Windows XP/2000: Setting up a Multiple Monitor Desktop Setup

Contributed by seamonkey420

July 25, 2004

Tagged: Windows

This is a recipe for true geekdom or max efficiency. Setting up your pc to run with a mulitple monitor configuration.

Prerequisites:
-Dual output video card (ie has vga and dvi out or vga and s-video, most new ati and nvidia cards come with more than one output) OR
two video cards (similar setups)

my workbench.. hehe..

Dual monitor setups have been around for ages. Most people really haven’t ever used such setups, but those us of who have can’t live with out it. Dual monitor setups let you have two seperate desktops and also let you ‘throw’ windows between the monitors (i use a thirdparty program to do this, ultramon HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!). This kind of setup makes web dev so much easier and photo editing the same; and it adds to the geek look of your desk with two monitors!

Onto the recipe:

Step 1. Install video card(s)
Most likely its already in your pc so this is easy or done already.

Step 2. Hook up your monitors to the video card.
Note: most ati and nvidia video cards have a rgb output and dvi output. If both of your monitors use rgb (standard monitor cable), you’ll need a dvi-to-rgb adapter.

Step 3. Setting Up Windows for Multiple monitors
Usually when you hook up two monitors, they go into Clone Mode, meaning they both show the same thing.

However, you can change that in your Display Properties > Settings part
It should show two monitors after you’ve hooked them up.

Click on the Greyed monitor (prob number 2), and click the box
Extend my Windows Desktop onto this Monitor and click apply.

Hopefully the second monitor will come alive with its own desktop.

You will want to adjust the resolution and all to fit that monitors settings.

Once you do your good to go!

some hints:
-in the Display Properties > Setttings menu
you can move the monitors to how they are aligned (ie if you have at the same level or if one is higher up than the other) When you do this, hopefully when you move your mouse to the other screen it will show up where you think it would

-Most 3D games will only be played on the Primary monitor.
Dvds and videos however can be viewed on either monitor (this depends more on your video card and if the secondary monitors/outputs can handle 3d overlays or not)

-NoTE about TRIPLE OUTPUT direct from ATI Support
Regarding three outputs:

You are absolutely correct, you can connect CRT display (VGA) + DFP display (DVI) + TV via S-video output. The TV display will “clone” the image of one of the other two display.

Regards,

Saul Kagzi
Customer Care
ATI Technologies, Inc.
http://www.ati.com

Enjoy!

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CompDude

I tried all of the instructions above, they did not work for me howerer, I have an HP with a 32MB NVIDIA GForce 2 onboard video Card, i added a 16MB ATI Video card in my PCI slot, then i plugged in both monitors. When i booted up into Windows XP The 16MB ATI video card took over my onboard video, and i did not have a picture on both monitors. I thought maybe i had to reboot, so i rebooted and the picture then switched to my onboard 32MB NVIDIA GForce 2, i do not know what is wrong, please help me. (Upon first startup XP automatically installed my 16MB ATI Video Card

seamonkey420

hello.

Unfortunately, in most cases, its not really possible to use your onboard video card and an external card. Usualy motherboards that have onboard video give you the option of either the Onboard video or a PCI or AGP add-on video card, not both.

However, you would be able to do this if you have two add-on video cards.
1 PCI Slot video card and 1 AGP video card.

Also, check in the BIOS Settings of your motherboard, to see if there's an option like an Enable Onboard and PCI or something.

Hope that helps!

peace
seamonkey420

ps I'd just reccommend buying a Geforce 4 or Radeon 9600 with DVI and VGA outputs (then get the DVI to VGA adapter), cost probably around $60 or so (depending on how good of geforce 4/radeon you want)
Cheap but still perform...

davak

More of seamonkey420's multimonitor hints can be found here:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips533.html

Anonymous

Hello,

My poor little noggen is mush from another round of "How do I get this crap to work?".

Basic problem... I have two seperate video cards for (as SeaMonkey describes) my cant-live-without-it dual monitor setup. One is the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV (in the agp slot) and the other is the Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 (in the pci slot). YES, I NOW KNOW THAT VIDEO CARDS FROM THE SAME COMPANY IS SUGGESTED!

