external monitor

Consider the following scenario: You have a computer connected to an external monitor using a DisplayPort connection. When playing back encrypted (protected) content in Windows 7 Media Center, you may see the following error: Display driver error – the... Link Removed

Hi, I am using Windows 7 pro 64 bit and today had a new problem. Switched on laptop and as it got to log in page, the screen went black. When I close the laptop lid and re open it, the screen returns to normal for a few seconds and then goes black again. When plugged into an external monitor...

I am getting a lot of BSOD when my laptop is connected to an external monitor using a display-port cable. The system is fine when I don't use a external monitor and use just laptop screen. External monitor is a Dell 30inch. I have tried different display-port cables, different monitors, tried...

Link RemovedLink RemovedI had a BSOD two days ago due to a BAD_POOL_HEADER, and I'm looking for some help to resolve it. I've attached the dump file. In the last couple of weeks, I have installed new RAM, upgraded from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit (which required a clean install) along...

I recently upgraded my my Dell XPS M1530 to Windows 7 from Vista where I was running Dual monitors, the laptop screen and an external 20" monitor. After the upgrade I cannot seem to run two screens. If you left click on Screen resolution it only recognizes the external monitor but it stays...

Hello everyone, I've got a question that I could not find the answer so far. How can I keep my display 2 alive while the lid on my laptop is closed. I could do that on my old laptop with WinXP but so far no luck with Win7. The laptop is Toshiba Tecra A11-07H with intel graphics. So far I got...

I have an Acer TM8572G with Nvidia screen manager and is using an external LG W2443T monitor as primary monitor on an extended screen setup. The monitor is attached via ordinary VGA socket to the laptop. It has happened a few times that the LG monitor scales itself to about 15% wider than the...

I've been running windows 7 on my laptop (Dell XPS 1530) for about 6 months and its been working well. Today I used my computer and it was fine, came back a couple hours and turned it on and nothing is appearing on the screen The backlight is working and i can tell the screen is turning on...

I connected an external monitor (23inch HP) to my Dell Inspiron Mini, opened the Control Panel and can detect this external monitor. The desktop is duplicated on both the Mini and HP monitor. I was hoping to get the main desktop on the Mini, and have the external monitor as "extra real...

I'm running Win7 Pro 64 with SP1 on a Sony Vaio Z (VPCZ1) laptop, and I want to connect to an external monitor, preferably via the HDMI port. However, I cannot properly connect to external displays at all. For whatever reason, my computer isn't automatically detecting that the monitor is plugged...

My setup: Laptop Windows 7 Professional 64bit Second stand alone monitor plugged into VGA port While at work I use both the laptop monitor and the external. I have the external setup to the left. But have the laptop to the right as the primary with the icons and start bar. When I...

I use a lap top with an external monitor. In the Display Control Panel, there are THREE monitors listed: -The lap top -The external monitor I use -Another monitor called "No Monitor", (excellent name!). I've configured the No Monitor to the pull down option "Disconnect This Display", but it's...

I have a week-old Qosmio x505 q8100 that is giving me random BSODs while I"m working. It has always started up just fine and then at some point while I'm working, the BS shows up. I just got this computer after returning 2 Toshiba Satellite laptops that did the same thing. I run an external...

I'm trying to locate a gadget or tool that will allow me to see logical hard drive(s) activity through icon(s) in the system tray. All I want to see is activity, no graphs or stats needed. I've tried HDDLed and either I can't understand the doc or the doc doesn't allow for a W7 Pro-64 Lenovo...

I would like to set up dual monitors. I have a laptop right now that has one 22 inch monitor connected via a vga cable. I only have one vga output, however I do also have an hdmi output on my laptop as well. Would I be able to have a dual monitor setup with one monitor connected via vga...

I get a bluescreen saying something about restarting a graphics driver and then the computer restarts itself, didn't get a screenie yet! The driver I'm using is the latest for my graphics card, and did work fine until: My laptop's screen died I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers in safemode...

I re-loaded Windows 7 on my Sony VGN FZ290 and now there is no external monitor available. I went to the settings under display and it only shows one monitor available. Shift FN and F7 does nothing as well. Thanks jorge

Since I've installed Windows 7, whenever I switch back from using an external monitor (I hook up to my TV to watch movies), it seems like a shortcut key is on... hard to describe. When I type, for example 't', it minimizes Firefox and brings up my task bar. This happens for almost every letter...

I've been using Windows 7 64-bit on my Thinkpad X61 for several months without problem. (I am up to date with the released version of the OS). Recently, it started booting into very low resolution mode -- only about a quarter of the welcome screen is visible. Within this small view, the mouse...

Hi I am totally new to the forum and Windows 7 as of yesterday. My problem is I had an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC (im not quite sure the model number) and I used an external HP monitor with it when i ran vista. After i used an update disc to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate my external...