Hi,
My laptop screen has given up and want to connect my laptop to my desktop monitor to extract my documents. How do I go about doing this? My laptop only has USB and HDMI ports. And my desktop monitor only has a VGA connector.
Connecting Laptop to External Monitor
cr7 on 25/10/2016 - 16:18
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If you're just extracting documents, why not just connect it via HDMI to a TV rather than wasting money buying an cable/adapter you may never use again?
you could connect your laptop to your tv as well if it has a hdmi.
The documents are inside the laptop.
so you use the laptop as a filing cabinet! do you like the sound the keyboard makes?
interesting that people mentioned using a TV monitor. I have a Samsung 32" for my TV and other needs, it isn't well placed to use as a "monitor" but given it's size it may work despite sitting far away from the screen. So you're all saying that a HDMI to HDMI cable from the laptop would suffice? can one VGA to HDMI connect from laptops that don't have a HDMI port?
Do you need software or does the cable instantly cause the laptop to transmit to the screen you've connected to upon plugging in?
It will suffice and you can use a connector VGA to HDMI to output to TV. I used many different pc's and laptops to connect to TV with HDMI. OS should pick up new monitor when TV connected and show display with no effort. Give it a whirl, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Great! I thought you might need certain software but if it activates automatically that would be pretty cool. If I had a multi-function new age laptop that could become tablet mode where you could invert the screen down and use the keyboard on your lap whilst connected to the TV - that would be pretty cool.
I had never tried as now I had a HDMI to USB cord where I plugged usb thumb drives in for copied content from my laptop to play movies or media for the mrs (keeps her entertained) :)
Hey no worries. As long as the OS is somewhat out of the stone ages, it should work without any extra effort from you. Get a wireless keyboard and mouse and you may find yourself using that setup a lot.
Also the laptop may have a presentation button/feature, so you can disable local screen and only output to TV.
If they are on the same network why not just RDP to the laptop or browse \COMPUTERNAME\c$ to get your files
if chrome and installed and set to run in the background (set if default) you could use remote desktop to transfer anything to yourself
you need this. http://www.tmart.com/6-Feet-Blue-HDMI-Male-to-VGA-HD-15-Male… from Australian retailer