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by DeathStrike 06 Oct 2008, 19:52
hi guys as the title states i am looking for a setting i can change in windows or a program that will automatically shutdown the laptop when the lid is closed.
you may be wondering y i want this. well my sister leaves her laptop on all day and night but closes the lid. now the thing goes into standby mode. but still its not good for a laptop to be left on all the time. (NOTE: This is my personal opinion.) So please any help with a setting or proggy that is free would be so helpful. thanks in advance.
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by WiK1d 06 Oct 2008, 19:54
I'm pretty sure you can find that in Control Panel under Power Management
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by Monty 06 Oct 2008, 20:05
WiK1d wrote: I'm pretty sure you can find that in Control Panel under Power Management
Yep. In power management there is a setting that allows you to choose what happens when you close the lid (from nothing to shut down)
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by DeathStrike 06 Oct 2008, 21:03
na. i can't select shutdown? only options i see are standby and hibernate.
EDIT: the laptop is running windows XP BTW.
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by atomwissenschaft 06 Oct 2008, 21:19
Well, if the machine goes into hibernation it is fully switched off...Will just resume Windows when switched back on...
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by DeathStrike 07 Oct 2008, 10:52
ya. i have set it on that for now. i guess that the only solution in XP. i know vista has shutdown option.
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by UrBaN 07 Oct 2008, 10:59
I wouldn't recommend shutting it down TBH - it will close any running programs etc., which could mean data loss. Hibernation os a better option.
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you may be wondering y i want this. well my sister leaves her laptop on all day and night but closes the lid. now the thing goes into standby mode. but still its not good for a laptop to be left on all the time. (NOTE: This is my personal opinion.) So please any help with a setting or proggy that is free would be so helpful. thanks in advance. 
