How to set up laptops for "clamshell" mode (closing the lid & continuing to use the computer with external monitor(s)).

1. Press the start button on your keyboard or click on it in the lower left corner of your screen.

2. Start typing control panel (when you see the icon, like below you can press enter or double click it).

3. In control panel select power options

4. In power options, click on "Choose What Closing the Lid Does" on the left

5. Now change the following settings (you do not need Admin Credentials for these changes, only the bottom "shutdown settings":

     a. When I Press the Power button: Change from Sleep to Shutdown

     b. When I press the sleep button: Change from Sleep to Do Nothing (unless you have a sleep button on your keyboard(s), then you can leave it alone).

     c. When I close the lid: Change from Sleep to Do Nothing

6. Click on Save Changes.

 

You are done.