Trouble shutting down Window

[MarkFoley]

I am running a Windows XP VM guest headless. The VM name is "Traverse". I can see this VM running:

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$ VBoxManage list runningvms
"Traverse" {470d78e9-5a99-4259-9e29-b899ea0d280a}

but trying to shut it down doesn't work:

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$ VBoxManage controlvm Traverse acpipowerbutton

# wait a minute ...

$ VBoxManage list runningvms
"Traverse" {470d78e9-5a99-4259-9e29-b899ea0d280a}

The VM is still running and in fact never is shut down. I've not run into this problem before, but this is the first time I've experimented with headless. I'd like to be able to shutdown the VM when the host is shutting down.

Note that `VBoxManage controlvm Traverse savestate` *does* work.

[socratis]

A computer needed to be configured in order for the power button to shut it down, mainly to prevent accidents. For WinXP go to the Control Panel » Power Options » Advanced.

[MarkFoley]

"When I press the power button on my computer" is already set to "Shut down". That doesn't appear to be working.

[socratis]

I tried that advice, before I started typing my answer (the previous one), otherwise I wouldn't be so sure that it works. Check again with headfull (is that a word?) and make sure that HostKey+U works as it should. It does over here.