external monitor

  1. Transform Your Laptop into a Desktop with a Closed Lid Setup

    Whether you're working from home, in a cozy coffee shop, or at an office, using a monitor with your laptop can significantly enhance your productivity. But why keep the laptop lid open when a closed lid setup can provide a clutter-free workspace? Here’s how to transform your laptop into a...
  2. How to Close Laptop Lid While Using External Monitor

    Step-by-Step Guide to Close Your Laptop Lid While Using an External Monitor To configure your laptop so you can close the lid while still using an external monitor, follow these straightforward steps: Access Control Panel: Open the Control Panel by pressing the Windows key, typing "Control...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 clamshell mode: waking up using mouse movement

    I have a windows laptop being used in clamshell mode with external monitor. After i sent it to sleep when i try ti wake it up with mouse movement its not waking like macbook. Saw online videos to change setting in device manager>mice settings>power management But i do not have power management...
  4. Low resolution on monitor, weird usb c behaviour

    Windows 10 pro. Laptop has a decent Nvidia graphics and a 4k screen. But when I connect to an external monitor it struggles to do 2k, and only gives 30 refresh, jerk jerk jerk! It works perfectly on Linux It came with a windows default driver. So I have downloaded the Nvidia program and...
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    Windows 10 Accidentally disabled external laptop monitor

    I have an HP laptop, which I previously had connected to an external monitor. So I had two monitors that were active and tried to disable one of them. Unfortunately, the one I disabled, was my external monitor, and I can’t find any way to enable it again, I previously used one of the windows...
  6. Windows 8 Windows 8 safe boot mode

    I recently uncounted a problem with some ransom ware so I read up on the net that I had to boot into safe mode. My was also damages and I was using an external monitor. Think that in safe mode my display on the external monitor would still work so to used msconfig and booted into safe mode only...
  7. Windows 10 Windows Explorer crashes/lags after connecting external monitor

    Recently I connected external monitor (acer 144hz) to my laptop (ASUS TUF GAMING F15) through HDMI cable. The first 3 minutes it worked perfectly, but soon after a lot of strange things began to happen: -I couldn't open file explorer or any other app -It seem like the screen froze, but i could...
  8. Windows 10 Windows Explorer crashes/lags after connecting external monitor

    Recently I connected external monitor (acer 144hz) to my laptop (ASUS TUF GAMING F15) through HDMI cable. The first 3 minutes it worked perfectly, but soon after a lot of strange things began to happen: -I couldn't open file explorer or any other app -It seem like the screen froze, but i could...
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    Windows 10 Custom font size doesn't stick?

    Does anyone know why my Ease of Access "Make text bigger" font size selection doesn't stick on my laptop? Whenever I have my USBC hub plugged in with the external HDMI monitor the machine always starts up with a small font even know I already and previously selected 133% font size. It even...
  10. Windows 10 Convert Pen to Mouse Functionality

    Hi, Am looking for a way to force the pen on my external tablet monitor to behave like the mouse using keyboard shortcuts. App in question is MS Whiteboard. Have tried uinsg "left click" as a setting in the driver, and holding down the left click on the mouse and moving the pen cursor. No joy...
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    Windows 7 windows home position at bottom of desktop

    Hi Forum so I plug my laptop into an external monitor, laptop res is standard 1366x768, monitor res is standard 1280x1024. I have my monitor windows taking up roughly the lower 3/4 of the desktop - I have a 2 inch gap at the top where I can see icons when I disconnect the monitor, the windows...
  12. Hp pro book 440 black screen

    Hi guys. The screen remains black completely and the fan is blowing at full speed. I have tried external monitors still not showing anything.
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    Windows 8 external monitor messing with color calibration on main monitor

    Hi , I am running a dell xps 8500 machine, i7 processor ,. 12 gb of ram, solid state ssd. I have a calibrated monitor hplp2275 on my computer, calibrated using ey one. I hooked up my tv to the external hdmi plug on the main board, not the add on graphics card and it plays well. The tv looks...
  14. Why Skimm’r and fashion tech CEO Amanda Curtis loves Surface

    “Surface — like fashion — is a blend of art and business,” according to Skimm’r (frequent reader of theSkimm), fashion tech entrepreneur and Surface fan Amanda Curtis. Link Removed Skimm’r and CEO Amanda Curtis working on Surface Pro 4. As Ferris Bueller says, “life moves pretty fast,” so...
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    Windows 7 Screen does not work anymore; windows dumps when booting, so I have to use safe mode

    Hi forum, The screen of my laptop does not work anymore, despite suffering no physical damage. Therefore, from now on I am using an external monitor and safe mode with networking. When booting, the windows symbol appears normally, yet before showing the desktop a crash dump pops. Launch startup...
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    Windows 10 Lost external USB monitor after W10 update of 10-01-2016...need help.

    Lost external USB monitor after W10 update of 10-01-2016...need help. Hello, I use a duplicate portable USB monitor which is turned to face my clients so that they can see what is going on and understand what I am doing. I typically meet with my clients in their home, thus the portable USB...
  17. Windows 10 BIOS Help

    I use a laptop and the screen is broke, due to this I use and external monitor but when I startup it doesn't appear on the external monitor. I want to edit some BIOS settings but I can't cause I can't see it. How do I fix this!?
  18. Microsoft Display Dock Update Process

    Microsoft's Windows Display Dock, used to connects the companies new Windows 10 Mobile hardware to an external monitor and other peripherals, received its first hardware update today. read more Continue reading...
  19. Windows 8 Win 8.1 "Update" Solution

    This may not apply to everyone but I had the start up looping issue this morning and this is how I resolved it: First I have 2 laptops running 8.1 64x: a) Toshiba and b) HP. The Toshiba had no problem. The HP hung in the start up loop. I powered off the HP that was looping. I then disconnected...
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    Windows 7 Dell E6510 laptop display problem

    No display on Dell E6510 Led display, hook up external monitor and system comes up properly. I shine a bright light on laptop display and can see a very dim display on the screen. Is this a backlight issue, not sure if this exists on a led display. Any idea on troubleshooting this issue?