Portege R700 with docking can't switch automatically to external display

Hi!
In the past we bought a lot of A600, S10, R500, and we bought always a docking for each laptop here in Desjardins.
Now we have a little problem with the new R700 Model: PT318C-00G001,
We bought 30 of them.
WHY when we put it on the docking (with the screen close) it can't display/switch automaticaly to the external display? (here a 22inc LCD)
It is plug with the HDMI/DVI cable. And when we get the display on by ajusting in the intel graphic and media control panel (V 6.14.10.5258), after a reboot out of the docking the screen is all buzzy.... sometime the two screen are dark, and we must use some key combinaison to switch.
It is really not user friendly for our user.....
With the older model like the A600 or S10, all have always worked well, if we are on the dock, the screen pop right on the LCD external display, if I shut it down, ondock it and boot it up all is alright on the laptop's screen.
we are on Windows XP Pro SP3.
I tried the Toshiba display device change utility and the Toshiba Mobile extension. wich are not more clear...
Thanks for your help.

Did you install a Vanilla version of Windows? Or was XP installed from the Toshiba Recovery Disc?
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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 1024 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 1024 MB
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I have the same problem with an early 2013 macbook pro. gfxCardStatus ( http://gfx.io/ ) will allow you to force integrated and not do dynamic switching, however the external display still doesn't work.

Using an external display with a 2006 iMac?

(Scenario in paragraph one, question in paragraph two)
I've got a problem trying to get data off an old iMac, and don't see an obvious solution... I have an old 2006 iMac that's been unused for years, and the display quit working about a year ago. I'm trying to just get the data off that computer, but my current 'main' computer's a MacBook Air that doesn't have an Ethernet port, so direct connection is out. I could try to move a couple hundred GB over wifi, but the wifi in the old iMac is an old wifi standard that takes forever, and tends to error out when transferring data over hours of time (I've tried).
Thus my question: The old iMac has a mini-DVI-out port, but the challenge is how to switch to an external display, when I don't have a display to navigate through settings? Is there a keyboard shortcut, or something? I've looked online, but can't find any solutions. I've got a mini-DVI-to-VGA cable, and a VGA-capable monitor, but when I plug the Mini-DVI into the iMac, to the VGA, nothing happens. I'm guessing I need to go to preferences, and select video-out? But that's impossible (as far as I've tried) with a display to navigate on the iMac.
Some miscellany: Someone suggested Command-F2 for something monitor-switching-related, but that did nothing. Someone at work thought that the signal from the DVI out might not work with the Gateway FPD1760 I'm trying to use as an external display...
Any suggestions/help would be appreciated!

So the various 'F2', 'Command-F7', etc, etc, didn't work. But I did find a simple solution: I used my Fiancé’s MacBook Pro that has an Ethernet port, connected via Command-k, and transferred about 40GB so far. Pretty painless, and I can get dthe data to one of my multiple-TB external drives from her computer. Using her computer hadn't entered my mind...
Disappointing that I couldn't get the video out to work, but at least I'm getting the data off. I'm going to try the 'firewire/Target mode' idea later, when I need to erase the drive, etc.
Thanks for the help!

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