well, I have a nice GUI, now what? Help needed please

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In whatever order, I'd try: 

1. adjust settings on the existing monitor (see below)
   
2. another monitor, particularly one that has an HDMI connection
   
3. another HDMI cable (avoid DVI adapter)
   
4. verify the MD5/checksum of the downloaded ZIP file
   

Adjusting Settings:
It could be an Overscan issue, if the cursor disappears completely at the top left. Here's how to test for that... Try to make the Applications dropdown appear, in part, or the trash can to open or whatever. Push the cursor (mouse) into the upper left corner and click around a bit. A lucky click should open something. If you can get something off screen (at the left side) to open, then see this post.

1. Done, gone through every possible setting on my tv
2. Don't have one, not likely to acquire another monitor specifically for this board...... not yet
3. Done, and no, not using an adapter
4. and the MD5/checksum is a match

the mouse does not run off the edges of the desktop

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It looks like the desktop did not build (or is not being displayed at the correct resolution... is it possible that the tool bar is 'above' the top of the screen?

Are you using hdmi  1080p60  720p60 ?  other?

Did you try rebooting?

yep, tried rebooting, and yep, its possible

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yep, tried rebooting, and yep, its possible

changing the 'Aspect' on the tv has found the tool bar (at the bottom), so now I have a grey bar, with a green square to the left and a trashcan to the right.....

That's great, well there's supposed to be a bar like that at the top...

... go into your TV settings and check ALL of the menu options and sub menu options... see if you can change the ratio 16:9 , 1080p60 and really... try everything.  

By the way,  any modern LED hdmi display (Samsung, LG, HP, etc) that supports 1080p60 will work fine;

thanks, been through all the tv settings.... now I know more about those than I've needed to know in the year since I bought the tv new

but still no bar along the top, nor does my mouse disappear from the screen on the edges anymore