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Posted by VBM on September 15, 2005, 9:20 pm
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> VBM wrote:
> > I have been using a 17" Envision LCD monitor hooked up to my previous
laptop
> > (Thinkpad) for years. I just got a new laptop (Toshiba M55) and it is
> > acting oddly. When
> > I first fire up the computer, it will show the Windows XP screen on the
> > Envision (and not on the laptop screen), but when it gets to the blue
> > "Welcome" screen, it goes blank on the Envision and shows up on the
laptop
> > screen. Nothing further shows up on the Envision after that.
> >
> > What is going on?
> >
> > Do I need to get the Envision driver for XP? I have never needed to add
any
> > drivers to XP so far.
>
> Not likely.
>
> I don't know which graphics card you have on your laptop nor how it
> behaves. Typically, one would have a choice of the laptop monitor,
> external monitor, clone mode (i.e. identical display on both), or
> extended mode (two monitors acting as a single logical unit). And,
> although one has access to monitor configuration from the Display
> Properties screen, settings made here do not always work in perfect
> harmony with settings made via the graphics controller.
>
> Have you made the proper settings for your expectations?
In the Display Properties, yes, but I don't know how to check anything about
the graphic card settings.
I did find that when I choose to extend to the external monitor, it will do
that (albeit with a very pixelated picture, but that may be just the
resolution settings, hopefully), but it will not show anything on the
external when I want them to both be cloned.
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