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Does anyone know how to get my laptop screen to show on my TV screen again?
My wife had her laptop connected to our flat screen TV. She was using a wireless keyboard and mouse. Her cat jumped on the keyboard. Whatever it did, it made the picture look all screwed up, and flipped it upside down. I restarted it, and it fixed that problem. Now, though, all the TV will show, when she turns the laptop on, is her wall paper. It doesn't show any of her desktop icons. When she opens a web page, or anything, on the computer, all the TV shows is her wall paper. Does anyone have any idea what's going on, and how I might fix it? (The computer works fine now.)
Thanks everyone. That was exactly what happened, dan. Thanks for the quick, easy to understand response.
Thanks everyone. That was exactly what happened, dan. Thanks for the quick, easy to understand response.
3 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Check your display settings, it sounds like the laptop has expanded onto the tv rather then duplicating what is displayed. A good trick is to move your mouse to the left or right of the screen and see if it shows up on the tv, that would let you know your laptop is expanded onto the tv. To fix, goto settings, display, and uncheck expand my monitor, click ok and it should be back to normal. Good luck.
- Bassman1Lv 79 years ago
Post the brand, model number, installed operating system when asking a question.
Hold the Fn key and press the F9 key to go back to internal laptop screen monitor.
Hold won Fn key and press F5 for external monitor.
Read the user guide / manual for the TV and laptop section on connecting and settings.
How To Connect Laptop To TV, Cables & Jacks for Connecting Laptop to TV, Tuning
- Anonymous9 years ago
It's extending the desktop onto the second monitor (The TV), You can drag anything you want from your laptop screen onto monitor 2.
You need to change the second monitor to "Clone" instead of "Extended". Basic Windows stuff, Google for step by step.
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