Monitor Help

kandykane · 11-30-2008, 09:11 AM

I am using a Dell Lattitude D830. I added another monitor (Dell) for home use. First time I hooked it up, it worked fine. Today, I took the laptop with me, so unplugged the monitor. Now, I cannot get the monitor to come back up. I have gone into the control panel and changed the monitors, but it still won't work. The monitor works, but I cannot get the laptop screen to show up. My wireless mouse won't work either now. I need the monitor badly, as my DH cann ot see the small screen on the laptop. I have unplugged, rebooted, changed out batteries and everything else I could think of. I consider myself pretty computer savvey!

Thank you for any help you can offer.

KanyKane

**sobeit** · 11-30-2008, 09:16 AM

maybe try doing a system restore to a restore point just prior to yesterday when you first tried the monitor.

kandykane · 11-30-2008, 09:52 AM

Is that the only option? I would hate to lose all of the recent updates.

11-30-2008, 09:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
kandykane Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP 2	Monitor Help I am using a Dell Lattitude D830. I added another monitor (Dell) for home use. First time I hooked it up, it worked fine. Today, I took the laptop with me, so unplugged the monitor. Now, I cannot get the monitor to come back up. I have gone into the control panel and changed the monitors, but it still won't work. The monitor works, but I cannot get the laptop screen to show up. My wireless mouse won't work either now. I need the monitor badly, as my DH cann ot see the small screen on the laptop. I have unplugged, rebooted, changed out batteries and everything else I could think of. I consider myself pretty computer savvey! Thank you for any help you can offer. KanyKane Last edited by kandykane; 11-30-2008 at 09:13 AM.

11-30-2008, 09:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,404 OS: windows/linux	Re: Monitor Help maybe try doing a system restore to a restore point just prior to yesterday when you first tried the monitor. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

11-30-2008, 09:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
kandykane Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP 2	Re: Monitor Help Is that the only option? I would hate to lose all of the recent updates.