External monitor display Windows logo with 3-4 inch black border

Original title: external monitor shows background Windows, but not

My daughter was working in PowerPoint and that there was full-screen mode. When she clicked out of it somehow, the monitor now displays only the Black logo of windows (with a border of 3-4 inches) around it, but not actually the computer screen. A friend told me that a few keystrokes probably did. some keys of function or something. Do you know what function keys, they may have been? It connected the vga, if that makes a difference

Wow. Thank you for your long and well thought answer. I was out last night until 11:30 working on it and it finally got. I went through a few suggestions you made. After more research, the solution was simple (well that until last night, didn't even know these options exist).

When I right-click on the desktop screen and select 'Screen Resolution' the only option had been changed to "expand." Once I changed it to "reproduce" instantly displayed on the monitor screen.

Thank you very much for your help!

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