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General Category => Off the Record => Computer Affairs => Topic started by: Eddie Teach on June 22, 2011, 08:40:02 PM

Title: Laptop Question
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 22, 2011, 08:40:02 PM
Is there a way to get my laptop to stay on when I close the case? The laptop screen is kinda distracting when trying to watch a movie.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Slargos on June 23, 2011, 07:25:31 AM
Yep. There is.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 23, 2011, 07:40:46 AM
Mind sharing?
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Slargos on June 23, 2011, 07:56:26 AM
Not terribly.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Slargos on June 23, 2011, 07:57:57 AM
 :P

There should be an icon in your taskbar that shows you the battery. Right click on it and go to settings. Somewhere there will be an option for what happens when you close the lid. Change it.

If there's not one in your taskbar, you can find it on the control panel.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 23, 2011, 08:58:50 AM
Danke schoen.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: viper37 on June 23, 2011, 10:25:41 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 22, 2011, 08:40:02 PM
Is there a way to get my laptop to stay on when I close the case? The laptop screen is kinda distracting when trying to watch a movie.
there should also be a way to display only to the HDMI port, not the laptop screen.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Slargos on June 23, 2011, 10:46:46 AM
Quote from: viper37 on June 23, 2011, 10:25:41 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 22, 2011, 08:40:02 PM
Is there a way to get my laptop to stay on when I close the case? The laptop screen is kinda distracting when trying to watch a movie.
there should also be a way to display only to the HDMI port, not the laptop screen.

Is it just me or is that usually very finnicky? It's gotten way more intuitive lately, but I've had tremendous headaches fiddling with those kinds of settings.
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: viper37 on June 23, 2011, 09:12:21 PM
Quote from: Slargos on June 23, 2011, 10:46:46 AM
Quote from: viper37 on June 23, 2011, 10:25:41 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 22, 2011, 08:40:02 PM
Is there a way to get my laptop to stay on when I close the case? The laptop screen is kinda distracting when trying to watch a movie.
there should also be a way to display only to the HDMI port, not the laptop screen.

Is it just me or is that usually very finnicky? It's gotten way more intuitive lately, but I've had tremendous headaches fiddling with those kinds of settings.
I can never remember the key strokes, but it's something very easy - if you can remember.  I think it's Windows key + P or something close to this...
Title: Re: Laptop Question
Post by: Valdemar on June 24, 2011, 04:37:42 AM
Usually Fn F7 or F5

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