I have had this setup for about two years and it has done reasonobly well for me but it has never quite worked 'perfect'. I had to live with limitations such as having to disable control panels (just using the driver on one card or the other instead of using the driver and the mfg's software). Somehow Ive always been able to come up with ways to use each mfg's most recent drivers and software work despite the fact that each card obviously hates the other! It has been getting more difficult with each new driver release to bring peace to my 'puter.

Two weeks ago I was bored and started to play around. Bad idea. See, with the ATI card in the AGP slot it takes seniority over the Nvidia card and I figure it is quite important to ensure that the ATI Control Panel software is working properly (especially since I need the Open GL and Direct 3D stuff to work with graphics programs like 3D Studio Max (http://www.discreet.com/) and Avid Xpress (http://avid.com/products/xpress/). Now, I just cant get this to work.

Heres some info about my system:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor (runs about 1.99 GHz)
512 MB DDR Ram
AGP Video: ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV
Driver pkg installed: wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c
Other ATI software: mmc-9-1-0-0 (and the dao-mdac)
PCI Video: Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400
Driver pkg installed: 61.77, 07/15/2004
Windows XP Professional with sp-1 and all updates installed
UltraMon version 2.4.21.0 installed

I depend on this system (which I built myself *gloat gloat*) everyday as an indendant video producer. It is my livelyhood. Right now I cannot afford a new video card so please dont suggest it (unless you would want to trade my Nvidia pci card for your ATI pci card). A heart felt thank you along with a steady stream of butt-kisses shall be your reward for any help you can offer me.

IDigPhish

Anonymous

wassup...

Yea, my buddy had a similar type of problem with his Geforce4 ti4200 and a PCI based TNT Vanta.

When i get home tonight, i'll do some experimenting with my cards (i have two agp ATI Radeons and a few PCI nvidia cards.. and i also run those two programs your using , 3d studio max and avid)

I will post some things to try tonight!
check back for info!!!

seamonkey420

wassup..
sorry about the delay..

here's what i would try (forgot i sold that pci vid card, doh!)..
i would uninstall both the ati and nvidia drivers from the control panel

Then shutdown your pc.

Only leave in the pci vanta, install the nvidia drivers and all, be sure to turn off the icon and the quick resolution feature..

Shutdown, put your agp ati card in.
Install the ati card drives and be sure to set that video card as your primary monitor in Display Properties > Settings.
I would also be sure to disable the taskbar icon and the quick resolution feature.

What i hope will happpen is that since the ati card is installed last, that those open gl and direct3d settings will override your pci card, nvidia ones.. hopefully you'll be able to use both the nvidi and ati control panels in each video cards advanced settings....

let me know what happens!
peace
seamonkey420

seamonkey420

Got this reply from ATI about triple outputs (since i want to do the lcd mod to my case and connect the lcd to vid cards s-video and have it mirror my secondary monitor (and fullscreen on dvds!!!)... i'll post that recipe here, its not an original but i will give props to the dudes guide i'm using...)

<ul id="quote">
Regarding three outputs:

You are absolutely correct, you can connect CRT display (VGA) + DFP display (DVI) + TV via S-video output. The TV display will "clone" the image of onr of the other two display.

Regards,

Saul Kagzi
Customer Care
ATI Technologies, Inc.
http://www.ati.com
</ul>

chris

<ul id="quote"><h6>IDigPhish wrote:</h6>Hello,

My poor little noggen is mush from another round of "How do I get this crap to work?".

Basic problem... I have two seperate video cards for (as SeaMonkey describes) my cant-live-without-it dual monitor setup. One is the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV (in the agp slot) and the other is the Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 (in the pci slot). YES, I NOW KNOW THAT VIDEO CARDS FROM THE SAME COMPANY IS SUGGESTED!

I have had this setup for about two years and it has done reasonobly well for me but it has never quite worked 'perfect'. I had to live with limitations such as having to disable control panels (just using the driver on one card or the other instead of using the driver and the mfg's software). Somehow Ive always been able to come up with ways to use each mfg's most recent drivers and software work despite the fact that each card obviously hates the other! It has been getting more difficult with each new driver release to bring peace to my 'puter.

Two weeks ago I was bored and started to play around. Bad idea. See, with the ATI card in the AGP slot it takes seniority over the Nvidia card and I figure it is quite important to ensure that the ATI Control Panel software is working properly (especially since I need the Open GL and Direct 3D stuff to work with graphics programs like 3D Studio Max (http://www.discreet.com/) and Avid Xpress (http://avid.com/products/xpress/). Now, I just cant get this to work.

