I am trying to use an external monitor off of a Dell Inspiron 8100 notebook and docking station. The notebook runs Windows XP Home.
When I boot the notebook, the external monitor begins to display showing the Windows XP windows. At some point during the start-up, it seems like the external monitor shuts off or the start-up shifts the primary display to the notebook.
The external goes black.
Related to this, when I am using the notebook monitor and I open Windows Media Player (for example), the external monitor will go back ON to display the video (as well as on the notebook display).
When docked, the external monitor will always be used. Undocked, use the notebook monitor.
HELP!
