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Ever considered changing the screen ? I have already changed twice the screen of my FIL's laptop (costs about 80insertyourcurrencyhere). The pain part is unscrewing and rescrewing, all other is really easy.
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If it's booting to the desktop (but you can't see it because of the display), then you might be able to RDP into it from another box.
Of course this assumes it was already enabled, and set up to allow it.
This is one of the reasons any "Home" version of Windows is a non-starter. Can't RDP into it, it's no good to me.
At the very least, try to ping it. What next...I'm not sure. Really depends on the nature of the problem.
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Judging from all the feedback, it seems you've quite a problem. If none of those help then perhaps you need to apply the following test to the laptop, advice I've been giving for some time (to cut down on being asked for advice):
Find a large body of salt water.
Immerse laptop into large body of salt water.
Release laptop.
- if it sinks then it was seriously defective and needed to be replaced.
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Would it need a visit to the nearest service centre?
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I suspect by now you have fixed it, but did you try unplugging and replugging the HDMI? (If 'no signal' you probably did, but worth mentioning). Also, maybe use the 'Windows-Key' and 'P' (for 'presentation'), which will give a pop-up with the following 4 options:
- PC Screen only
- Duplicate
- Extend
- Second screen only
If flying blind, press 'Win-P', the down arrow, Enter, wait, the down arrow again, Enter, wait, and repeat until all four options have been tried. Win10 on my box does NOT close the selection screen when 'Enter' is pressed, so you don't have to continually re-press Win-P.
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Have you tried to boot from a CD?
At least with it you will discard all possible software issues since all drivers and OS are not even loaded.
Another advantage is you can boot in its mini OS in another computer and you can check and write down the secuence of keys or tabs to do what you want to do in your "dark mode" pc.
I managed to do a "blind" ghost copy of my parent in law PC to a USB without seeing anything, I checked it in my PC once done and before starting to experiment. At least you don't lose everything if something goes wrong.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm a little late to the party, but I have a suggestion.
Make sure all USB accessories are unplugged from the laptop before attempting to boot. I've seen cases where a USB device can stop a laptop from booting even though the device is functional.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Selfies is an ubiquitous phenomenon that is sufficiently obsessive that no small number of practitioners have lost their lives in order to gratify this urge and then dispersing the result (if they survive) to an audience engaged in similar activities.
It can most accurately be described as a method of masturbation and exhibitionism.
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I think you could say that about a lot of public activities though.
I mean even your post... one could argue you are making yourself feel good by showing off your knowledge of big words.
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Actually, it's not a "knowledge of big words" to show off - but rather, the dearth of vocabulary now so popular.
Don't worry, cover ups are fully implemented - "issue" being the current most popular - lest someone actually have to come up with a noun that actually describes the event. I am "reaching out" to you with this information because asking, suggesting, or telling are far to much of a damn commitment.
If you happen to actually catch me fondling m.....
(Well, just duck).
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: If you happen to actually catch me fondling m.....
(Well, just duck face ).
FTFY!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Are you suggesting that "Duck Face" is actually ...
I'm not going there.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Like FaceFool?
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Friends don't let friends take selfies.
Because, you know, they have friends. Who can take the photo.
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Maybe that explains a lot about the why they need to take selfies.
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A wizards country gave me the idea. (11)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Well, sort of...[^]
Apparently Google Maps street view can take you inside some buildings too, at least into the White House.
Navigating is a bit difficult since it's mostly small spaces and not every room is mapped and not every (open) door can be entered, but it's still pretty awesome.
Must've been a strange sighting, seeing a Google car drive through the halls 
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They built a backpack version of the streetview camera rig. Took it for a walk in some beautiful places near me. Absolutely no vehicle access, not even a bike. Wander round here[^]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Very cool, looks amazing!
I didn't know they did this kind of stuff, but I love it 
I also just noticed that Australia is divided into Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
How do you Australians live with such inconsistency? 
Looking around in that area is always fun with so many small islands no one here has ever heard of.
Like Kiritimati[^] , which has the regions(?) Tabwakea, London, Paris, Poland and Banana
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Sander Rossel wrote: I also just noticed that Australia is divided into Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
How do you Australians live with such inconsistency?
In a nutshell, colonial history.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: They built a backpack version of the streetview camera rig.
Looking at this image, I wonder if that's the case here...
Also, why are the faces here not blurred? They've always made a big deal out of it...
Also saw a desk with a laptop on it, and a blurred area next to it. It was probably labeled "wifi password"...
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Not sure how it works, but anyone can have images included on the google map. Most are those 360 degree photos. Zoom in somewhere, such as a road along a beach. Then switch to the street view thing on that road. Then in the small map in the lower left, zoom in somewhere until you see the blue circles. Those are usually the 360 degree photos that someone made available (not exactly sure what platform the do that on, that gets integrated into google maps). In the upper-left label, you can see whose photo it is.
In other places/hikes/businesses, you will sometimes see they were done by the Google person w/ the backpack.
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To boil it down, you're saying some random guy uploaded this, and this is not from Google. I guess that makes sense.
But then, this is the White House. You'd think the content would be...what's the word...curated?
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