TV wont recognize PC

Hello. I am as dumb as a box of rocks about computers. Thus this query. I
recently took an overseas assignment and am stuck watching arab tv. I have a
slingbox and a brand new laptop computer with a VGA port. I have a samsung 46
inch LCD tv with a vga port. I have the vga cable. I hooked it up and went to
the options but the samsung tv will not recognize any other feeds. What next?
Any help would be appreciated. Also I have Vista installed on the computer.
any advice should be written so that a second grader can understand what to
do.
Thanks

Is your laptop outputting at a higher resolution than the TV accepts?

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> Hello. I am as dumb as a box of rocks about computers. Thus this query. I
> recently took an overseas assignment and am stuck watching arab tv. I have
> a
> slingbox and a brand new laptop computer with a VGA port. I have a samsung
> 46
> inch LCD tv with a vga port. I have the vga cable. I hooked it up and went
> to
> the options but the samsung tv will not recognize any other feeds. What
> next?
> Any help would be appreciated. Also I have Vista installed on the
> computer.
> any advice should be written so that a second grader can understand what
> to
> do.
> Thanks