External Monitor Question - New User W510 (old Guy, Limited Skills)

Good Afternoon,
I have a new Thinkpad W510 for work. When I hook my external mmonitor to the system, I can get it to display just fine. However, when I close the lid top the actual Laptop, the system blanks out the external monitor. My Toshiba Laptop never dis that (ran on XP Professional). Is there something I can do to prevent this from happening? Some setting? Thank you for any help.
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Yes. I'm assuming the computer is set to sleep when the lid is closed.
Go to the Start menu and search up "Power Options".
Then, in the sidebar, select "Change what closing the lid does" and for both battery and AC power, select "Do Nothing".

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