Use the right resolution and thecorrect display scaling optionswhen using an external monitor. Since your laptop will still be active even when you close the lid, the speakers of your laptop can act as the audio output device. Tip: Here’s how touse a laptop as a second monitor...
Keeping your laptop lid closed when using it on an external display offers extra screen space and more desk space
How To Close Your Laptop Lid And Use An External Monitor On Windows 11, 10 When we connect to an external display, we normally use the external display as an extension to the laptop screen. If it is not required and we only use an external display, it would be better to close the la...
If you use an external monitor or projector, you may want to keep your laptop running with the lid closed so you can continue working on the external display. Or, if you’re concerned about security, you may want your device to sleep to prevent someone from quickly opening the lid and a...
When you want to shut down or hibernate the laptop, use the external monitor, keyboard, and mouse setup. Ourhow-to hibernate Windows 10 laptop when you close the screen lidguide might also interest you.
Why would I want to change the lid close action on my laptop? There are cases where you don’t want your laptop to go to sleep whenever you close the lid. Case in point, whenever you are downloading a massive file onto your laptop and you don’t want the laptop to stay open. ...
✅ Windows 10 close lid do nothing not working they way it used to:HP Omen laptop + external monitor. W10 1903. When I shut my laptop lid, now it shuts off my laptop monitor (does not detect both) and shifts desktop to...
Windows 10 normally puts your laptop intolow-power sleep modewhen you close the lid. This can be a problem when hooking yourlaptopup to anexternal monitor. Use theControl Panel---not Windows 10's Settings app---to change this behavior. ...
Windows 10 closing lid set to 'do nothing' doesn't work: Hello, I'm trying to use my windows laptop with an external monitor but I'm having some problems. I want to close the lid of my laptop while continue working only on my external monitor. So i set the settings of 'choose wha...
when you connect a laptop to an external monitor and don’t want to use the notebook’s own display. Or, if don’t want to interrupt an ongoing file download, but for some reason you need to close the lid. Or if you want to continue an online audio streaming with the laptop closed...