external monitor

When the PC ran under Vista, it worked with a HDMI connection to a Panasonic TV I perform a clean install to Windows 7 Professional The HDMI connection no longer works with any TV and not even to an external monitor

Hi I have just bought a Dell 1645 Studio laptop - actually two. I returned the first one because it constantly froze. The second one is doing the same thing. It does it about twice per day and I cannot pinpoint the reason for it freezing. I can be working on a document, moving between...

Hi, I'm running 64-bit Windows 7. Last night my computer was fine, and I just booted up today to find that whenever I run programs, they don't show up on the taskbar. I have two monitors, one is my laptops screen and the other an external one. If I drag the applications to my laptop screen...

I am running Windows 7 on a dell Inspiron 1520 with a Nvidia card. The notebook's monitor is working perfectly. I've added a new Asus VH222 but Windows 7 doesn't appear to see it, and the monitor gives me an "Our of Range" error message when I attempt to transfer the signal with Fn+F8. Any ideas?

I am not too sure whether this was a TMM problem or was it my graphics card... But I am sure that when i had TMM disabled in Vista it fixed this issue so in Windows 7 right now, whenever I close my laptop lid (while connected to an external monitor) it moves my desktop to the the external...

Hi everyone, I've installed windows7 everyone so far flawlessly on my desktops at home and now I've come to a specific problem which I cant seem to figure out The laptop is a BenQ Joybook 6000N with a 1.6 processor, 1.5GB ram and 40gb space. I have windows 7 ultimate x86 dvd which I've used...

Hello I am used to using a dual screen setup with my asus z96j laptop. I have a secondary viewsonic display attached to my vga port. After installing windows 7 i have noticed, that after my main screen is turned off (such as when my computer goes to sleep, or when the lid is closed) it would...

Hi, I have a z61t running Windows 7 Professional on BIOS 2.27. I have a problem that only occurs when I am connected to an external display. When I close the laptop lid, I want it to stay in the external display mode so that my desktop does not jump over to the external display. This used...

I currently have a macbook pro 15 inch 2.5 ghz with which I have been utilizing both Windows and OS. The external monitor has always worked on both systems but now that I upgraded to window's 7 it doesn't seem to work anymore. I do remember that when the monitor was ever reconnected I had to go...

Running Windows 7 Ultimate. I wanted to connect my laptop to an external monitor so I pressed "Windows key + X", then clicked "connect display", then "extend." On most computers, doing this will allow you to output the display to another monitor. When I did it on my laptop, the screen started...

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW140E with a broken LCD that I am attempting to put 7 onto. After the second restart, the restart that leads to you inputting your username, computer name, password, and date time, during the OS install the signal stops being broadcasted to the external monitor that I...

Is there anyway to get Clamshell mode to work on my Macbook with Windows 7? Everytime I boot up, I have to manually set my external monitor to my primary display, which is kind of pain since my normal display is completely busted.

Hello to anyone who reads this. I am new to the Windows 7 Forums, and have been searching all over for an answer for a while now but I have had no luck, but maybe someone here can help me. I have an "HP Pavilion dv6744ca" laptop, and am currently connected to a TV through an S-Video cable. It...

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...

I bought an HP laptop and installed Windows 7, 64-bit in order to test it. I've noticed something rather annoying with the power options which may be a bug in the software that others are experiencing as well. Allow me to explain my situation: I use my laptop at work and connect an external...

Hi all, Hopefully someone knows whats going on, this has got me scratching my head, big style. Installed RC1, ok. everything works perfect until you reboot, then you see loading screen and display shuts down!! Win7 continues to load, but with no display......until...........I plug in an...

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...

ok, im on my brothers computer because my computer is in a pit.. ok first off my computer (notebook pc) has a broken screen, so ive been using external monitor(s) since it broke. that wall well before i got windows 7.... then i installed windows 7 and its worked for about 2 weeks.. then i was...

Hi, using windows 7 7100 x64, and all works perfectly, except cannot seem to use my plasma as an external monitor anymore. The laptop is a hp dv6799ea, 4 gig of ram, and the nvidia 8400m gs graphics card. On vista it worked fine, and i have tried using both the pre release driver, and the one...

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...