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Laptop problem

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Alan T

Flightless Bird
I encountered few times of a problem when I closed the lid but could not get
the screen turn on.

When I was travelling on a train working with my laptop, I need to close
the lid when someone to get off the train.
Then I opened the lid but the screen was turn off, the powere was still on.
No matter I pressed the space bar, enter key, power button...etc, the screen
was still dard.

Any idea how do I get the screen back in this situation?
 
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Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
Alan T wrote:
> I encountered few times of a problem when I closed the lid but
> could not get the screen turn on.
>
> When I was travelling on a train working with my laptop, I need to
> close the lid when someone to get off the train.
> Then I opened the lid but the screen was turn off, the powere was
> still on. No matter I pressed the space bar, enter key, power
> button...etc, the screen was still dard.
>
> Any idea how do I get the screen back in this situation?


Change the way the computer reacts when you close the laptop in situations
like that.

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Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]

Flightless Bird
Probably it's trying to go sleep
The good news is that Win7 does a better job at sleep
Set your PC to either Shutdown on lid close
or Hibernate.
Russ

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alan T wrote:
>> I encountered few times of a problem when I closed the lid but
>> could not get the screen turn on.
>>
>> When I was travelling on a train working with my laptop, I need to
>> close the lid when someone to get off the train.
>> Then I opened the lid but the screen was turn off, the powere was
>> still on. No matter I pressed the space bar, enter key, power
>> button...etc, the screen was still dard.
>>
>> Any idea how do I get the screen back in this situation?

>
> Change the way the computer reacts when you close the laptop in situations
> like that.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
 
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Alan T

Flightless Bird
I am using Windows 7.
Any way to do what you said?

> Probably it's trying to go sleep
> The good news is that Win7 does a better job at sleep
> Set your PC to either Shutdown on lid close
> or Hibernate.
 
R

Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]

Flightless Bird
It should be ok
Check your Power settings
What are they?
It could be your video card causing issues..
However I've heard that after an Update
(SOME) PC's won't sleep anymore

So make sure you aren't sleeping on the close lid
Russ

--
Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP]
MCP, MCPS, MCNPS, SBSC
Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist
SBS2003 SBS2008 Support - www.SBITS.Biz
Question or Second Opinion - www.PersonalITConsultant.com
Free Trial Microsoft Online Services - www.Microsoft-Online-Services.com


"Alan T" <alan_NO_SPAM_pltse@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> I am using Windows 7.
> Any way to do what you said?
>
>> Probably it's trying to go sleep
>> The good news is that Win7 does a better job at sleep
>> Set your PC to either Shutdown on lid close
>> or Hibernate.

>
>
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Click the "windows button" and put "power" in the box, and click the
"power options" link. For Windows 7 questions you should ask the folks
in the Windows 7 forums.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/community


Alan T wrote:
> I am using Windows 7.
> Any way to do what you said?
>
>
>>Probably it's trying to go sleep
>>The good news is that Win7 does a better job at sleep
>>Set your PC to either Shutdown on lid close
>>or Hibernate.

>
>
>
 
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Alan T

Flightless Bird
Thanks.

I just wonder where the 'Sleep' button on a laptop?
What is the differences between sleep and hibernate?

> Click the "windows button" and put "power" in the box, and click the
> "power options" link. For Windows 7 questions you should ask the folks in
> the Windows 7 forums.
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/community
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
What ever the mechanism you choose. could be the power button, could be
the lid.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=difference+sleep+vs+hibernate+xp&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=


Alan T wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I just wonder where the 'Sleep' button on a laptop?
> What is the differences between sleep and hibernate?
>
>
>>Click the "windows button" and put "power" in the box, and click the
>>"power options" link. For Windows 7 questions you should ask the folks in
>>the Windows 7 forums.
>>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help/community

>
>
>
 
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Tim Slattery

Flightless Bird
"Alan T" <alan_NO_SPAM_pltse@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Thanks.
>
>I just wonder where the 'Sleep' button on a laptop?
>What is the differences between sleep and hibernate?


There may not be a "Sleep" hardware button. Or there may be one that
you can configure.

On my laptop I can tell it to either sleep or hibernate when I close
the lid.

"Sleep" means that the computer turns off the screen, powers down the
hard drive, and does whatever else it can to save energy without
actually shutting down. In particular, power is kept flowing to RAM so
nothing is forgotten. When the machine wakes up, it just has to
restore power to the bits that were shut down, which can be done quite
quickly.

Hibernating involves writing the contents of RAM and CPU registers and
whatever else is needed to a disk file and then shutting down. When
Windows boots, the first thing it does is look for this file. If it
finds it, it reads it and restores that session. If it doesn't exist,
then the OS boots from scratch.

--
Tim Slattery
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
 
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