Hardware: IBM thinkpad T-series
Some 8-year old thorn tv with multiple AV inputs, scart, phono, s-video

Ok here's my problem. I'm trying to duel my tv with my laptop monitor. I've got the relevent drivers for the video card, connected the s-video from the laptop to the TV properly, I even tried connecting it to an s-video to scart adapter. So, checked the display properties and settings, went to select the second monitor but it KEEPS showing up as default monitor but NOT generic television. I've tried uninstalling the drivers, reinstalling the monitor/the television, both at once, but COME *censored* or high water we just can't get it to show up as a generic television in the display settings.

This has worked a million times on other laptops and computers but what am I overlooking this time? Windows cannot detect exactly what sort of device you plug into an S-Video cable, it can detect that there is something there.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Just a dual display? If so, plugging your TV into your S-Video should do just that... also, there should be a key on your laptops keyboard that toggles your video modes, its usually the FN key + F8, but SOMETIMES varies. Consult your users manual.