Screen out on laptop. Want to use a external display.

My screen went out on my Laptop. I have taken the screen off of the computer.
I hooked it up to a display but I was only able to see my mouse and the desktop background.
How can I use this laptop with no screen and only a display hooked via DVI to ADC adaptor?

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