How to Keep a Windows Laptop Awake With the Lid Closed

While your laptop obviously works great on-the-go, you can use it at home too. By connecting an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor, a laptop can function like a desktop. But there’s one problem: By default, Windows puts your laptop to sleep when you close the lid. This means that even if you don’t want to use your laptop screen as a secondary monitor, you still have to keep it open to keep your computer awake. Or do you? Thankfully, you can change this behavior. Here’s how. How to Keep a Closed Windows Laptop Awake Image credit: Ben Richards/SuperUser You’ll need...

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