I did do a startup repair on the computer, so that likely helped it to work again?
Whenever I start my laptop, presentation mode is always on. Is there a way I can prevent this? I always have to turn it off.
HP Compaq Presario F500 (GF596UA#ABA)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 1.70GHz
32-bit OS
Windows Vista Home Premium
Also, I had previous issues with the screen staying black at startup and on the rare occasion that it did work the screen would go weird and have lines all over. I'm not sure why its working now, though I did change a few settings under the NVIDIA control panel. I selected to use only one display but looking at it now it seems that the "Same on both displays (Clone)" option is selected. I don't have multiple displays so why is it saying I do?

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