USER FEEDBACK
Dear MO Guys,

To correct the condition whereby MPEG video may play on your computer but not project on a screen, perform the following:
 
[I’m using a Sony Vaio PCG-FXA40 (PCG-9B2L) notebook computer with Windows XP Home Edition, version 2002.  The processor is an ADM Athlon-4 1.2 GHz with 512 MB of RAM.]    
 
    1.     Right-click with the cursor on the desktop (not on the start button or taskbar), displaying a menu showing “Properties” as its last item.    
    2.     Left-click “Properties”, displaying a menu titled “Display Properties”.  
    3.     Left-click the “Settings” tab.
    4.     Left-click the “Advanced” button, showing the settings for the Graphics Card.
    5.     Left-click the “Troubleshoot” tab.
    6.     Look for the Hardware Acceleration information and control.  My computer’s default setting is full-acceleration, but this prevents it from passing code to the projector in a manner in which MPEG files can be displayed (though these play perfectly on the computer’s monitor).  Manually reset the acceleration by trial-and-error, moving the marker from full towards no acceleration.  I had to set my computer at 40% in order to get MPEG files to project.  
    7.     After each resetting of the acceleration, left-click the OK button at the bottom of this menu, returning to the “Display Properties” menu.
    8.     Left-click the OK button at the bottom of this menu too, returning to the desktop.
    9.     Test the computer’s use for projection, repeating steps 6-8 as necessary, lowering the acceleration for each test, until you are satisfied with the result.   
  10.     When everything is working as you expect it to, as a precaution, note the settings and restart your computer.  You should not need to go through this process again.

Ed