Solved Laptop shutting down after removing HDMI cable

Hello!

Since yesterday whenever I remove the HDMI cable, my laptop shuts down. So, I unplug the cable, the computer stays on for about another second, then shuts down completely. As if I just cut the power.

I didn't have the problem a few weeks ago, but haven't removed the cable since, so I don't know when the problem started to appear because it became an issue only yesterday.

Thanks for any answers!

SysInfo:

Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.4
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 8
RAM: 16270 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630, 1024 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 237 GB (43 GB Free);
Motherboard: HP, 838F
Antivirus: Bitdefender Antivirus Free Antimalware, Enabled and Updated

 

Why would I do that? I've never done that before. I'd have to restart my laptop several times a day, just because I wanted to remove a HDMI cable. That seems like unnecessarily much work. Of course, now it forces me to do that anyway. Which is a huge issue.

To answer the question more specifically - though I fail to see how that will help - all my programs close when my laptop shuts down. I don't want that to happen because when I unplug a HDMI cable I want my programs to continue running.

 

Different TV screens and/or projectors mainly. I don't need several of them every day, but sometimes it happens, especially with business presentations.

I updated some drivers last week, and used a new graphics tablet which I uninstalled to see if it solves the problem or not. It didn't. Some time before that I used a browser extension to translate specific words on websites, which was new. I also played a short game that was installed on a flash drive. I don't remember any kind of new software besides that.

 

A program I used didn't work anymore, so I updated the drivers for my graphic cards, which fixed the problem. I then noticed that some other drivers weren't up to date too, so I did these next. I'm not quite sure what all of them were, but I think on of it was for my mouse, others were various system devices.

And yes, it shuts down completely. When I turn it on again, I've been logged out and all my programs have been forcefully closed.

 

Yes, but I only download them from the device manager. Still, I checked online to see if there was a newer update available. There was. I installed that. (I'm not sure what OEM means, but I thought it meant Intel's website, so I looked there.)

All said, it fixed the problem. Thanks a lot!
The solution wasn't that hard too. Sorry if I wasted your time. Thanks again!

 

Just an FYI Ginny, OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer.
Glad your problem is solved!