Laptop screen is blank after trying to duplicate to tv

emabema

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Apr 9, 2015
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Hi i was trying to duplicate what was on my mums lap top to her tv using a hdmi cable and i seem to have turned off her laptop screen !! now when i turn on her laptop the screen stays blank and i have no idea how i can turn it back on without the sceeen on to see what i am doing . Please help
 

emabema

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Apr 9, 2015
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Hi i forgot to mention that i was unsuccessful at duplicating to the TV screen so now i am left with a laptop that turns on but the screen is turned off and no other screens to try and fix it !!

Thank you for your answer though , Any more help would be appreciated
 

DasHotShot

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Feb 17, 2015
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Ok...Maybe this will work:

Try booting in safe mode.

So shut down the laptop fully by holding the on/off button for a lengthy period of time. then turn it on again with a single press and hit and hold the F8 key to enter safe mode.

It will hopefully display things and let you enter the control panel to change the settings.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/start-computer-safe-mode#start-computer-safe-mode=windows-7