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DD,
I'm using 4.20 now. I have been using the same display set up for as long as have been using Hoster....at least as long as I can remember. I think I started with 3.04? It may be a setting within my laptop that needs to be changed since this is a new system. I have used several systems before this one that have worked as I am describing, however. I am still playing around with settings in Hoster AND in my system trying to find a configuration that will work as I am accustomed.

Currently, I have my main monitor (the laptop monitor) "extended" to a second monitor and connecting to the second monitor through VGA converter. Those are the settings I always used on the other systems with the exception of the VGA output. i used S-video before, because it was easier and I didn't have/need a VGA converter.

I still think that possibly the problem lies with not being able to leave the "image" are under the "intermission" tab blank. i selected an image there at one point and now i only have the option to change the image source. it will not let me leave that are blank. Even if i change the radio buttons to HTML, Solid Color or Visualization i cannot remove the source in the image box.