External Monitor

[cxxxkies]

Hi all,

I have a laptop (OS XP SP2) and a 17" monitor. Is it possible to use the monitor displaying a different application running? like for exalmple running remote desktop connection will be displayed in the monitor while in my laptop display will be my normal desktop applications?

any software available/needed?

[jondercik]

Depends on the video card in the laptop.

[cxxxkies]

My laptop is a IBM T41 and ATI 7500 - 32 MB

do I need additional software for this?

[Zxian]

Nope, you should be able to do this.

All you should need is a VGA port on your laptop (they're the blue ones with 15 pins) and you should be set.

Plug in the monitor and press the hotkey to activate the external monitor (it's usually a Fn+[something] combination on your keyboard). Then, through the standard Windows display settings you should be able to set up the monitor to use as an extended desktop (it's an option in the display settings).

Then you can just drag any window over to the other screen and place it there. When you maximize it, it'll maximize to that screen.

Hope this helps!

[cxxxkies]

Thanks Zxian..

one last question.. this option display setting, is it also available in win2K?

Thanks,