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My biggest peeve about windows is how it sends my laptop to sleep when I close the lid. You're plugged into a docking station with a keyboard, monitor, and mous

My biggest peeve about windows is how it sends my laptop to sleep when I close the lid. You're plugged into a docking station with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse connected. I have several windows open on the monitor. No windows open on the tiny crappy laptop screen. Why the fartnugget do you think closing the laptop means "go to sleep"?! I didn't buy a docking station, monitor, keyboard and mouse to augment the shitty laptop keyboard, shitty laptop trackpad, and shitty laptop screen, I bought those things to replace them (but still be able to function while traveling). Also windows absolutely refuses to update. It didn't update to 1803 without downloading the install iso manually, it didn't update to 1806, and now it's refusing to update to 1903. Windows (also visual studio, but that's another story) is incredibly just... Bad. The reliance on the mouse and generally terrible keyboard shortcut story annoys me, but it can be fixed with third party software which is ok I guess. Rant over. Sorry for wasting everyone's time.

alushta 7y ago
What happens when you close the lid is a configurable option: https://youtu.be/OFfDSEoneok https://youtu.be/OFfDSEoneok
ToFab123 7y ago
That is very simple to change. Settings --> power and sleep options --> Additional power options --> Choose what closing the lid does Or from command line https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Quickly-change-the-lid-b78eb77d https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Quickly-c...
- soylentcola 7y ago
  And if you're lazy like me, just hit the Win key, type "lid", and click "change what closing the lid does" from the results.
WorldMaker 7y ago
> Also windows absolutely refuses to update. It didn't update to 1803 without downloading the install iso manually, it didn't update to 1806, and now it's refusing to update to 1903. Microsoft has leaned very conservative in offering the feature updates after complaints from the earlier ones. Especially if your laptop has high usage patterns that likely suggest a work laptop it may not offer you the feature update until late in the cycle. Or in some cases specific hardware or software installed. (A big block right now still for 1903 is it can be hesitant if you have a lot of unpatched games installed because several versions of highly deployed anti-cheat software cause BSODs if not up to date, affecting even major games like Fortnite.) There is a good alternative to downloading the ISO, called the Update Assistant. It's an app that can tell you why you are currently blocked, if that is the case, and/or force install the update. It's at the top of this download page (the "Update Now" button in the gray region, not the Media Creation Tool below it): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

alushta 7y ago

What happens when you close the lid is a configurable option: https://youtu.be/OFfDSEoneok https://youtu.be/OFfDSEoneok

ToFab123 7y ago

That is very simple to change. Settings --> power and sleep options --> Additional power options --> Choose what closing the lid does Or from command line https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Quickly-change-the-lid-b78eb77d https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Quickly-c...

soylentcola 7y ago
And if you're lazy like me, just hit the Win key, type "lid", and click "change what closing the lid does" from the results.

WorldMaker 7y ago

> Also windows absolutely refuses to update. It didn't update to 1803 without downloading the install iso manually, it didn't update to 1806, and now it's refusing to update to 1903. Microsoft has leaned very conservative in offering the feature updates after complaints from the earlier ones. Especially if your laptop has high usage patterns that likely suggest a work laptop it may not offer you the feature update until late in the cycle. Or in some cases specific hardware or software installed. (A big block right now still for 1903 is it can be hesitant if you have a lot of unpatched games installed because several versions of highly deployed anti-cheat software cause BSODs if not up to date, affecting even major games like Fortnite.) There is a good alternative to downloading the ISO, called the Update Assistant. It's an app that can tell you why you are currently blocked, if that is the case, and/or force install the update. It's at the top of this download page (the "Update Now" button in the gray region, not the Media Creation Tool below it): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10