We got a new TV this week - the old one was stating to show it's age. The new one is a Sony Bravia, with all kinds of bells and whistles that I'm struggling with.

One thing I've been trying is connecting up a laptop to it with a VGA cable. Works fine - except that instead of giving me a full screen version of the laptop's desktop etc, I get a display, about the same size as the one on the laptop, stuck in the middle of a big empty TV screen.

The laptop is an Amilo Li series, running Vista, and the TV is a Sony Bravia KDL32EX503

I've been googling around looking for ideas, but all those technology forums get clogged up with people I can't understand. The Mudcat does that kind of thing better, probably because we're more centred on music and musical instruments rather than the technology that can help us share it.