Korean Job Discussion Forums

[withnail]

all i get here is the desktop wallpaper with no icons - i think this might be easy to fix it's just this is a korean version of xp so don't know what everything means - can anyone help? it seems to be a common enough problem on google but of course recommended courses of action refer to english language windows...

cheers

[ed]

why are you connecting your laptop to your t.v.?

do you want to use your t.v. as a monitor to do computer work?
if so, I don't know how


do you want to watch a movie from your laptop to your t.v.?

what I do is after I connect my computer and t.v. together all I get is my wallpaper on t.v. then I start up a movie using VLC media player and the movie plays on my t.v.

[I_Am_The_Kiwi]

Start the movie, hopefully in VLC and it should show up full screen on the TV.

If it doesnt, then drag the VLC window across to the TV and you should see it, from there you might need to double click to make it full screen.

easy as.

[swigs]

You can change the preferences of a dual screen monitor if you right click on the desktop and go to 'preferences'

[withnail]

uh-uh. none of these measures did the trick...

[blackjack]

[Rusty Shackleford]

Fn(Function)+F2, works on the school TV's for me.

[I_Am_The_Kiwi]

[withnail]

can't even see the mouse pointer, guys and fn with any of the top buttons doesn't do anything although fn with F5 causes the screen to refresh

[SHANE02]

Right click the desktop.

Click properties

click settings

click advanced.

You need to tell your video card to "mirror" rather than "extend".

I have done it with ATI cards that use ATI Catalyst Control Centre software. The video card software needs to be set right.

Sorry I can't help more.

[withnail]

thanks. don't suppose you know those commands in Korean!!??? (Korean windows)

[jvalmer]

Some of the CRT TV's, for some reason, won't play videos from the s-video cable. The wall paper and computer window shows up, but when you fire up a video player it won't show on the TV. Not sure why.

[I_Am_The_Kiwi]

perhaps this will help

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/737009/how_to_use_your_tv_as_a_laptop_monitor/

not in korean, but shows you where the menus are....

why do you have korean windows if u cant speak korean?

also what media player are you using?

[withnail]

thanks guys for all your help - I got it. Stupid really. My mouse pointer wasn't visible on screen so I assumed it was not available to me - actually it was way off screen and I was able to bring it up eventually by rolling the mouse for longer than I thought I had to - I think the first time I rolled it a few times and gave up assuming something else was at fault. Then I could follow the previous posters instructions.

Cheers

[withnail]

just wish i could get the icons up on my tv screen so that the screen is an exact representation of the laptop monitor...