{"id":2248,"date":"2023-07-30T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T10:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techfixify.com\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2023-07-30T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T10:02:03","slug":"how-to-use-docking-station-with-laptop-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techfixify.com\/how-to-use-docking-station-with-laptop-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Docking Station With Laptop Closed? 5 Effortless Steps (With Pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you confused and want to know how to use Docking Station with Laptop closed? I’ve explained it in just five simple steps in this detailed picture guide below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Most tech-savvy users have laptops to take their work with them everywhere; however, I frequently find the need to work with a larger screen than my laptop provides.<\/strong> Enter the docking station, allowing external monitor(s), keyboards, and mouse with the laptop as CPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For tasks requiring larger<\/strong>, and possibly multiple<\/strong>, screens<\/strong>, or just for the comfort of having a larger screen,<\/strong> the easier typing on a full-sized keyboard, and the precise control of a mouse, can\u2019t beat a docking station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, you have to use the laptop with the lid closed, and therein lies the problem \u2013 Window\u2019s default action <\/strong>is to put the laptop in sleep mode when the laptop is closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how to use the docking station with the closed laptop? Well, I’ve got your answer; keep reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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