To be honest mate, that sounds like the monitor has had it. These days, it is not worth repairing them either with the price they are to buy new.

yeah ...you can get a decent 19" lcd monitor for under £100 now , Novatech is a good company for all computer stuff and have won several awards for customer service , value and reliabilty ....used them many times and they are superb .. i guess Amazon are also a good company you can trust ......

Cheers for the replies guys,looks like he's gonna have to buy a new one then i'm afraid

Ive got a new laptop and ive just hooked it up to my tv using a hdmi cable but i pressed the wrong option and now i can only see one screen on tv and not my laptop. when i unplug it, I can see it again but how can i view both??

sorry ..dont quite understand ...what is it that you want to do . Is it that you want to watch Hi-Def stuff from your new laptop on the TV .. ?

I want to see both screens, my laptop screen goes black when I plug my hd cable in. It came up with an option but I accidently pressed enter.

aahhh right .......maybe your laptop has not been configured for hi-def viewing yet .....check your display settings and see if it says anything about dual screen mode or changing the settings for hi-def ..

Doesnt say anything,, any other solutions?

hmmm...does your laptop have a graphics card icon along the bottom right of the screen ...or in the control panel . On my pc it has an NVIDEA program that allows me to change resolution ....display ....all sorts of options .

Or on your tv ....you need to find the menu button and see what you can find from that ....a lot of tv`s now have 3 or 4 settinsg .....hdmi .....dvi.....component .....composite .....may have to mess around with a few to see if that works ..

Can yopu connect a normal dvi or vga cable to the TV ....does that work ok ...

Hi mate,

What make laptop do you have?
On my Acer, I use alt and F4 to change the output display. It is likely to be a similar option on your laptop.

You have a choice to have the same display on both screens, or the display only out the output device and not the Laptop.

Let me know your laptop make and model and I'll try and find the instructions for you.

Thanks, I've sorted it using Alt+F4. Its a Compaq Presario btw.

Glad I could help

And also how would I stop my webcam from freezing? Its integrated on the laptop.

When you say freezing, does it show fine on your own pc during a video conference? Is it only other people who notice it has frozen?

What application to do use to chat on cam?

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Other people tell me its frozen aswell. I can notice it freeze also.

Its all going wrong for me! I've got a microsoft wireless mouse 700 and my PC cannot find it, the reciever is green and the mouse roller goes red when I click but its just won't move =( Help with that would also be great. Thanks

Have you installed the correct drivers for that mouse? Did you get a CD with it?

As for the webcam, it could be several things causing that. You should have a program on your pc that will let you view cam without being in a conference call. I would try that to see if it freezes. If not, then it is more than likely to do with your broadband connection causing it to drop out.

No it had nothing to install it with, just plug it in, wait a few seconds then move about with it. It just falls asleep every two seconds though :S

Ahhh right Ill try doing it through that program thanks

for the mouse problem .....obvious one ...but are the batteries ok . Do you have any buttons on the wireless receiver that would help ...ie some mouses have to be syncronised with the receiver for them to work properly .

Something to try is search google for answers ...just type in `microsoft wireless mouse 700` , many times i have used this to solve a problem i had on my pc ...you wont be the only one having trouble .

I've tried searching but no one has an answer. Its got a button on the reciever and a button on the mouse that says connect. Don't know if thats any help.

well i dont know if you have to press that button on the receiver to communicate with the mouse or press the mouse button ...it may be worth trying to see if it helps . The mouse could be going into sleep mode .....or it could be faulty . Did you get it from a shop ...internet ...can you take it back .

Do you have any options in the control panel for the mouse ..?