Doing this depends on the laptop. Older laptops don't have the capability, but newer ones often do. I use this sometimes with flight simulators and broadcast video editing.
For example, a Dell C600 (1GHz laptop) will only "clone" the LCD display on the external monitor. However, with the Dell D610, you can make the two displays separate. You can then extend the windows desktop onto the second display, and then open up programs/windows on each one. You can even drag the displays back and forth to change which one is on the left, right, top, or bottom. If you can do this, you should see an option to "extend windows desktop onto this monitor" near the bottom of the Display Properties/settings tab. Click it to enable, after highlighting that display on the window area above (you should see Display 1 & display 2). If you cannot enable this feature, then you probably cannot do it with the internal video card. A PCMCIA adaptor is another way to accomplish this, albiet at a cost. Hope that helps. Terry WB4JFI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: [Flexradio] Dual displays > Hi, > > Wanting to have two displays, I plugged a LCD display into my lap > top, and now I have either or both, but when I have both they are > identical. Is there a software solution to dual displays where one > is an extension of the other? > > 73, Chas, W1CG > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
