Powers off when i close the lid

Hey all,
I am having what seems to be a problem with many others with HP laptops.
Recently after an HP update, my laptop shuts down when i close the lid.
It seems as though, something in the update has corrupted something.
Im not sure if HP needs to put out an update to correct this issue, or if I need to fix the BIOs somehow, or what.
If anyone is familiar with this issue, and can assist me in fixing it, it would be greatly appreciated.
Please keep in mind before replying that....
1. this was not happening before and is happening now
2. I have gone into the power settings and confirmed that it has been switched to "do nothing" when the lid closes
3. only started happening after HP did an update
Thanks in advance

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I see that after doing an HP update your notebook shuts down when you close the lid.  You have checked the power settings and they are set at do nothing.
I would try this step first.
Go to the command prompt and run as administrator.
Type powercfg -restoredefaultschemes and press enter.
You can run the HP Support Assistant to aid with HP updates.
You could consider doing a restore back to before the HP update?
Have you ran the built in  Windows troubleshooter?
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