Heres some info about my system:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor (runs about 1.99 GHz)
512 MB DDR Ram
AGP Video: ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV
Driver pkg installed: wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c
Other ATI software: mmc-9-1-0-0 (and the dao-mdac)
PCI Video: Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400
Driver pkg installed: 61.77, 07/15/2004
Windows XP Professional with sp-1 and all updates installed
UltraMon version 2.4.21.0 installed

I depend on this system (which I built myself *gloat gloat*) everyday as an indendant video producer. It is my livelyhood. Right now I cannot afford a new video card so please dont suggest it (unless you would want to trade my Nvidia pci card for your ATI pci card). A heart felt thank you along with a steady stream of butt-kisses shall be your reward for any help you can offer me.

IDigPhish</ul>

Anonymous

hey,

im running on an nvidia GeForce FX 5200. i have an LCD monitor hooked up to the dvi input and a crt hooked up to the VGA. however, only the crt will display. i tried playing around with the MultiView set up but nothing seems to work. help please?

shao

seamonkey420

wassup..

ok.. lets see....

i'm kind of been with ati lately so my nvidia is a bit rusty..

first, do you see the two monitors in the Display Properties > Settings area? or just one?

second, when you go into the advanced settings/nvidia control panel; is there any options for clone or spanning of monitors?

thirdly, what os are you running?

here is a good link to realtimesoft's faq on multi monitor setups.. (they make ultramon)
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/faq.asp

i'll check back in a bit...
peace
seamonkey420

seamonkey420

<ul id="quote"><h6>chris wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>IDigPhish wrote:</h6>Hello,

My poor little noggen is mush from another round of "How do I get this crap to work?".

Basic problem... I have two seperate video cards for (as SeaMonkey describes) my cant-live-without-it dual monitor setup. One is the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV (in the agp slot) and the other is the Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400 (in the pci slot). YES, I NOW KNOW THAT VIDEO CARDS FROM THE SAME COMPANY IS SUGGESTED!

I have had this setup for about two years and it has done reasonobly well for me but it has never quite worked 'perfect'. I had to live with limitations such as having to disable control panels (just using the driver on one card or the other instead of using the driver and the mfg's software). Somehow Ive always been able to come up with ways to use each mfg's most recent drivers and software work despite the fact that each card obviously hates the other! It has been getting more difficult with each new driver release to bring peace to my 'puter.

Two weeks ago I was bored and started to play around. Bad idea. See, with the ATI card in the AGP slot it takes seniority over the Nvidia card and I figure it is quite important to ensure that the ATI Control Panel software is working properly (especially since I need the Open GL and Direct 3D stuff to work with graphics programs like 3D Studio Max (http://www.discreet.com/) and Avid Xpress (http://avid.com/products/xpress/). Now, I just cant get this to work.

Heres some info about my system:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ processor (runs about 1.99 GHz)
512 MB DDR Ram
AGP Video: ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 DV
Driver pkg installed: wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c
Other ATI software: mmc-9-1-0-0 (and the dao-mdac)
PCI Video: Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX 400
Driver pkg installed: 61.77, 07/15/2004
Windows XP Professional with sp-1 and all updates installed
UltraMon version 2.4.21.0 installed

I depend on this system (which I built myself *gloat gloat*) everyday as an indendant video producer. It is my livelyhood. Right now I cannot afford a new video card so please dont suggest it (unless you would want to trade my Nvidia pci card for your ATI pci card). A heart felt thank you along with a steady stream of butt-kisses shall be your reward for any help you can offer me.

IDigPhish</ul>

are u back up or what???

Anonymous

<ul id="quote"><h6>seamonkey420 wrote:</h6>wassup..

ok.. lets see....

i'm kind of been with ati lately so my nvidia is a bit rusty..

first, do you see the two monitors in the Display Properties > Settings area? or just one?

second, when you go into the advanced settings/nvidia control panel; is there any options for clone or spanning of monitors?

thirdly, what os are you running?

