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Any option to turn off laptop display when I remote login to it from desktop?
My laptop has Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (Dell latitude E5420). I am using MSTSC on desktop computer, which also has Windows 7 Ultimate installed on it.
Is there any option to turn off laptop ...
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How to install Windows 7 using an external display?
I have a Sony Vaio VPCF115FM.
Through a lot of research online, I've come to find out that this laptop has external video ports (VGA & HDMI) that only work once the operating system loads the ...
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Display monitor pivot software
I've acquired a Samsung SyncMaster 172N which (when originally sold) had the software to pivot it.
I don't have the original disks. I've tried to use the LG Forte Pivot Softweare which came with my ...
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My new Windows 7 Professional 64 bit does not recognize my external monitor
I have a Lenovo w530 laptop running Windows 7 Professional 64bit which cannot see my Viewsonic VG2030wm monitor, no matter what driver is installed. I contacted Viewsonic support who sent me links to ...
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Notebook with two external monitors [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Connecting 2 External Monitors to a Laptop?
I was wondering if it was possible to use 3 displays on a notebook - the integrated one plus two external. I have IdeaPad ...
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Change Windows 7 start menu height depending on monitor size?
I know I can change the height of the Windows 7 Start Menu so that includes more or fewer recently used apps, etc.
But I have a netbook with a tiny screen that I plug into a decent sized LCD most of ...
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How to tell Windows 7 “sleep when laptop is closed, unless there's an external monitor connected; then use that”?
Most of the time, I would like my Windows 7 laptop to sleep when I close it.
But sometimes, I like to connect an external monitor over DVI.
I would like my laptop to use the external monitor when I ...
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Disable laptop's display on boot when used with external display
I keep my laptop tucked away and solely use an external display with it via HDMI. In Windows 7 display settings, I have it set up to "Show desktop only on 2 [my external display]" This works fine in ...
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Monitor not displaying windows 7 correctly
I have just got a 15" Digimate TFT LCD monitor. I'm running Windows 7.
Now the icons are too big, as are the windows in both browsers and word processing software - and everything has a bit to the ...
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Programs switching monitors after Windows sleeps
Windows 7. I have a laptop with two external monitors (one plugged in via serial, the other via a USB to VGA adapter.) They are set up to extend the desktop, rather than duplicate it. I've dragged the ...
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Prevent Windows from resizing all the apps on the desktop when switching monitors
Short version: When moving my laptop and sleeping between using different monitors, all my open windows are crammed into the upper left corner as if they tried to fit on the laptop internal screen ...
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Windows 7 Hardware Disconnect/Reconnect noise when monitor is in sleep - make it stop
Whenever I plug either of two Windows 7 laptops into my Planar 27" monitor, I get a constant hardware disconnect/reconnect sound when the monitor goes to sleep. It drives me absolutely insane, so I ...
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My EliteBook is not auto picking 1080p for external monitor, poor display on forcing
I'm connecting my Samsung LED S22A300B to my HP EliteBook 6930p through VGA out.
Laptop has Intel 4500MHD video card. I have latest drivers installed for both card and monitor. Only 800x600 and ...
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Windows 7 laptop screen stays blank after unplugging external monitor
I have an HP ProBook 4730s with ATI video card (don't know the exact type atm). At work I use an external monitor. But when I booted my PC today the screen stayed bank during the entire boot process ...
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How do I find out the wiring of display interface ports (VGA, HDMI, DP) of laptops with optimus technology before purchasing? [closed]
Most new laptops come with a hybrid graphics setup and often with NVidia (Optimus).
Assuming that a laptop has an integrated Intel graphics card and a discrete Nvidia with Optimus technology and does ...
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How to switch to laptop screen from external display automatically on power loss?
I recently got a external LCD display for my laptop. It is connected via the VGA port.
I am using the "Projector Only" mode by pressing the Fn+F3 function on my laptop. This makes the laptop's screen ...
