Power Key+S no longer sleeps computer (shutdown instead)

Hello,
I'm noticing something a little strange recently. When I hit the keyboard Power Key and the window comes up, pressing the S key will now shutdown the computer. For years I've used the to sleep my computer, and now it's not working. Any ideas on what might cause this, or how I can fix it? Thanks.

scooterbaga wrote:
I guess I don't see how this is a problem with the keyboard/driver. Isn't that Sleep/Restart/Shutdown window the same one that comes up with a traditional mac keyboard? Wouldn't the S key do the same thing there as well?
maybe you are right but I would still check the keyboard first. bad keyboard drivers can make a keyboard behave in a very unpredictable fashion. do you have access to another keyboard? a mac one? that would b best for testing.

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