</ul>

i only see one monitor.

there are options but none of them work

xp pro

thanks man

seamonkey420

ok..
hmm...

are you using a dvi to vga adapter for the lcd? if so, try flipping around the monitors (ie hook up lcd to vga, and vga to dvi-vga adapter).
i know i had a prob with my compaq monitor and it wouldn't work on the normal vga output with my other lcd on the dvi-vga adapter. So i had to hook up my lcd to the main crt/vga output and then my compaq to the adapter..

hope that made some sense.. haha...

also.
have you tried to use each output, seperately?
hook up the crt to the dvi (again, only if your using the adapter and the lcd isn't an actual dvi input one..)

hope that helps!
peace
seamonkey420

Anonymous

im using a straight up dvi cable for the lcd, vga cable for the crt.

Anonymous

ok....

have you been able to use the LCD byitself?

if not, try checking in your BIOS during startup to see if there's a DVI or LCD monitor option.

Also, does the Nvidia Control Panel have any DVI based settings?

peace
seamonkey420

Anonymous

the lcd works when the crt is unplugged, but it defaults to the crt when that is plugged in aswell.

the panel does have dvi based settings but only when the crt is unplugged

Anonymous

Hi there,

I followed the directions to set up dual monitor successfully, but now I have a question. Eventhough the screen now extends to two monitors (side-by-side), the windows task bar does not. It is only found on the left monitor. Is there a way to extend the task bar to the right monitor so that when I open lots of windows I can have the taskbar buttons extend to the second monitor as well?

Thank you in advance

Min

seamonkey420

as for the taskbar quesiton...

windows won't extend the taskbar over... again.. you'll need a thirdparty program for such things...

like i've said before, i personally call Ultramon GOD as a multi-monitor utility.... it has a smart taskbar option that will add a taskbar to the other monitors and lets you show: windows on that screen in it, or all monitor windows.. and the wallpaper option.. drool.. lets you have two different wallpapers or one wallpaper spanned across the monitors.. plus theres the screensaver that lets you run two diffferent screensavers, a different one on each monitor, some limitatoins but pretty cool!

as for the lcd...
hmm...

i'm still a bit conufsed on a few things...

1. your video card has a dvi and crt outputs, correct?
2. your lcd works when it is plugged into the dvi output (only monitor connected), but does not work with the crt plugged in (the crt works only)?
3. you do not see two monitors in your Control Panel > Display Settings > Settings tab ?
4. there are no options in the nvidia control panel for "span" or "clone" mode when both monitors are hooked up?

ok.. so for somethings to try...

when you hook up the monitors, you have to reboot your pc with them plugged in adn turned on for windows to know they are there initially..

contact nvidia/your graphics card manufacturers tech support.. you might have a defective card or they might know some model specific tips....

hope that helps a bit more.. hehe..
peace
seamonkey420

Anonymous

1. your video card has a dvi and crt outputs, correct? yes
2. your lcd works when it is plugged into the dvi output (only monitor connected), but does not work with the crt plugged in (the crt works only)? yes
3. you do not see two monitors in your Control Panel > Display Settings > Settings tab ? no i do not
4. there are no options in the nvidia control panel for "span" or "clone" mode when both monitors are hooked up? there are but they dont do anything

apparently nvidia doesnt do end user support, and ive been contacting sony about it but they are really dumb.

thanks for all the effort btw.

Anonymous

I've read all the multiple monitor posts from this thread, but I am still confused. I'm not a really techie person, but I need to buy video card to hook up additional montior (doing this as a surprise for my husband who loves Flight Sim).

So I finally talked him into getting us a new computer (got a Dell for about $1000) - before that he couldn't even play Flight Sim because we still had Windows 95, ugh.

Anyway, as a surprise, I went out and bought a second monitor because we were reading about how you can have that with Flight Sim (and with XP). I got a good deal (I think) on a monitor from Office Max (normally $140, on sale for like $80). But now my question is---how do I hook this up? I am guessing I need to buy another video card? I called Dell and they said I'd need a "dual" video card which would be about $100-$200. I'm trying to go for the cheapest card possible (as this is just a second monitor and won't be used all the time).

What's the best option for finding out what kind of card I need? Can I just walk into a store and easily find what I am looking for and install myself without too many hours of trying? I just am doing this by myself and I don't want to screw it up big time.

Any thoughts/comments/ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

seamonkey420

hello...

so a flight sim and multiple monitors.. (very cool, i did this with MS Combat Flight Sim)....

