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Questions tagged [lid]

The lid of a portable computer, and anything pertaining to the lid sensor, which senses whether the lid is open or closed.

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Is it wrong to use a laptop with the lid closed?

Recently I decided to use my laptop with an external monitor and I always use it closed-lid and enjoy. :) The question is: Is it wrong to use a laptop closed-lid? I mean problems like overheating or anything else? Also, I use it without the…
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How can I use a laptop in a strong magnetic field?

For context, I work in an aluminium smelter where an enormous magnetic field is induced, even in the tea break room. I am trying to use a Dell Inspiron laptop there, so I can get other work done, but my laptop only functions when the keyboard is…
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How to lock (not sleep) a Windows 10 laptop on lid close?

If my laptop is plugged in I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer, without putting it to sleep. I don't see an option to do this in Power Options: Is there a hack to achieve this?
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Windows 8: How to Lock (not sleep) laptop on lid close?

If my laptop is connected to power source and is not configured to sleep on lid close (it is connected to power source and is working, I don't want it to sleep. It's compiling my code) if I close the lid, laptop will do nothing. This works as…
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Automatically lock screen on lid close in Windows 7

I'm a longtime Linux user, and I just recently got a laptop that runs Windows 7. I recently stepped away from my workstation for a few minutes, and returned to find, to my horror, someone else sitting at my laptop watching a video on YouTube. It…
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When can I close my laptop lid during shutdown?

After I tell my Windows 7 netbook to shut down, when can I safely close the lid without confusing the computer? Do I have to wait for it to finish saying "logging off" or "shutting down"? Can I close the lid the moment I click "shut down"?
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Close lid option "Do nothing" absent

I just unpacked my new Sony Vaio, with windows 8 pro installed. Everything is nice, so I tried setting my power management options. The "When I close the lid" option only list: Hibernate Sleep Shutdown The "Do nothing" option is not present. I've…
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Laptop shutdown right after lid is closed

I own an ASUS G750JS, which never had a problem till now. When I am on my computer and I close the lid for the night, it suddenly shuts down. Sometimes it goes to sleep but 90 percent of the time its shutting down. Please don't tell me to go to the…
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laptop won't wakeup on mouse move, must open lid

I have a dell e6410 running Windows 7. I have a docking station with 2 displays plus a USB video display. My power settings are to turn off the display after 30min but never to hibernate or sleep. After being away from my desk a while the displays…
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Delay sleep/login page when closing laptop lid on Windows?

I want to be able to close my laptop lid, but not have the laptop got to sleep for a set amount of time (e.g. 5 minutes). If I open the laptop in that time, it bring be back to where I was without a login screen. If the time limit expires, the…
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Windows 8.1: How to tell power management to ONLY TURN SCREEN OFF when closing the lid?

I was expecting to find another option in my laptops power management when I close the lid, but all I found is those 3 options: Do nothing Sleep Shut down In an old ThinkPad running Windows 2000 I recall having a 4th option: Turn screen off. Is…
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How to have an application closed on lid close in OS X

I have a MacBook Air. I often use Microsoft's RDP client to connect to a virtual workstation. I need this RDP session to be automatically closed (quit RDP) when I close the lid, before OS X goes to sleep. How can this functionality be achieved?
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Resume from hibernate fails 30% of the time if lid is closed

I have a Lenovo Z585 Ideapad which I put into hibernate frequently. When I do it manually, the machine hibernates and resumes successfully. However, if I close the lid, which I have set to Hibernate instead of Sleep, the machine fails to resume from…
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Terminal Command to Check if Mac Book Pro Lids Closed

I'm running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). I was wondering if there was a terminal command to check if the macbook pro's lid is currently closed. The reason I ask is because I have cron jobs scheduled to run every 30 minutes. However, crontab doesn't…
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Closing lid on my laptop changes the screen resolution when I open it

I have a Lenovo T60 running XP fully service packed. Every time I close the lid lately it changes the resolution.
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