laptop to tv ?

i hope i have posted in the correct place i am in no way a computer minded person so please be patient as im willing to learn my problem is the following
i connected my G/D laptop to her tv with the cable i was told i needed at first the tv told me no signal was being received so the shop where i brought the tv from told me i needed to change my settings in the control panel now heres my problem
i have a icon in the control panel which is for and i quote intel (R)82852/82855 GM/GME Graphic controll panel that the one i was told to change under the Device tab i have the following
NOTEBOOK TELEVISION INTEL (R) DUEL DISPLAY CLONE EXTENDED DESKTOP
Which one do i have to highlight to apply as i have tried them all i think ?lol
as i can get the monitor to come on the tv but it has no desktop icons showing on the tv

Now if i go to the display icon on the control panel i have a 2 blue boxes one with a number 1 and the has number 2 on it and it tells me
(drag the monitor icon to match the physical arrangement of your monitor )
i have 2 drop down menus underneath which also give me 2 options
(display monitors on )
(default monitor on intel R)

which one do i need ?
i have no idea what i need to do so help is really needed

 

hi
i live in the uk england the laptop is a toshiba portege the tv is a logic 19" wide hd ready lcd tv
thank you christine

 

Sounds like it is extending the desktop not mirroring. Usually new LCDs have a RGB or like, you plug a cable from the laptop to the LCD and hit a key sequence usually Function + some other key to send the signal out the RGB port on the laptop (used for projectors usually).
Going thru windows you have to make sure your not selecting extend my desktop, if you hit identify (in control panel, display & settings tab) you'll see a big number 1 on both screens, if you see 1 and 2, you're in extended mode.