Can I Make The Shutdown Button ASK to shut down?

If I press the shutdown button, windows 7 shuts down. Great, fine... only not really.

If I accidently press the button, it shuts down.

Can I make it ASK if I really want to shut down? That was something I liked about XP. You got to confirm that you meant to press that button if you pressed it. I pressed it and the windows 7 one several times. Very annoyign on the windows 7 end. Can't seem to stop the shutdown process once you press it.

just change it to something else, like lock, to prevent accidents. [taskbar properties-> start menu]

You'd be amazed at how you can miss and click on the damned thing.

John Henry said:

How would you accidentally press the button if you have to open start menu, then move your mouse at the bottom right corner.

Possible, but also reduces the effectiveness of the button. Instead of a nice big button you have to cilck on the tiny arrow button next to it. Not good for in a hurry.

arkhi said:

just change it to something else, like lock, to prevent accidents. [taskbar properties-> start menu]

I once worked on an Olivetti A7 computer, sort of a desk shaped thing with a big keyboard, and the power shutdown was a one-inch square button right next to the Return key ...