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I need to disable my laptop monitor and use my tv
I had no problem in Millenium watching video on my tv
through my laptop. I would hook it up, go to display/settings/advanced/monitors....and I would set my tv as the primary monitor and disable or turn off the laptop screen (If I didn't the resources needed were too much to run a dvd on the tv and my laptop) When I disabled the laptop screen, it would go black and I could navigate through the tv and watch the dvd through my laptop. Now on XP, I don't seen that same screen. I can get the picture and run programs on the tv but when I tried to play a dvd, the resources were too much again. I cannot, however figure out how to turn off my laptop screen and run only the tv. The same menu with the multiple monitors doesn't appear in any of the windows of the display settings. I have tryed tinkering with the monitors section, but I have no idea how to turn my laptop screen off and run the dvd through the tv in XP...Surely it is easier than Millenium which was a snap. |
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I need to disable my laptop monitor and use my tv
Have you checked for updated graphics drivers at the notebook manufacturer's
website? Cari www.coribright.com "drewl" wrote in message ... I had no problem in Millenium watching video on my tv through my laptop. I would hook it up, go to display/settings/advanced/monitors....and I would set my tv as the primary monitor and disable or turn off the laptop screen (If I didn't the resources needed were too much to run a dvd on the tv and my laptop) When I disabled the laptop screen, it would go black and I could navigate through the tv and watch the dvd through my laptop. Now on XP, I don't seen that same screen. I can get the picture and run programs on the tv but when I tried to play a dvd, the resources were too much again. I cannot, however figure out how to turn off my laptop screen and run only the tv. The same menu with the multiple monitors doesn't appear in any of the windows of the display settings. I have tryed tinkering with the monitors section, but I have no idea how to turn my laptop screen off and run the dvd through the tv in XP...Surely it is easier than Millenium which was a snap. |
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