24 +0200, News123 wrote:
>
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>>>> if you want to
>>>>> - log in as other user
>>>>> - log off
>>>>> - suspend
>>>>> - hibernate
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It happened already several times to me, that I
>>>>> shut down my PC accidentally when I just anted to login as other user.
>>>>>
>>>>> I there were any trick for that I'd be glad.
>>>>>
>>>>> The rest of the start menu is IMHO mainly different, not worse.
>>>> Right click on the button and change it to the option you prefer.
>>>
>>> Nah, way too easy
>>
>> Believe it or not, I never thought about right clicking on this button.
>> It's not exactly what I was looking for, but already better than before.
>
> To be honest, although I have read about the option on the shut-down
> button
> before, I never thought of it either. I just couldn't resist the
> opportunity to inject some minor sarcasm
>
>>> This thread seems to me to be a religious one, so I have nothing further
>>> to
>>> post here for fear that I'll offend someone (everyone?)
>>
>> In this group it's very easy to offend and to be offended.
>> I read worse threads though.
>
> See the remark about minor sarcasm
>
> Since it is, ISTM, a matter of personal preference and not a factual
> matter, when opinions are so strong it's best to keep quiet - whether I
> agree with a particular individual or not...
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
As a matter of opinion, I think that Windows 7 is very configurable but in
rather odd ways, and it is not all that easy and obvious to find out that
things can be changed.
Just as an example, and to show how easy it is to get hold of the wrong end
of the stick, the help in Win 7 on this actual subject goes on about what
happens when you 'press the power button'. What happens on my PC when I
press the power button is that it switches it off when it's on and on when
it's off (toggles on/off to use a coinage) . I had the damn thing a couple
of weeks before I realised that they did not mean press the power button,.
they meant click on the shut down button (strictly speaking, left click it)
when the PC is on. I realise that they can't call it the shut down button
but power button is not the correct nomenclature unless they caption it
power, which would be daft, but that should have made them realise the
mistake.