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    keep laptop screen on when lid is closed?

    as the title says, i want to close the lid and have the laptop screen open. i had it running like that fine without trying to achieve this, just how it was when i first plugged the hdmi cable and connected the second monitor. but, out of the blue it changed. now, whenever i close the lid the...
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    keep laptop screen on when lid is closed?

    i have the exact same problem. BUT i used not to have it! i came out of the blue! i could use the extension with changing to primary fine and suddenly i can't. i can elaborate on this in case you can give any advice. i have a second monitor as an extension to the right. So far, i could drag a...
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    closing the laptop lid leads to switching my secondary monitor to primary

    hello! i have somehow the same problem... almost. i have a second monitor as an extension to the right. So far, i could drag a movie in the second monitor, close the lid (which the laptop screen is my primary as i want it to be) and the second monitor could still be an extension. Suddenly, that...
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    closing the laptop lid leads to switching my secondary monitor to primary

    i think it's like the laptop screen is turning off and that's why it passes control over the external monitor. is there any way to change that? besides, i don't have any restore point to go back to. so that's not an option i guess.
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    closing the laptop lid leads to switching my secondary monitor to primary

    hello everyone! i have a hp laptop (hp pavillion dv5 1160ev) with Windows Vista Home Premium and i use a second monitor (lg tv) using a hdmi cable. for a long time i was fine. i used my tv as extended monitor to the right and when i wanted to watch a movie on it i just turn down the lid. of...
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    Blank screen after log in.

    And after the new user, what should we do? I have probably the same problem, that's why i'm asking.