In a message dated 12/2/2006 10:58:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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I have  an HP laptop (Windows XP Home) with an S-Video out connector cabled 
to an LCD  TV S-Video in connection. I have gone through the 'proper' steps to 
display  the picture on the TV (Properties/Settings) to activate the second 
display and  reduce the screen resolution. I can get the computer's wallpaper to 
display on  the TV but can't get anything else to show up. I don't know how 
to get the  icons, or even the mouse pointer, to display on the TV - just the 
wallpaper.  It is probably something simple but has so far escaped me. My goal 
is to play  a DVD and have it show up on the TV or create a slide show of my 
digital  pictures and show them. Any suggestions?


Hi,
  Have you set the second display properties as an extended desktop?  If so, 
you need to change it to a 'cloned' desktop. When set as extended, the  second 
desktop is more real estate to the right of the primary one (if you drag  a 
window off the primary screen's right, you should see it appear on the TV  
screen), when set as 'cloned', the second screen duplicates everything on the  
first one, which is what I believe you want.  

HTH,
Peter  Hogan
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