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Laptop Conneting to TV Media Player Question
Hi all.. I have a question that I hope someone can help with. Here's my situation..
On my old laptop, which was running Win XP, I could connect the laptop to the TV (via VGA input) and when I would open a video file, the video would play on my TV and I could browse the web or do whatever I wanted on my actual laptop display and it would not affect what was playing on the TV screen (would still be showing the video I was playing). I could even minimize the WMP program that was playing the video, and it would still play on my TV screen without interruption
Now, I got a new Toshiba laptop with Win 7 Home Premium (64), and I would like to have that same thing happen when I play a video. However, I tried playing a video for the first time tonight, and no matter what I tried, I could not browse the web (or do anything else) without the browser window (or other program windows) showing up on my TV while I was playing the video.
Does anyone know how I can play my WMP video on my TV (through the laptop) while having the video show on the TV screen and have my browser/programs open on my actual laptop screen without interrupting the video playing on my TV?
My video is the integrated Intel HD Video (i3 processor, 2.1 GHz) with a Toshiba Satellite P755-S5215 model. 6GB RAM, 640GB HDD..
Please help. I really need to know how to do this, as I like to go to things like IMDB while watching movies/shows that i have on my laptop and look stuff up, but cant be pausing it and switching back and forth from WPM to internet, etc.
Thanks!