Lol I reckon she thinks the power button the TV turns it all offImagine I am trying to explain to my wife: NOOOOOOO you cannot click OFF button because the system will stop recording. The OFF button cannot be used to turn off the system. Whaaaaaaaatt?? So why it exists?
I leave it on and let powerscheduler put the machine to sleep so I never turn it off. Actually works pretty well and is fairly intuitive hence why I think I was struggling to understand why you want away mode. I am using XP so can't use it anyway.