I need help connecting my Laptpop to my HDTV using an HDMI cable. Can’t view desktop correctly?
I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop and I’ve been trying to connect to to my 37″ Vizio LCD HDTV as a second monitor using an HDMI cable. When doing so all I can see on my television is the Wallpaper on my desktop. No icons, no taskbar.. nothing. When I close the laptop’s case my TV will then I then display my desktop and everything on it but no matter how much adjusting to the display resolution it doesn’t fit the screen right. The taskbar at the bottom of the screen is cut off.
Anybody know why this would happen and why I simply can’t use my laptops screen and TV as monitors at the same time? Thanks
When your Laptop is connected to the TV and you see just the background image w/o icons and taskbar you are seeing an extended version of your desktop. Think of it as your desktop being really wide. You should be able to move your mouse cursor off one side (top, left, right, bottom) of your laptop monitor and see it on the TV. You could even try draggin a program in that direction.
If you just want to replicate on the TV what you see on the laptop screen you need to go into the Display settings and make some resolution changes. There is also a checkbox you should uncheck titled “Extend my desktop onto this monitor”.
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