The main thing here is to get a video card that can display overlays on the secondary output (basically any newer geforce or radeon card..)..

the main prob in the past with dual monitor gaming was being able to display full screen on both...

i'd suggest checking out this place for more info, i believe they have a FAQ about mulitpile monitor gaming.
http://www.ultramon.com

wait.. haha.. just what your trying to do...
http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt2436.html

this site has lots of flight sim related questions...

hope that gives ya a start..!
by the way, you rock! if my gf did that for me.. i'd melt.. in my geeky pool of digital ooze... haha :-)

peace
seamonkey420

Silly Me

I have two computers. On with a dual monitor setup and the other with a single. I often use the dual monitor setup computer to access the single, but since it's only a single, when I view it on the double, I only get one monitors' worth of desktop. That's expected. However, I'm wondering if there's a way to trick the single setup computer into thinking it's got a second video card in it so that when I view it via remote desktop I can open it all the way and see two monitors' worth of desktop.

Anonymous

I have two computers. On with a dual monitor setup and the other with a single. I often use the dual monitor setup computer to access the single, but since it's only a single, when I view it on the double, I only get one monitors' worth of desktop. That's expected. However, I'm wondering if there's a way to trick the single setup computer into thinking it's got a second video card in it so that when I view it via remote desktop I can open it all the way and see two monitors' worth of desktop.

(Sorry for the repeat post!!)

KayJayDK

I have an Intel P4 machine with a GeForce FX 5200 card (with S-VHS TV-out). I used to be able to connect my TV as a secondary screen and use overlay to watch videos on the TV.

I just reinstalled my Win XP and now I cannot do that anymore. After replacing the drivers, the cable, the connector, and even the card, I found out that XP actually recognizes my TV and I can swith between my TFT and TV without problems. The problem is that in 'Display Properties/Settings' I only have 1 single monitor where I used to have primary/secondary.

Is there a way to tell XP that I have both monitors on at the same time? The graphics driver has no problem with it. It won't let me force detection og TV because it's already detected and if I boot up with the monitor unplugged, XP uses my TV as primary device.

Hope someone can help me because it's really bugging me.

dannyboy

Hi

I'm having the same problem as cebollo, Mr Seamonkey...

My nVidia software will allow me to switch between my analog TFT and my digital TFT (both the same make, but my GeForce 5600 has a VGA and DVI-D output, so I use one for each) but only recognises that a single monitor is present.

Device Manager and Display (Settings) on XP Pro also only display one...

Please persevere with this. nVidia fob off to the manufacturer (unlike ATI it seems...) but Sony haven't responded, neither have Microsoft...

Thank you good sir (and to your girlfriend for giving you time to be so supportive...!!)

JoshuaCword

Okay, now... I don't know what the problem is with my computer, but I'm using an ATI 9600 Series video card and was told that it could support multiplemonitor features. So I ran to the store, bought a monitor splitter and a cable and hooked it up. Now, my monitors cloned just like you said they would. But when I go to display settings > settings and try to enable the second monitor.... it wont enable. It will turn black and I'll hit apply but nothing will happen. It will just turn grey again. I've tried right clicking and attaching and that still didn't work. The windows troubleshoot couldn't help me, the ATI website couldn't help me.... I'm at a loss. If you know what could possibly be my problem, please let me know by either replying to the post or e-mailing me at kablelifter122@hotmail.com
It would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Jpblondienerd

I just purchased a second monitor but i already have fairly nice video card and do not want to buy an 100$ dual head card. What are the min-reqa for the second card? can it be low end due to the fact that i'm only using it for an paluet in adobe. will an 20$ 32mb card mess things up ?

Anonymous

I got this message in the Device Manager for the secondary video card: "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12). " How can I fix this problem?

Tidalwave

I'm not sure if anyone has encountered this problem...

I'm running a 64MB ATI Radeon 9000.

The thing is, using ATI's multi-screen function, the taskbar and all maximized programs span across both screens, making centered webpages (ie, Yahoo) really ugly. Plus, maximizing videos is nasty as well.

The funny thing is that Windows doesn't seem to recognize the fact that I have multiple screens plugged in. I don't see the checkbox of "Extend my Windows desktop to this monitor", nor do I see numbered grey boxes representing my 2 screens at the "Display Properties --> Settings" page. I can extend the desktop with the ATI drivers, but it considers it one 2560x1024 desktop, instead of two 1280x1024 desktops.

So I think my main problem is getting Windows 2000 itself to recognize that I have 2 monitors plugged in (one through the VGA plug, and one through the DVI plug)... Anyone have any insight on this?

