Laptops have switches that detect closure and automatically go into sleep
mode if the OS is still running.. the obvious answer is to wait until the OS
has completely shut down..
"jellyedwards" <jellyedwards@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> If I power off my laptop with Vista it takes a few seconds to shutdown
> (about 20 or so). If I close the lid on my laptop before it shuts down
> completely, Vista will go into sleep mode. The next time I open my laptop
> it
> will wake up, just so that it can finish shutting down. Why does this
> happen?
>
> Wouldn't it be better if it just shutdown?
>
> Thanks, John
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