Deativating the Power and Sleep Hotkeys on a key board

[GeekyMoose]

If there is anyone that knows about deactivating the hotkeys "Power, Sleep, and Wake" on a key board, I would greatly appreciate any insight you may have. I can't count the number of times I have had people ask why there computer has shut down by itself (they never seem to notice those keys are there).

[degsy]

Hi,

Here is a complicated solution from MS
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q302092

You may be best off using a program to do it
http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml


Other Alternatives are to change the Power Options.
Goto Control Panel>Power Options>Advanced

For the button options change both to Do Nothing (if available).

If not then you could try disabling ACPI Power Management at the BIOS level.

[GeekyMoose]

Thanks very much. I downloaded the program and all is good. It was the much
better option. Now I can install it on individual pc's and allow the user to controll
things on their own.