Turn Off Sleep with Lid Closed

I am using my X60 with an external monitor (no docking station) and I would like to turn off the feature that puts the X60 to sleep when I close the lid. Is there any way to turn off this feature?
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don't know what os you're on but in windows 7: control panel, power options, on the left click choose what closing the lid does, then choose when i close the lid, you want to choose do nothing. there's a setting for, on battery and one for, on power.
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