How do you disable a laptop display while using an external display?

How do you disable a laptop display while using an external display? "I've got my R50e Thinkpad hooked up to an external monitor. But I don't need the laptop display. How do I switch it off? Only thing I can see is two display devices listed in Device Manager. If I uninstall them would this do the trick or is this a BIOS thing?"
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bert [Entry]

With most laptops you can cycle through the different monitor modes (internal, external, both) by using the Fn key and a F# key combination I think the R50e uses Fn+F7.

bert [Entry]

Alternately, Thinkpads have a bit of software called (iirc) presentation manager that'll take care of it.
Alternately, Thinkpads have a bit of software called (iirc) presentation manager that'll take care of it.