I have an external monitor hooked to my laptop?

Question

I want to work off of my external monitor, how do I prevent the computer from going into standby mode.

Answer 1

go into your computers control panel and change it so your computer doesn't go into standby mode.  if you have to create a custom power plan and select it when you are using your external monitor.

Answer 2

Click on 'Start' and go to 'Control Panel' and find 'Power Settings' or 'Power Options'.

In there you should find all the options for standby mode and time and alerts and everything! You could easily create a custom power plan to select each time you want to use your external monitor.

Is that helpful?

Answer 3

righ click your desktop and select properties.  Go to screen saver tab then click the power button. One of the tabs should have an option that says something like:

"When I close the lid of my laptop..." and a drop down menu that says:

Do nothing

Shutdown

Hibernate or stand by