In fact, in my current setup, I am able to 'use' the laptop like a desktop already. The problem I face is, I must be able to keep switching between desktop mode (with external monitor/keyboard/mouse) and laptop mode, without requiring reboots (as is shown in the video from hengedocks here: YouTube - Henge Docks - MacBook Docking Station - Demo Video)

My problem is not that the external monitor does not get detected or I am not able to transfer display to the external monitor. However, I think I should have framed my question better. That approach is not useful with a docking for the reply on this topic. I would greatly appreciate any help on this issue. Countless hours wasted on google search to get this working with no success I tried to experimented with Sleep types like S1, S2, S3, but except for S3, the other two are shown as 'not supported by firmware' (using powercfg option in command line). Next, in the 'Device Manager', for the 'Root USB Hub' & 'Generic USB Hub', I tried to set 'Allow this device to wake up the computer', under Properties -> Power Management, but that option is grayed out. Under Power Options, Disabled 'selective Suspend of USB', but that did not help.

I am trying to do the same thing on Windows 7, close the lid of the laptop to put it to sleep, connect my external monitor, mouse & keyboard, but however the laptop never wakes up (even after moving the mouse & pressing keys in the keyboard). In OS-X, I can use this cool clamshell feature wherein after putting the MBP to sleep by closing the lid, as soon as I connect an external keyboard, mouse & monitor, I get the display on the monitor and immediately start using the keyboard & mouse too, converting the laptop instantaneously to a desktop. I am running Windows 7 on Macbook Pro using bootcamp.

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