<p>hey when i close my laptop, my internet apparently disconnects… i download a lot of music and stuff, how do i set my wireless to stay connected when the laptops shut… and when i take out the power cord and leave it on just battery alone, the light becomes dimmer; how do i get this to be brighter as it was before</p>
<p>I don’t have a dell, but I’m pretty sure that I know how to fix the first problem. In your control panel, go to power options. Then go to the “advanced” tab. Then, about halfway down the screen there will be a place that says “when I close the lid of my portable computer” and then a drop down menu. Change the menu to do nothing and it should stay connected when you close your computer.</p>
<p>He’s correct on that. You probably had your Dell go on standby or hibernate. I put mine to hibernate simply because in standby it stills runs on battery.</p>
<p>As for the dimming light on your monitor. That is something the laptop does automatically (just all laptops I’ve seen do it) to save power. Since your battery can’t last you more than a couple of hours it reduces the light being used to save energy. In some cases when you are just on the battery it might also disable some other things as well that aren’t being used at the time. Like on my tabletpc it will disable bluetooth since I don’t use it when I’m on battery only.</p>
<p>You can change brightness on your monitor if you wish. You do this usually by holding the Fn key (usually a blue Fn key at the bottom left of the keyboard). Then you would press the corresponding key that controls the brightness. Look at your keyboard and you will notice small blue pictures/lettering either next to or under the white letters/numbers. Now I don’t a Dell laptop but if I’m not mistaken (I have used it before) I think you’d press the up and down arrows to control the brightness. So try holding Fn and Up Arrow and see what you get. You could also try pressing Fn and the F8 key. The F8 key when used with the Fn key will switch you to the highest or lowest brightness (nothing in between). Comes in real handing.</p>