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detect laptop lid close

I need to have my laptop not disconnect from the network when I close
it but still lock itself (ctl+alt+del)

If I use Suspend or Hibernate the network connection is lost. Having
the screen saver set to 5 or 10 mins is just annoying. Can I write a
small program to call "LockWorkstation" when the laptop lid closes???
Where do I even start?

Thanks

Oct 26 '07 #1
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go*********@iname.com wrote in news:1193433358.476377.171360@
22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:
I need to have my laptop not disconnect from the network when I close
it but still lock itself (ctl+alt+del)

If I use Suspend or Hibernate the network connection is lost. Having
the screen saver set to 5 or 10 mins is just annoying. Can I write a
small program to call "LockWorkstation" when the laptop lid closes???
Where do I even start?
So you want to prevent a machine from going into stand by? You'll need to
hook into the Power Management APIs:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms704147.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa373247.aspx

BTW, you could just tell your users to disable standby when closing the lid
- that's probably a better idea than trying to override standby and sucking
a user's battery.
Oct 27 '07 #2

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