Use of projector with my laptop

Background:
The first time I connected my laptop to an Infocus
projector the process worked fine, except my laptop
screen was blank, but projected screen showed everything
that was on laptop screen. I then clicked on control
panel - Appearance and Theme - Display Properties -
Settings - and made monitor 1 match up with monitor 2.

Problem:
When I do presentations both my laptop and projector boot
up fine and show the information from my laptop until
desktop appears. Everything shows up fine on laptop, but
only the wallpaper is projected with icons etc. If I
click on an icon on my laptop to launch an application
the application launches fine, but only my desktop
wallpaper shows on projected view. I have tried several
adjustments in display properties to no avail.
Help!


Albert D. Miller

Rather than doing dual monitors like this, you should have a function key on
your keyboard that allows you to have the projector be an exact clone of
your laptop monitor. It's typically one of the F keys in combination with
the function button.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Associate Expert
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"Albert D. Miller" wrote in message
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Background:
The first time I connected my laptop to an Infocus
projector the process worked fine, except my laptop
screen was blank, but projected screen showed everything
that was on laptop screen. I then clicked on control
panel - Appearance and Theme - Display Properties -
Settings - and made monitor 1 match up with monitor 2.

Problem:
When I do presentations both my laptop and projector boot
up fine and show the information from my laptop until
desktop appears. Everything shows up fine on laptop, but
only the wallpaper is projected with icons etc. If I
click on an icon on my laptop to launch an application
the application launches fine, but only my desktop
wallpaper shows on projected view. I have tried several
adjustments in display properties to no avail.
Help!


Albert D. Miller