Original Title: Confused

I recently began hooking up my laptop to tv using HDMI cable. All was working fine. I ended up by having to download and install a Microsoft patch that would allow Hotmail to continue to work.  Which ultimately led me to needing to uninstall and then reinstall Essentials. But what is now occurring is that I can only get Movie Maker to open when I first have it connected to tv using HDMI. PLUS I must start playing the video and THEN disconnect the cable for Movie Maker to continue to work on my laptop. If I don't use this exact sequence my laptop screen/Movie Maker looks like it's been redacted in black. When I try to open Movie Maker without HDMI connect I get a notification that tells me Movie Maker can't start. And that I need to make sure that my computer meets minimum system requirements. Obviously my system does...because Movie Maker DOES work. And all drivers are updated. I have screen resolution at suggested setting. Any suggestions? Thank you.