(Originally from this topic. Oddba11 said I may get a better response on the Vista board. The conversation with Oddba11 might contain some useful information for others. If so, a moderator could replace this with a copy of that topic.)
Monitor is HP w1907. Computer is Toshiba Satellite L355D. Operating System is Windows Vista.
A while ago, the backlight of my laptop's screen burned out. It is impossible to use unless a bright light is shined directly upon it, and even then it's difficult to read or navigate. I made a workaround by plugging a external monitor (originally for a personal computer) into the laptop.
I went on vacation for two weeks. I believe I put my computer on hibernate before leaving, rather than turning it off. This might have contributed to the problems it's having now, but I have no clue if it's true.
I have four Legos underneath the laptop as legs to ensure airflow beneath the laptop. (It had overheating problems years ago.) While adjusting one of these Legos, the monitor malfunctioned. Though the visual output cord (not sure what the right terminology is) was perfectly attached, the monitor would claim it was receiving no signal and go to sleep. I unplugged the cable several times and put it back in. I turned the computer on and off again several times. (soft shutdown by pressing on the power button for a second, if that's useful) I also unplugged the monitor's power cord, disconnected it from the electrical outlet, and waited several minutes. (I even disconnected both the power and output cord at the same time)
The monitor would work briefly at the logon (choose user) screen, but within two seconds of choosing Owner it would claim to be receiving no signal and go into sleep mode again. This problem did not occur on the Guest account. I created an Owner 2 account (with administrator privileges), and the problem did not recur.
I want to have full functionality. To achieve this end, I will either have to transfer all of the files on Owner to Owner 2, or fix the problem with Owner. (No, using system restore from a backup to a point before the vacation didn't help---at least when run on Guest.)
There's a problem with transferring the files to Owner, however. I tried copying the user profile of Owner onto Owner 2 (through System Properties ---> User Profiles) but the "Copy To" option is greyed out. Google suggests Windows Easy Transfer as a solution to my problem, but I'm not sure it's quite applicable. Easy Transfer's purpose seems to be for moving a user profile onto another computer in the same system, (interconnected, like an office?) but I'm trying to move a user profile's data onto another user profile as a workaround.
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System information:
OS Version: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Service Pack 2, 64 bit
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-72, AMD64 Family 17 Model 3 Stepping 1
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3581 Mb
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 231 GB (83 GB Free); F: 465 GB (147 GB Free);
Motherboard: TOSHIBA, Portable PC
Antivirus: Avira Antivirus, Enabled and Updated
Monitor is HP w1907. Computer is Toshiba Satellite L355D. Operating System is Windows Vista.
A while ago, the backlight of my laptop's screen burned out. It is impossible to use unless a bright light is shined directly upon it, and even then it's difficult to read or navigate. I made a workaround by plugging a external monitor (originally for a personal computer) into the laptop.
I went on vacation for two weeks. I believe I put my computer on hibernate before leaving, rather than turning it off. This might have contributed to the problems it's having now, but I have no clue if it's true.
I have four Legos underneath the laptop as legs to ensure airflow beneath the laptop. (It had overheating problems years ago.) While adjusting one of these Legos, the monitor malfunctioned. Though the visual output cord (not sure what the right terminology is) was perfectly attached, the monitor would claim it was receiving no signal and go to sleep. I unplugged the cable several times and put it back in. I turned the computer on and off again several times. (soft shutdown by pressing on the power button for a second, if that's useful) I also unplugged the monitor's power cord, disconnected it from the electrical outlet, and waited several minutes. (I even disconnected both the power and output cord at the same time)
The monitor would work briefly at the logon (choose user) screen, but within two seconds of choosing Owner it would claim to be receiving no signal and go into sleep mode again. This problem did not occur on the Guest account. I created an Owner 2 account (with administrator privileges), and the problem did not recur.
I want to have full functionality. To achieve this end, I will either have to transfer all of the files on Owner to Owner 2, or fix the problem with Owner. (No, using system restore from a backup to a point before the vacation didn't help---at least when run on Guest.)
There's a problem with transferring the files to Owner, however. I tried copying the user profile of Owner onto Owner 2 (through System Properties ---> User Profiles) but the "Copy To" option is greyed out. Google suggests Windows Easy Transfer as a solution to my problem, but I'm not sure it's quite applicable. Easy Transfer's purpose seems to be for moving a user profile onto another computer in the same system, (interconnected, like an office?) but I'm trying to move a user profile's data onto another user profile as a workaround.
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System information:
OS Version: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Service Pack 2, 64 bit
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-72, AMD64 Family 17 Model 3 Stepping 1
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3581 Mb
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics, 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: 231 GB (83 GB Free); F: 465 GB (147 GB Free);
Motherboard: TOSHIBA, Portable PC
Antivirus: Avira Antivirus, Enabled and Updated