Projector Causing Problems in Multiple Windows Programs

[Anon]

Hooking my laptop up to a projector (either mine or another's), causes
it to become unreliable in multiple programs. I'm running Windows XP
Professional.This only occurs after I hook it up to a projector, is
intermittent, and occurs with and without AC Power connected.

When using Powerpoint, if I put it into presentation mode, I'm unable
able to advance past the first slide. The "bong" noise will be
accompanied by the second slide flashing on the screen, but then going
back to the first.

Then, if I take it out of presentation mode, to use the regular
desktop view, it'll "zoom" in to the largest font size without me
doing anything. In addition, I will be unable to close out of the the
preview panel on the left (with the small images of the slides). I
click the "x" and the preview panel re-appears.

Similar problems occur when I use adobe acrobat.

I called Dell, who just said that I should run "disk defrag". While I
did that, since the problem is intermittent, I'm not convinced it has
been resolved.

Anything from general guidance to words of encouragement are
appreciated. Thanks.

 

[LVTravel]

Have you made sure you have the latest drivers for your
video card? If you do, you may try uninstalling it and
installing an earlier version to see if that fixes your
problem. Make sure your system is totally malware free
also.

What type of Dell do you have? Model, Video setup etc.

Dell seems to normally have one of the stronger video
systems in laptops because I have used a number of them with
projectors and have never had the simultaneous movie
projection problem common on cheaper systems.

 

[Anon]

I never got a response, so I wound up doing another search for the
problem. The solution turned out to be posted on a yahoo answers
website. It was related to the software of the external keyboard i had
attached to it (a microsoft keyboard). Here it is:

Open MSKeyboard. Under Key Settings, click "Update...". Select "Nat.
Ergonomic KBD 4000". Close then open again MSKeyboard. Click "Zooming"
tab, uncheck "enable zooming". Click Okay. Open MSKeyboard again,
click "Update..." select your actual keyboard. Reboot. Problem
solved!


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060627075201AAzTkZP

Worked like a charm. Good luck.