I actually had the hardware accelerator turned down so that I could display MPEGs in Powerpoint through a projector while monitoring on the laptop screen. I turned up the accelerator all OK but cannot display on laptop and projector together - is there anyway around this or is it always a compromise?
Thank you all for replies - spanners, ACER is OK but I did not have any of these problems with my old Acer Aspire 1400. BTW, I will PM you about some ALAE business.