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I've tried to find a solution to this, to the keyboard not working when I start up my Surface Pro. Mostly read on Reddit and there seem to be quite a lot of people with same issue and Microsoft only solution given being to send in for repair or replacement, but it is not a hardware issue. Some...

hi, this is a very weird situation that i am encountering. I notice that whenever I shut down the laptop, my battery drains 40-50% a night. Now, here's the weird catch, I have experimented for a few days and this is my findings: Whenever I shut down my laptop and leave the lid open, my battery...

First of all, I apologize if this goes into wrong area or doesn't fit this forum at all. So, I have a laptop (Acer Aspire 5742G) it's keyboard is broken, I have wireless mouse and keyboard in use at the moment. But I would like to use my laptop (connected to 32" TV via HDMI) with the lid...

Hi, recently I've noticed that when I close my laptop that it won't go to sleep so when I went to change the "when lid closed" options in my power settings they wern't there. I also checked in the power button settings to the side. Any ideas as to why? Link Removed

Hello everybody, I've been having a recurring problem with my Dell Latitude D620. I bought it around four years ago with Windows Vista, then I downgraded to XP with few problems.* Around half a year ago, I upgraded to Windows 7, and everything was going ok until my computer started mysteriously...

Hi everyone! I am new in this forum, but looks like here have really interesting information about Windows 7. So I really like windows 7, I will stay and this forum. And thanks all for great work. So about the problem: I have Dell Latitude XT and Windows 7 installed on it. When PC is a/c...

I have a puzzling problem, my new laptop allows a variety of power adjustment settings, however the only choice *sleep* for the lid closing, it is greyed out so I cannot select anything else, in the advanced settings no matter which configuration I choose for the rest, I am given just one...

I own an HP HDX16 laptop running on Windows 7 Home Premium x64. I have the power setting set so that the laptop "does nothing" (doesn't hibernate/sleep) when the lid is closed. When I close the lid, the laptop constantly makes this "blip" sound which is quite annoying. I usually have to crawl...

Hi I've recently upgraded my R610 to Windows 7. I've extended the desktop by HDMI onto my television. I've found that when I close the screen, the laptop switches off the output to the extended desktop - killing off the image on the TV. Basically the laptop goes into sleep mode. Under XP and...

Hello, I have recentley installed Windows 7 RC. Since installing it, I have noticed that when I close my laptop lid, the screen stays on. How do I get the screen to turn off without going into sleep or hibernate mode? I've tried messing around with the power options but nothing seems to work...