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Posted by BillW50 on October 11, 2006, 9:28 pm
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> I have a couple of Dell laptops. One is a Latitude D810 and the other
> is a Precision M90. Both have external monitors (the M90 actually has
> two external monitors). When I shut the lid of my laptop, the laptop
> LCD turns off and everything (including the start menu) gets forced
> onto the external monitor, basically making it the primary monitor now
> instead of the secondary. The problem is I have running applications
> set up just the way I want on the external monitors and I don't want
> anything on these monitors to change when I shut the lid on the
> laptop. My old Latitude had a very small plastic cylinder that got
> pushed down to signal that the lid was closed, but neither of these
> newer models have that switch.
>
> Does anyone know how to disable the feature?
The first thing I do when I get a new laptop is to go into Power Option
Properties and click on the Advanced tab and to select "When I close the
lid of my portable computer" I select "Do nothing". Did you try that?
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Bill
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