Had a day off, yesterday, as my sister and niece visited.

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A lovely day was spent with both, and great to see them. We did Xmas and Birthdays, and we all had a lovely Lamb Dinner.
Nom nom nom.

... Tech Time!!!

My sister's bought a monitor to go with her work laptop, and can't get the two working together, so wanted to pick my brains.
The laptop doesn't have VGA or HDMI out, and the monitor only has VGA in.
Yikes!
No more clues were given.
Task : Do a Jayenkai and figure it out!!!

I got as far as "get a USB-c to HDMI cable and try plugging it into the telly"
I had a spare cable, so gave her that and am waiting to hear back once she's done that.

She seemed somewhat frustrated at me asking her to do something that "works in the office", but as we all know, what works in one setup doesn't always work in another.
I wondered a whole multitude of things all in one moment, and couldn't quite seem to put into words the number of issues I was imagining.

Does the laptop support external displays without an external GPU? .. Has the office got an external GPU setup, under the desk, between the "plug" and the monitors?
Is the version of Windows (undisclosed) set up to handle multiple desktops at different resolutions, and does the monitor support those resolutions?
Does the monitor even work properly?
There's a myriad of complications that could be at work, here, so I opted to go the "can you at least plug it into your telly?" route, because that cuts down on the most complications, all at once.

Next we need to figure out the best way to get from USB to a VGA monitor.
I've sent her a couple of Amazon links to various additional dongles, and hopefully one of those will do the final trick.. .. Assuming the monitor works!!

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