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External HP monitor has black border with Dell Windows 7 laptop
I have a new Dell laptop running Windows 7 and connected an extra HP S2031 monitor I had through a digital cable.
It has an Intel 3000 chipset.
I now have a black border around my screen on the HP ...
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Windows 7 scales down image on external display
As the title says and you can see in the image: The monitor is connected through HDMI to my laptop. My screen settings are as you can see on the image, full res on both displays (1080p on external, ...
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Colby brand TV flickers using VGA input
How do I get a television being used as a computer monitor to stop flickering so I can use the PC?
I've wired my dad's PC's video out to the VGA input of a Colby brand tv (specifically, a TFTV4025). ...
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Rotation problemo with the pen on x230 tablet and an external screen?
I have a funny problem. Normally when I have the screen rotated 180 on the laptop as I'm writing on it everything works just fine. But if I connect an external monitor that is oriented "normal", with ...
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Laptop + 2 Displays Issue
I'd like to extend the display of my ASUS N53SV-SZ038V to two external monitors.
The laptop has one HDMI output and one VGA output. I have each connected to an external monitor. The problem is that ...
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External Monitor issues in Windows 7 BootCamp MacBook Pro
So I got a monitor to use as an external for my MacBook Pro. It is an LG e2340 and I am connecting via HDMI by the way. Anyways, there are some issues I have found and I am wondering if there are any ...
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How do I force Windows 7 to reevaluate or recognize my monitor resolution after hibernate or sleep mode
I have a Lenovo W500 Laptop with an ATI FireGL 5700 card and it has VGA and a Display Port.
Everything works fine if I boot my laptop with a monitor already attached. Sometimes it also works if I ...
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Can you make Windows treat an external display exactly like an internal one?
I have Windows 7 Home 64-bit and a monitor attached to my desktop over DVI. Is there any way to make the system think that there is no external display attached or to make it think that the display ...
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How to find the maximum resolution supported by the graphics card?
I have an older laptop with a Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset as its graphics card. At the moment, it connected to an external display with a resolution of 1680x1050 (this is the native ...
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Picture becomes blurry when connecting Laptop to HD TV via HDMI
I have connected my new Acer S3 to my P2270HD Samsung 1080P TV. I selected 1920x1080 and adjusted the picture as good as possible, but the picture is very blurry.
Previously I used the VGA input from ...
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Keyboard shortcut to set screen resolution in windows 7
Using a windows 7 laptop when I switch off/disconnect & reconnect my external monitor, or after getting the laptop out of sleep mode sometimes the screen resolution is all wrong and if I go to ...
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How to use second PC as extended monitor
I have 2 PC's (notebook). Both have Windows 7 32bit. They are cross connected with LAN cable.
How to use PC 2 as extended monitor of PC 1 ?
I want to achieve same effect as I would connect external ...
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Secondary monitor not displaying colours correctly
I have an MSI notebook with a Radeon HD card and Windows 7 installed. I use EasyWorship. The colours on the monitor are correct, but when connecting to a projector the white colour is displayed as ...
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Why can't I duplicate laptop's screen To HDTV?
The day before yesterday I bought 2M Sm@rtCom HDMI cable and succeeded duplicating laptop's screen to LG HDTV. Yesterday I tried again but this time the option for duplicating screen did not show up ...
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How can I switch my primary display used in Windows' Projection Mode?
Windows 7 and Vista has a feature called Projection Mode triggered from Windows key + P.
My problem is that the primary display (connected via DVI-D) is identified as the projector (and has been ...
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Windows 7 doesn't output via VGA connector to projector
My Acer netbook has a VGA connector for connecting to a project. It came with Windows 7 pre-installed and it has a feature in Control Panel that allows to redirect output to the projector.
My ...
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MacBook Pro with Intel graphics sends no signal to external monitor only in Windows 7
These is the low end MacBook Pro with Intel graphics. All the drivers are up to date. The display works fine with other computers, and even with this computer in OS X. The Intel graphics control panel ...
