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How do I watch videos from my PC on my TV?

i hook up my pc to my tv to watch video and movies so when i turnon my tv i put it to the HDMI imput to show but no pic

  • i hook my desktop to tv using HDMI thru my video card to watch video and movies into a big screen.at first it plays no problem until someone unplug the HDMI into my pc.my sister plug the HDMI to her laptop to view her video into my tv, and when i plug it back in to my desktop to watch videos my tv doesen't show the video anymore.instead my desktop icon was on the tv screen. i could her the video playing but not playing my desktop icon stuck on my monitor.when i reboot my pc it show on my tv.

  • Answer:

    Minimize all windows. Right click on the desktop and choose "Properties". Click the "Settings" tab. Click the "Identify" button. Click on the monitor graphic that you want to show on the TV and then check the box for "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor."

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i did right click but instead of properties showing up its personalize apperance i have vista ultimate..

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i went to the display setting and i did extend mymonitor but still nothing is showing up but theres a sounds though..and i notice that when i move the windows explorer to the right i could see part of it on my tv..

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