Lid Set To Do Nothing But Shut The Pc Down.

I have my power settings set so the Lid does nothing. At my Job, it's best for me if I can shut my lid and move but open it up and have it immediately running when I open it.

Last 2 out of 3 times when I closed my lid, it shut down seemingly completely. Wut Gives?

Sorry about the grammar of the title. It's not set to shut down obviously. Needed an s after "shut."

 

Most laptops have two settings for this. One is for when plugged into the charger, the other is when on battery-only.

If you need to close the lid, unplug and move across the hall to another office, open the lid and continue where you left off, then make sure the battery-only setting is properly set too. But understand this will only apply if there is still ample charge left on the battery. If running low, the laptop will power off to avoid losing your data.

 

You’ll need to adjust a Windows power setting to change the lid-closing behavior:

1. In the System Tray (bottom-right corner of the screen), find the Battery icon. You may have to click the small arrow to show all icons. Right-click the Battery and choose Power Options.
2. On the left of the Power Options menu, select Choose what closing the lid does.
3. You’ll see options for the power and sleep buttons. Under When I close the lid, change the dropdown box for Plugged in (and On Battery if you want) to Do nothing.
4. Click Save Changes and you’re good to go.

 

For what it's worth, I forgot to mention I am using a dell e6440

Responding to everyone and then some:

The version of Windows 10 is 1809.

Checking on the lid for both battery and plug in options, it has not changed from "do nothing" where I have set them many months ago.

I update as often as the updates come. I would hate to have to backtrack it. That said, should I pause the updates in the future for them to get the bugs out first? Is that safe and secure though? Still, I'd hope to figure this out without backtracking updates and I may just put up with it currently and work around it with sleep and hibernate if that is what is required. All that said, I have not updated the bios (that I know of, I assume that is not automated with the run of the mill updates?)

I believe that when it has not restarted, I had closed the lid when it was not connected to power. I have not noticed this as a problem when I close the lid while it is on the dock, I will pay attention to that though. The battery has decent charge and when I boot it up, it has had over 50 percent left last time it failed to stay on. The battery doesn't last as long as it should and I assume that is not the problem. I'm not sure I will spend money on it though, I may get a new computer in a few months or less.

When I plug it into my dell dock with the lid closed and turn it on via the dock, there is no problem. I just opened and closed the lid now as it is connected to the dock and powering a monitor, no issues.

 

specifically, that's a latitude e6440

 

I am not a believer of rolling back updates. If this were truly an update problem, millions and millions of users would have the problem too. While it is true some updates have caused problems, the horror stories have been grossly exaggerated and blown way out of proportion - often by some in the IT press seeking attention with sensationalized headlines . The fact is, the vast majority of the 1.6 billion computers out there have never experienced any issues with updates. And of those that did, most of those were soon fixed by a follow up update, or with a simple reboot. There are exceptions, of course. But those really are few and far between.

I am also not a believer in updating the BIOS just because a new version is out there. Old versions don't go bad. And by far, most new versions simply add support for new hardware that came out since the board left the factory - to support new CPUs or RAM, for example. If you have not swapped, or plan to swap out the CPU or RAM, there's no need to update the BIOS.

I only update the BIOS when I initially do the build with a new motherboard. After that, I only update the BIOS if the BIOS addresses a problem I am having, includes support for new hardware I am installing, or addresses a security issue (this is very rare). So I only update if the change log for the new version addresses one of those issues.

So I recommend you check the website for your notebook and see what drivers and BIOS updates are out there. Read the change/history log for the driver/firmware update and if it applies, then install.

The notebook may just need to be calibrated to the battery. Check your manual for the procedure but typically you just run the notebook on battery until it automatically shuts down on its own. Then plug it in and let it fully charge. This syncs the battery to the notebook's battery monitoring feature. Also, all notebook batteries lose runtime as they age.

 

I'm happy if rollbacks and bios updates are not high on the todo list. I'll try calibrating the battery sometime.