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Can I make Windows 7 and the Nvidia Control Panel “forget” external display resolutions?
I'm currently having a problem with my system where the full 2560x1440 resolution of my Dell U2711 monitor isn't well supported by my ASUS G73S laptop (it has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX440M CUDA with 1.5GB ...
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Use different display settings for the welcome / logon screen than my desktop? (Windows 7)
I vaguely recall back in the days of Windows XP that I could set up my display settings as "Administrator" and they would apply to the logon screen. However, once I log in my user settings could ...
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Switch monitor configurations on Windows 7
I use one of my PCs for flight simulation as well as for home theater. In case one it has 2 monitors attached, and in case 2 (home theater) a HD TV is being used. All 3 monitors are attached at the ...
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Secondary monitor shuts off when laptop lid close
I have a new dell XPS laptop. My external Dell monitor attached to my laptop.Everything works fine if my laptop lid is open, but if I close the laptop lid, I lose the display on the monitor attached ...
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Asus Windows 7 laptop's external monitor has a yellow tint
I bought an Asus G73S laptop and plugged in my old monitor but noticed it had a yellow hue. At first I thought it was the cable but figured out that if I went to display settings and used the ...
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Perform action when external lcd is attached or removed from Windows 7 laptop
My netbook running Windows 7 Starter seems to know when I attach or remove my external monitor. But I'm wondering if there is some way to attach a script or action when these events are detected by ...
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Unable to save display settings
When I connect my laptop to an external display at home, it doesn't automatically extend the display, nor will it allow me to extend it. The Windows screen resolution dialog displays the error ...
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Prevent laptop with external monitor from reverting to built-in screen after waking from sleep
I have a new HP Mini Note running Windows 7 Starter. It mostly stays on the desktop with an external widescreen and whenever I'm not using it I close the lid, thus putting it to sleep.
Now more often ...
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How to turn off the laptop monitor when using an external monitor?
I have a Toshiba Laptop and I have searched all over the place for a solution to the following problem.
I use a Toshiba DynaDock to connect to an external monitor. I used to have Windows Vista, and ...
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Restore monitor detection to one only or restore start menu to bottom
I have a co-worker that is no longer able to see his start menu. He used to have it pinned to the left edge of his screen. I tried to troubleshoot it a bit and discovered if we do Windows + R then ...
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How to quickly switch monitors on multi-monitor setup?
At my desktop PC, I have 3 displays hooked up on my Palit GeForce GTX 480 to extend my desktop:
DVI: Samsung SyncMaster T220 (22" 16:10, 1680x1050, as my main)
DVI: Samsung SyncMaster 940BF (19" ...
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Can I connect two other monitors to my Dell Studio XPS?
I currently have a Dell Studio XPS laptop that I connect to an external monitor with the standard VGA output. I have also bought a Display port to DVI connector that I would like to connect to ...
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Windows 7 does not recognize LG E2250 monitor when connected with RGB
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T410 and an LG monitor E2250 (1080p, so should support 1920×1080). I try to connect the monitor using the RGB connector and use it as an external monitor. The problem is that ...
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Macbook pro with old VGA CRT blackness
I'm away from the office and trying to use my 13" 2009 Macbook pro, with an oldish 21' CRT VGA monitor. In Windows 7 it is detected and listed. Through the windows options it will not let me select, ...
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Full Screen Video on Extended Desktop
I am running into a problem getting full screen video to play on my extended desktop (TV connected via netgear push2tv using Intel wireless display technology.) Every time I set a video to play in ...
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is there a max. external screen resolution in a windows 7 starter netbook?
I have a samsung netbook n220, and when I connect it to my external samsung display t260 (26", 1900 x 1200), the resolutions available in the windows 7 control panel tops with 1680 x 1050.
Is that ...
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a external monitor doesn't display all the colors in windows 7
i have a laptop and external monitor setup. the problem is that in windows 7, the external monitor is displaying images really weird(256 colors i think). After the reboot, i see the display clear, but ...
