external display

Hi, My girlfriend would like to use her spare laptop as a second monitor. Are you able to do this with a Windows 7 laptop to Windows 10?

Okay just recently I cracked my laptop screen, (don't ask me how because I have no idea one night I shut it down then closed it and woke up the next morning to find it cracked to all hell), thankfully I have a crap-ton of monitors laying around. Now I have a question i am currently dual booting...

Here is my dilemma: my computer intermittently will not start. I will push the power button, the lights come on on the base of the laptop, but the screen does not come on. I have attached an external LCD (via VGA cable) and it does not come on either (when it decides to malfunction). The fan...

I have an HDMI cable connected to my HD TV, input 3. I have a Win 8.1 laptop (Lenovo 11s) that I can connect to the HDMI cable and the laptop will show it's display on the TV. BUT, I have a second Win 8 laptop (Asus UX303LA) that will not show it's display on the TV. I have tried all options...

First post, first problem. Running a TV as a second screen off my laptop via HDMI connection. Old TV gave in, bought a new standard 22" screen. When connecting to the screen, it automatically assigns it to the right of my PC, however I need it positioned on the left. I have gone into control...

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I've been trying to track the cause of this BSOD down for a few months now. I've updated all the drivers, scanned drives and memory for errors, but nothing seems to point in a useful direction. I work on a laptop connected to an external screen for a dual display setup. This is the same with...

Hi, I'm using a laptop (Compaq 6910p using Intel Express 965 chipset graphics) and connecting a Samsung 1080p tv as an external display. Using Output to projector only (Win-P) I have been able to run the external Samsung TV at it's native 1080p (1920x1080) resolution. However since...

Hi Forum! I have a HP Pavilion dm1z laptop. The laptop has a HDMI port. I am trying to connect it to my Samsung BX2335 display. The display has the DVI dual link port only. So I bought a HDMI - DVI adapter. I have Win7 x64 on my laptop. When I start the laptop with the external display...

On my notebook (max screen resolution: 1920x1080) there is a HDMI port. I plugged in a HDMI cable from a second, external TFT screen (max resolution 1680x1050). When I go now (under Win7) to Control Panel/Appearance and personalization/Display/Screen Resolution and select "Duplicate...

Hi all, thanks in advance for any help you can offer. First, my system information: Windows 7, 64-bit, SP1 Sony VAIO VPCEB11FD laptop ACER P236H monitor I originally had the monitor connected via standard VGA cables. I now have a HDMI to DVI connector, which I bought to try and correct the...

Hello! I have two laptops both running W7 64 bit and i wonder if it is possible to use one of them as a external screen for the other one. If u dont understand, here comes an explanation. I have Laptop 1(L1) as the computer running. On this screen i want to have the ordinary desktop and it...

I am using sony vaio laptop and recently i connected a monitor to it.Now on the laptop screen there are blanks on both left and right side of the screen it is not using the entire screen.Can any one help?

Hi all- I've been having some trouble with my external display lately. For some reason, my PC has a reliance upon it to display Aero themes - when it is removed, Windows Basic comes into play. When it is reattached, the screen (on my PC) flickers and Aero returns. Any idea what could be causing...

I have a karaoke program that allows me to work one screen on my laptop and have the words scrolling on the external monitor. I have hooked it up but can not get it to recognize the external monitor. What do i need to do?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

I've got a lenovo w500 that was working fine with windows 7 rc. Now, when it is docked with an external monitor connected, it boots fine. when there is not monitor connected, it seems to boot, but with no video on the notebook's screen. When it is docked, I do get video on the notebook screen...

Hi All!! I have a HP Tx2510 tablet pc and I`ve recently installed windows7 on it. I`m using and external display with extended desktop. The problem Im having is that when I`m using the touch or the pen digitizer the mouse moves only on the external monitor. I would like it to move on the...

I'm using Win7 x64, build 7068 on a ThinkPad R61 (nVidia Quadro 140NVS) with an external display connected. I used to have Vista x32 and it was set up so that my external display was on at all times and the laptop's display was always off. Using the Win+P shortcut I set the settings to...

I'm running the Windows 7 Beta build 7000 on an HP Pavilion zd8000 laptop. Pentium 4 3.0ghz, 2GB ram, and ATI Raedon Mobility x600 graphics chip with 256MB dedicated memory. This morning my display was running just fine at 1650x1080, 32-bit color. After installing iTunes 8.1 and restarting...

I am using the Nvidia BETA drivers that was downloaded via windows update can't get get the resolution on my external 20" planar to go above 1600 X 1200. When undocked the resolution on my 17" wide T61 is perfect and does go above 1600 X 1200. The resolution I'm looking for on my widescreen...