Me and My Dell For Inspiron, G-Series, XPS, and Alienware computers

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Windows 8

Windows mode

  1. Invoke Windows Charms by swiping in from the right or moving the mouse cursor to one of the right-hand side corners.
  2. Choose Devices.
  3. Select Second Screen.
  4. Select any of the following options:
    • PC Screen only—Use only display 1 and show nothing on display 2. The second monitor is ignored and only the primary monitor is used.
    • Duplicate (also called Clone mode)—Show the entire desktop on both displays. The second or other monitors mirror the primary monitor.
    • Extend—Stretch the desktop across the two displays. The desktop screen of your PC is extended across all the detected monitors and enables you to have a desktop screen that spans across all monitors.
    • Second Screen only—Use only display 2 and show nothing on display 1. The primary monitor will be disabled and only the second monitor will be used.

Traditional desktop mode

  1. Go to the Control Panel and choose Display.
  2. Choose Change Display Settings on the left.
  3. In the Change Display Settings window, click and drag the virtual monitors to mimic your physical setup.
  4. Click OK to finish.

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