Presentation Director

I have a T41 and have attached it to a Sony WEGA TV.  I can get the the systems linked but the picture is black and white only.
Since I want to review photos on the TV, how do I get color?

Presentation Director is not supported for use with Windows 7, so that is why you are unable to run it.
Win 7 has presentation facilities built-in, so does not require an additional utility.
Cheers,
Bill
I don't work for Lenovo

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  • SL300 - Ultranav Driver, EasyEject utility, Presentation Director

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  • Can't uninstall presentation director rundll as a app error

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  • T61 and Presentation director 4.03

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  • Problems with Presentation Director

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    Message Edited by singularity2006 on 12-28-2007 06:49 PM
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