Help with Wife's laptop..

[brin]

:anyone: My wife's laptop is running windows 7 and is hooked up to another external monitor , so when we first got it we had it set so my wife could turn on her computer then close the lid on her laptop and use the screen on the free standing monitor....now for some reason the laptop has to be left open so there are two monitors on with the same thing on them...it gets confusing to her...I have tried searching the net...and I can't figure out how to get it to go back where she can close the lid to the laptop and then only use the freestanding monitor next to it....

Any ideas will be appreciated...

 

[Redneck_Randy]

Check to see if the laptop is going to sleep when she closes the lid. You can check this in the Power Options in the Control Panel.

 

[fordmantpw]

In the bottom right, click on the battery icon and click 'More Power Options.' Click 'Choose what closing the lid does' over on the left. Next to 'When I close the lid:', ensure that both options say 'Do nothing' and you should be good.

Personally, with a laptop and monitor, I like to use dual monitors with different things on each screen (email on the laptop screen, real work on the larger monitor), but that's just me. I'm a computer programmer, so I spend a lot of time at my PC.

 

[newbury]

Did you try FN F8 (or F7 on some) ?

 

[aczlan]

In the bottom right, click on the battery icon and click 'More Power Options.' Click 'Choose what closing the lid does' over on the left. Next to 'When I close the lid:', ensure that both options say 'Do nothing' and you should be good.

Exactly.

Aaron Z

 

[CliffordK]

Most newer laptops also allow you to display different information on the screen and the external monitor.
It can be handy sometimes to have two screens so that you can reference one screen while using the other. Or, perhaps leaving e-mail open on one screen while working on the other.

 

[brin]

:anyone: My wife's laptop is running windows 7 and is hooked up to another external monitor , so when we first got it we had it set so my wife could turn on her computer then close the lid on her laptop and use the screen on the free standing monitor....now for some reason the laptop has to be left open so there are two monitors on with the same thing on them...it gets confusing to her...I have tried searching the net...and I can't figure out how to get it to go back where she can close the lid to the laptop and then only use the freestanding monitor next to it....

Any ideas will be appreciated...

Check to see if the laptop is going to sleep when she closes the lid. You can check this in the Power Options in the Control Panel.

In the bottom right, click on the battery icon and click 'More Power Options.' Click 'Choose what closing the lid does' over on the left. Next to 'When I close the lid:', ensure that both options say 'Do nothing' and you should be good.

Personally, with a laptop and monitor, I like to use dual monitors with different things on each screen (email on the laptop screen, real work on the larger monitor), but that's just me. I'm a computer programmer, so I spend a lot of time at my PC.

Did you try FN F8 (or F7 on some) ?

Exactly.

Aaron Z

Thank you all ...I have printed all of these solutions and will try them tonight...You guys may make me a hero...I will post back the results...and yes I will give credit where credit is due...I will tell my wife you guys helped me...:thumbsup:

 

[fordmantpw]

Thank you all ...I have printed all of these solutions and will try them tonight...You guys may make me a hero...I will post back the results...and yes I will give credit where credit is due...I will tell my wife you guys helped me...:thumbsup:

Your wife doesn't know us, don't give us credit! Let her think you're a hero...we won't mind!

Plus, maybe it'll get you a few brownie points! :thumbsup:

 

[aczlan]

Your wife doesn't know us, don't give us credit! Let her think you're a hero...we won't mind!
Plus, maybe it'll get you a few brownie points! :thumbsup:

This ^

Aaron Z

 

[rmorey]

Cant have too many "Brownie points" when its "tractor buying" time!

 

[brin]

Thank you all ...I have printed all of these solutions and will try them tonight...You guys may make me a hero...I will post back the results...and yes I will give credit where credit is due...I will tell my wife you guys helped me...:thumbsup:

OK - Thanks guys...I clicked on the battery Icon...then clicked ..do nothing when lid is closed and presto...it works...now the wife can close the lid and only have to watch the one monitor....I really appreciate the help but I did tell you guys solved it...she knew I had already tried..and failed...

 

[fordmantpw]

Glad you got it fixed! Who says you can't mix tractors and computers?

 

[MossRoad]

Brin,

I'm surprised she doesn't like two screens open with the desktop extended onto the 2nd monitor. That way you can watch Swamp People on one screen and surf TBN on the other! :laughing:

But seriously, I have extended desktop across two monitors and I really like it. I have email, calendar and another application open on one screen and whatever I'm currently working on open on the big monitor. Makes for a lot less switching between applications. You might want to give it a try.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Cant have too many "Brownie points" when its "tractor buying" time!

Got that right!

 

[aczlan]

But seriously, I have extended desktop across two monitors and I really like it. I have email, calendar and another application open on one screen and whatever I'm currently working on open on the big monitor. Makes for a lot less switching between applications. You might want to give it a try.

I have that at home and at work. Works well. A co-worker has a 24" flatscreen which is about the size of 2 19" "regular" monitors and loves it.

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

I have that at home and at work. Works well. A co-worker has a 24" flatscreen which is about the size of 2 19" "regular" monitors and loves it.

Aaron Z

At work I have a dock that my laptop slides into. There're two 22" monitors for that. Very nice. Then I have a smaller laptop with a 2nd monitor for that. So, 4 monitors, lots of different things to keep an eye on and still a space to work.