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Bob Coxner

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2011 MBA. HP w2207 monitor. Win 7, boot camp. I want to be able to run Win 7 in clamshell mode. Everything works fine in Lion. I close the lid and I can continue working with the external monitor. When I'm in Win 7, closing the lid puts everything to sleep. I have to keep the lid open to be able to use the external monitor and that's obviously not clamshell or ideal.

In Windows, I went to the power options and I've selected "Do Nothing" in the section where it asks what to do when the lid is closed. I tried selecting it both for connected to power and on battery. It still goes to sleep when I close the lid.

Any suggestions?
 
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