How To Close Laptop And Use Monitor. By default, Windows puts your laptop to sleep when you close the lid. How can I tweak the system so that when I close the lid, I switch to External Monitor output only?
To turn off the screen, you just need to use Ctrl + Alt + B hotkey. In today's how-to video, I'll be showing you how to use an external monitor with a laptop closed. How can I tweak the system so that when I close the lid, I switch to External Monitor output only?
This topic describes how to make the laptop screen automatically turn off after connecting an external monitor.
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I need to work with my laptop closed (using as a desktop harddrive) and use external monitor attached to it. I see from the post that you want to know how to disable laptop screen while using an external monitor. What I want is that in my desktop environment, the computer doen't go to sleep when I close the lid (I know how to do that in the energy settings) and when I use.