I've set up adual sceen on my laptop, so not I can hook it up to my 22" monitor to watch movies. however; when I play a movie on monitor 2 & I close the lid of the laptop, screen 2 also goes to sleep, is this normal, or can it be changed in the computer's settings ? (haven't found anything on it so far)

I just find it stupid to play stuff on a bigger monitor, if the laptop screen stays on all the time; or is this the way it always works?

i used google and fucked up this:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_keep_my_la ... losed.html

penis?

thats just the power settings, I know how to do that; its for when you close the lid > normally your laptop goes to sleep then & with those settings it keeps running BUT it shuts off the screen (& because of this also screen 2 I guess) & thats what I'm trying to figure out

ahhhh, i see what you mean now,

on linux, XRandR is the key, but windows I'm not sure. :S

maybe check in your GFX card config for DVi output options...