T61 External Screen Problem

I can not get my external Samsung Screen to work alone without my notebook LCD on. I have tried eveything. Does not work in Nvidea control panel nor in Presentation Director. Running Vista x64 with analog cable to screen.
Does anyone know this problem?

go into bios and select vga and not internal screen, have a try. This is a software problem.
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Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
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