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Two monitors on the same computer
On a laptop Dell 9400 I just bought (a laptop with a 17" screen) that runs under Vista professional I connect another 17" screen. How can I see my icons on the two of them. I used the connect help, but - If i see the icons on one screen, I don't see them on the second one, just the background image of the Desktop The screen of the laptop is 1440 x 900, the other one 1280 x 1024. The latter only shows me the background image of the Desktop.
- I tried to put 1024 x 768 on both, but stil only have the backgroud image on the monitor 2. (Identifying the monitors correctly shows number 1 and 2). Generic NVIDIA's fault ? Do I need to install another pilot for the second monitor ? When, through Fn+F8, I active monitor 1 only, I see the whole screen. Same, when I activate monitor 2 only. But when I activate both, I see as I said, the whole screen on 1, but only the background on 2 : in fact, when I move the mouse from left to right, the pointer will traverse screen 1, then screen 2. So screen 2 is the right extension of screen 1 : for instance, if I ask for help, it will show on screen 2, not on screen 1. But this is _not_ what I want. What I want is, like under XP, to have the same complete screen on both (for demonstration purpose). How can I achieve this with Vista ? Plus now, I fear, the next time I'll have a presentation with a projector, not to be bale to see the projected screen replicated on my own laptop.
Message Edited by pachat on 03-01-2007 04:12 AM
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Posted February 28th, 2007 18:00
Message Edited by tech_brain on 02-28-2007 02:09 PM