Anonymous

It sound like a couple of you (cebello, dannyboy, and tidal wave) have a video card with two outputs that only supports one monitor at a time. Some cards have a VGA output and a DVI-D output so that you can hook up either a vga and a dvi monitor, not both.

I'm having a problem with an nVidia Geforce 6200 PCI-E card. I have a Sharp TV hooked up to the DVI output and a Samsung LCD monitor hooked to the analog output. I can configure it to use the Samsung as the primary and the TV as the secondary and use all the features. However when I shutdown the pc and then turn it on later the card seems to lose all it's settings and tries to make the TV the primary monitor and both the TV and the monitor get a message saying that it's out of range. In order to fix this I have to unplug the DVI cable from the TV and restart the computer. Then once it's booted successfully I can plug the TV back in and set it back up again. It works as long as I only restart my computer, but if I do a shutdown the next time I power up my computer I get the out of range message. It doesn't seem that anyone is paying too much attention to this forum, but if you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it.

davak

Yo. We are paying attention... we just don't know much about dual monitor set ups. :)

SeaMonkey420 would be likely to help you...

Try sending him a PM.

Davak

Anonymous

hmm.. this looks like an outdated post, but I'll ask anyway.. I have an msi radeon x300se, and two crt monitors, one of which is running on the dvi-vga transform thinige.. I can get images from both of them, but they both show the same image, clicking "extend desktop" just makes the screen flicker a bit and then it just goes back to not being checked / secondary screen being "grey." If I look in the device management thingie, it only shows one screen, and two screencards (there is only one, but there are two registered with the computer; one primary and one secondary). I've got the latest drivers, I tried that ati control utility, I tried third-party-drivers (omega something).. I think I've tried all I can think of right now... nothing helps.. I get two screens that seem to think they're the same (they also both show "1" if I click "identify").

I'm on win xp pro.

Anonymous

<ul id="quote"><h6>andyp wrote:</h6>It sound like a couple of you (cebello, dannyboy, and tidal wave) have a video card with two outputs that only supports one monitor at a time. Some cards have a VGA output and a DVI-D output so that you can hook up either a vga and a dvi monitor, not both.

I'm having a problem with an nVidia Geforce 6200 PCI-E card. I have a Sharp TV hooked up to the DVI output and a Samsung LCD monitor hooked to the analog output. I can configure it to use the Samsung as the primary and the TV as the secondary and use all the features. However when I shutdown the pc and then turn it on later the card seems to lose all it's settings and tries to make the TV the primary monitor and both the TV and the monitor get a message saying that it's out of range. In order to fix this I have to unplug the DVI cable from the TV and restart the computer. Then once it's booted successfully I can plug the TV back in and set it back up again. It works as long as I only restart my computer, but if I do a shutdown the next time I power up my computer I get the out of range message. It doesn't seem that anyone is paying too much attention to this forum, but if you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it.</ul>

andy,,, how many monitors can you plug working at the same time with that 6200 card ? 3 ?

Anonymous

whoa

Anonymous

hey i posted this as a main thread, but thought i'd repost it here since this seems to be the dual monitor place to be :)

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I've just installed dual monitor view using a geforce 7300 on an amd 64 athalon 3500, running on Windows XP sp1, and I've got a dilemma . When using programs such as aim (aol instant messenger) and internet explorer i have no problems, but when im doing something interactive like a video game such as Counter Strike on one monitor and aim on the 2nd monitor, my counter strike minmizes when i click on my aim window. Is there anything i can do to prevent it from minmizing ? Please help !
Thank you soo much
Masha

Anonymous

Hello,

Thank you for this excellent post.
I have some problem, please can you help me. I have HP laptop (video card Mobile Intel (R) 945GM Express), is this compatible with multiple monitors view, as this option is unavailable in my slide show set up?
I'm using PowerPoint 2007 and Windows XP

Thanks a lot

Anonymous

I need to know why Microsoft.net Framework 2.0 or 3.0 won't install on my computer. I have an older version and I can't upgrade.

justin

My laptop won't automatically clone the desktop to my second monitor when I connect it via VGA. It did, but now it doesn't. I can get it setup and displaying multiple monitors but I cannot reset it back to automatically cloning the desktop when connected. Again multiple monitors funtions fine. 2nd monitor is connected properly great resolution just prefer the clone setup. Any help is appreciated. Thxs.

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