"Hi, I'm sure that George Bell sells something that fools a laptop into thinking that it's got a monitor attached." Yes, he does and you would definitely need the hardware he sells, you cannot normally turn off the screen in software for any amount of time other than when power saving. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical Support Sight and Sound Technology ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:57 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] FOOLING A LAPTOP - MONITOR Hi, I'm sure that George Bell sells something that fools a laptop into thinking that it's got a monitor attached. I just wondered whether, if you just stuck a monitor on, selected it from control panel, the laptop would function with no screen at all? Thanks, Richard Richard Godfrey-McKay Tel: (01738) 445 880 Mobile: (07791) 452 593 Please read this special message My partner, Cindy, is losing weight and at the same time, raising money for RNIB. Please go to www.justgiving.com/slimmercindy <http://www.justgiving.com/slimmercindy> to make a generous donation to RNIB and keep her healthy and motivated to lose even more weight.42Lb to date! Thanks for reading this message. Richard