Stop+Windows+Hibernating+When+you+Shut+Your+Laptop+Lid

** When you Shut Your Laptop Lid **
 * Stop Windows Hibernating **

By default, Windows 7 will put your laptop into sleep mode when you shut the lid, in order to conserve battery power. This is useful, since it means that next time you open your laptop lid, everything will be running just as you left it and none of the battery will be wasted. Sometimes though, you may want to keep your laptop running once you close the lid, if for example you are running a video encoding program to create a DVD, this is a process which can sometimes take hours.

Fortunately, you can configure Windows to leave your laptop running when you close the lid, meaning your machine will run the way you want it to, rather than the way that Windows decides it should.

To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click **Start** > **Control Panel** > **Power Options**.
 * 2) Click the **Choose what closing the lid** **does** link on the left sidebar.
 * 3) Select **Do nothing** – this will mean that Windows keeps running even when the lid is closed. You can set this option for both **On Battery** and **Plugged In**, meaning that you can leave Windows running while plugged in but send your system to sleep if it is using the battery.
 * 4) Click the **Save** button to begin using the new settings.