Closing the Cover

So here's the deal. I have this Dell Latitude D600 laptop and I've recently installed Windows Server 2003 with the expectation of leaving this on 24x7 with the cover closed (anyone experienced with this is welcome to chime in on that concept).

The problem I'm having is I cannot find a way to set the thing to shut off the monitor when I close the cover. When I bring up the display properties and go to the power settings on the screen saver tab, I'm not able to choose anything under the setting that is supposed to allow me to decide what happens when I close the cover of my computer.

As it stands, the monitor appears to be on 100% of the time, even if the screen saver is on. I've woken up in the morning to feel the top of the laptop and it's still warm because the display has been on all night.

Does anyone know how I can get this thing to shut off the monitor (but leave the computer running) when I close the cover when there are literally NO choices as my disposal in the display properties?

3 Comments

  • Well, what about just setting "turn off Monitor" to something like 15 minutes, even when plugged in.



    (this is on the Power Schemes tab on WinXP)



    Or is this not available under Server 2003?

  • Howdy Brad,



    I've tried to set the screen saver to turn off the monitor after 5 minutes, but it doesn't APPEAR to do this. I haven't seen the setting you mentioned in Windows Server 2003 (but I see it in XP).



    It is indeed possible that the monitor DOES turn off, but turns on so quickly when I lift the cover that I only THINK it remains on, but I was hoping that perhaps someone who might know more about Windows Server 2003 could address this.



    Thanks a lot for your comment.

  • You could get a dock for the laptop - when docked it definitely shuts off the display.

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