Your laptop monitor is working?
Has the attached monitor ever worked with this setup?
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Make sure the external monitor cable is plugged into the VGA port on the laptop, of course.
For WinXP, right click on the main screen (laptop).
You should see a little box menu that allows you to select ‘screen’ options.
Selection the one for Graphic display.
That should open an attached sub menu.
Select Output to... [sub menu]
Select Dual Display Clone [sub menu] [or similar wording]
Select Notebook + Monitor [do not select Monitor]
Oh Eureka!!!!
Your answer did the trick!
I did a right click on the laptop screen and then it came up graphics options and “monitor” was one of the options and I clicked it and VOILA!!! I am on the big screen again!!!
Woohoo!!!
Thank you soooo much!
FReepers are the best!!!