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Prevent screen turning off when lid is closed
Is there a way to prevent the screen from being turned off when a laptop's lid is closed? The power-action for closing the lid is already "do nothing".
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Why is my ping higher when my charger is plugged into my Dell Precision M6800 laptop?
I recently noticed that the reason my Wi-Fi was so terrible seems to be caused by plugging in my charger.
Here is a little video of it happening, trying to ping riot.de
Here is the ping when plugged ...
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Is there a way to install Microsoft Store-exclusive apps without Store?
Unlike apps I can download online and install, I can't figure out how to install apps that are only availabe for download via Ms-Store app, without first installing Ms-Store.
I ask this because I am ...
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Make windows honor my setting to do nothing when I close the lid of my computer
My Windows Version 10.0.15063 computer (Dell Precision 5520) will go to sleep when I close the lid, even though in the settings I have specified to do nothing. See image:
I've tried restarting my ...
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Laptop won't hibernate if Hyper-V enabled on Windows 10 Pro
I'm running Hyper-V on my laptop - Docker for Windows requirement.
Windows 10 version 1709. I noticed that Hibernation is not working if Hyper-V role enabled. Hibernation working fine if i disable ...
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Windows 10: Computer switches to internal screen, messing up window sizes and positions
I have a Fujitsu P772 notebook computer. It came installed with Windows 7 and I recently upgraded to Windows 10. After the upgrade, I noticed a problem whenever the screen would go to sleep by the ...
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What does the warning sign over battery icon represent?
The battery icon on my laptop has a warning sign when plugged in: to a laptop dock via a USB C cable.
When I click on the icon, I get this popup. Just a warning icon and no further information. ...
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Windows 10 does not sleep; turns on airplane mode instead
I have a Dell XPS 13 9350. It runs Windows 10. It is the latest insider preview, but this issue has appeared and disappeared, even on the stable builds.
When I put the computer to sleep, either by ...
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Windows 10 keyboard sometimes repeats keys and sometimes ignores keys
Sometimes, as I'm typing, suddenly [A] it ignores keys (it just did it now!) and I have to type them again, then it works, and [B] it sometimes repeats latest keystroke about 20 times.
Problem began ...
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Laptop randomly completely freezes up
I own a Dell E6420 laptop, that runs Windows 10 Pro.
My laptop has this one issue. Randomly, out of the blue, it just freezes up. My touchpad becomes unresponsive. The DVD Drive switch would not ...
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Can't delete a folder due to it being open in System
I have been trying to delete the Halo MCC game files folder from my laptop, and I have the necessary permissions to do so however whenever I try to delete the folder it says it is unable to due to the ...
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Asus laptop touchpad stopped working and looks disconnected
The problem:
I'm using an asus UX410U laptop under windows 10 for high school. Since few months,the touchpad it stopped working when it was heating too much, nothing too disabling for classes. Today, ...
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Is there a way to increment/decrement windows brightness in steps of 5 rather than the default 10
Most laptops have shortcut keys to increase / decrease monitor brightness on a windows laptop. For
example, the F11 and F12 keys (or somewhere around them).
The default brightness delta is 10 units ...
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Prevent Windows from rapidly repeating keys (due to a faulty laptop keyboard)
I have a laptop with a keyboard that will randomly repeat keys (might be a shorted-out keyboard). I have tried messing with the key hold-down time settings, but that did not fix it. It's as if when I ...
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F5 key behaving as FN + F5
All of my laptop—a Samsung Expert running Windows 10—f[number] keys are behaving now as if I press Fn+f[number] shortcut.
For example, Fn+f5 normally disables touchpad. Then, when I press f5 key to ...
