"When I close the lid: Do Nothing"

[Carl Farrington]

I choose the above option, so then why does Vista disable my notebook
display and re-arrange displays when I close the lid on my laptop?

I start playing a movie, set to full screen on TV-Out, then I would like to
close the lid on my laptop so that the kittens don't walk over the keyboard.

I'd call that a bug.

 

[rtk]

You're in the settings for power management, not the monitor configuration.
No bug.

 

[Carl Farrington]

You're in the settings for power management, not the monitor
configuration. No bug.

That did cross my mind, however this behaviour didn't happen pre-Vista.

 

[Charles W Davis]

Carl,

Click on the battery icon on your notification area and choose from the
pop-up menu. The Power Options are totally different from XP.

 

[Carl Farrington]

Click on the battery icon on your notification area and choose from the
pop-up menu. The Power Options are totally different from XP.

Thanks Charles. I do understand where the power management functions are
though. My problem is that pre-Vista, "Do nothing when I close the lid",
meant do nothing at all, whereas on Vista it means "realise that the lid has
been closed, re-arrange displays, but just do nothing power-saving related".

 

[marko]

actually i do have the same problem with my vista...if i close the lid,it
will do nothing..and the worst part is,i dont have the lid option in my whole
system so i cant really configure...what might be the coz of that particular
problem?

 

[JW]

If you go to Control Panel/ Power Options Do you not have a Lid options
choice in the list of options in the left side pane?