You should be able to tell the laptop what to do when you close the
lid..Check power options
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> 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..
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> "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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