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There are a number of issues that this tag can cover: How to connect multiple monitors to a particular computer (or class of computer). Problems with running applications across multiple monitors. Running multiple monitors at different resolutions. Running multiple monitors in different ...

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Is there a general method to determine if a laptop can support 2x external monitors?

Question: Is there a general method, which would let me determine if a laptop can support 2x external monitors? Context: I’m shopping for a laptop, which would support my 2 main modes of operation. ...
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D-Sub port not working on Windows 7 (Intel onboard gigabyte)

Iv been using my HDMI slot to run a 24" monitor and all was well. I borrowed a 17" monitor from work to run a dual screen set up, plugged it into the d-sub port and nothing happened. Checked the new ...
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Can I create a barrier between monitors in a dual monitor setup?

We have a Windows 7 laptop that is hooked up to a projector for running slides. I really want to be able to put a barrier between the laptop's display and the projector (which acts as a second ...
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osx multidisplay and multi desktops

I want to connect my Mac OSX Lion to my HDTV. The problem is I am flipping desktops all the time (Mission Control) and this got refelected on the TV. Is there a way to disable the Mission Control only ...
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Two monitors on windows 7. Show desktop background when lock

When I lock computer first monitor shows sign "Press CTRL + ALR + DELETE to unlock", and second is just black. But I saw in some office that second monitor shows the desktop picture. How can I make ...
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Logical Displays in Linux?

Is there a way to section off one of my displays to make it behave like two displays? I use multiple workspaces a lot, but I also like the functionality of another monitor, but I don't actually ...
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Dual screen with Nvidia on Crunchbang

I just installed a new graphic card on my computer, and connected a monitor to it. I followed this post http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/11900/how-to-nvidia-drivers-in-or-debian-stable/ to ...
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Is there a way to display some web-page on separate monitor constantly, even if computer is locked?

I would like to display web-page with some real-time status information constantly. If I just configure two monitors and open fill-screen web-browser with this web-page on one of monitors, then ...
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How to display video/powerpoint/full screen info on secondary monitor at ALL times, but don't change “primary” screen?

I have a laptop that I use for demos of software. I play videos telling about it and powerpoints, and other full-screen things. I want to keep my laptop's built in screen as the primary display, but ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 dual monitor set up

I am running ubuntu 10.10. I wanted to set up dual montior with my laptop. When I connect my monitor through HDMI cable, my monitor is getting detected. But I am having clone (same image) on both my ...
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Making chrome full screen when using 2 monitors

I want to change to chrome from firefox (i do love firefox, but my graphics card seems to handle youtube allot better when run in chrome). I run a laptop and connect it to an external monitor at ...
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Extend Desktop to Monitor over LAN

I want to make use of an old laptop by extending my the desktop from my main PC onto the monitor of this other, old laptop over a LAN connection. I've looked into Xdmx/dmx, but the project seems to ...
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Can I make windows not move all my windows to a newly connected monitor automatically?

I have 3 monitors running on Windows 7. according to windows monitor numbers Samsung TV(in another room connected via HDMI) My main Samsung LCD DVI1 Secondary 17" monitor DVI2  #2 is the ...
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Trying to get my ATI 6900 graphics cards DVI connected to two different monitors, one each

Recently I bought myself a ATI 6900 graphics card. I was hoping to attach two monitors to it using DVI connections, as I have two monitors now. My first monitor is connected and working well via a VGA ...
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Can laptops be used for DualView technology? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: What is a free/open source tool to allow me to control another computer or use it as a second monitor? Is it possible to align two laptops and configure them to use ...
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Windows bounce to the first monitor after hibernate (in windows 7)

I have a windows ultimate 32 bit with 2 monitors, multiple displays set to: "Extend these displays" After hibernate, all the windows are back in the first monitor, and I need to re-drag them (or ...
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Windows confused about position of monitors

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 machine. Two monitors (17 in. and 22 in.) are attached to it. The smaller one was attached from begning, later on I added the larger one. The smaller one on left as primary ...
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Intel motherboard drops HDMI output after Windows boots

I have an Intel motherboard (DH67CL) that uses Intel HD 3000 video. It has two video output ports: HDMI and DVI. Both my monitors are DVI, so I have two cables: a DVI->DVI and an HDMI->DVI. If I plug ...
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does the EVGA 02G-P3-1568-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) support 3 monitors

I have a EVGA 02G-P3-1568-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card. It has 1 hdmi and 2 dvi, will it support 3 monitors? I am currently ...
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Win 7 Display HDMI to TV and VGA to monitor

I've got a Dell Vostro 400 Windows 7 (32 bit) machine with a nVidia GeForce 7650 GS Graphics card. I'd like to get the TV (LG 4200LH5000) to use the HDMI output on the card to mirror the display of ...
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Unable to extend desktop. External monitor on powersave mode

My Dell e6400 no longer can extend desktop. The external monitor detected and I can changed the resolution in display properties. But the external monitor reported on a power save mode. To confirm ...
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make downloads go to second display

I have two displays and I generally use the browser on the left (or primary display), so I'd like any downloads (or actually any icons created on desktop) to go to the second desktop by default, is ...
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Prevent second monitor to “move” while in fullscreen games

I have two monitors. Sometimes I like to watch a movie or have a webpage or manual up on the second why I play a game on the primary. Problem is that when I start some games, the content of the ...
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How to move Macintosh bottom dock bar from one screen to another?

On a MacBook Air running OS X Lion, I have a dock bar at the bottom of the built in screen, how can I move this to my external screen? I've already got the menu bar moved, but the screen system ...
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Dual 17“ vs dual 24” - monitor choice [closed]

I'm in the process of purchasing new monitors since my current ones are getting old. I'd choosing between two 17" monitors or two 24" monitors. They're going to be used for programming, designing and ...
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Multiple Monitor - multiple browser windows at the same time

I have a monitor connected to my net book Samsung N145 however my problem is displaying two different screens to enable me to use two different websites at the same time. If anybody could help that ...
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Duplicate monitor on highest resolution in Windows 7

I have a monitor with a native resolution of 2560x1440, connected through display port. I also have an AV Receiver connected to the video card via HDMI, to have surround sound in games. All using ...
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connect 2 external monitors keeping laptop display also open?

I actually have 2 questions: Question 1: At work I have 2 monitors and I have connected it to my laptop using: 1st monitor with HDMI port 2nd monitor with vga port Now by doing this although I ...
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dual monitor ubuntu issue

I've recently added to my computer a graphic card I was given in order to have the ability to use a second screen. I think the card is recognised because if I go to System->Administration-> Nvidia X ...
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Connecting several screens to Dell laptop

Is it possible to connect several screens to my Dell Precision laptop M4600? It only has one VGA and HDMI outlet?
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DMS-59 to VGA and DVI?

One of the users I support wants a dual monitor setup. He has two monitors, one with a VGA input and one with a DVI input. He also has a SFF Dell Optiplex that uses half-height cards, so options are a ...
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dual screen won't work / ubuntu 10.04

I have an old computer, on which i'm running Ubuntu 10.04. It has a graphical chipset built in the motherboard (Intel) but has some PCI slots. I added a ATI Radeon 9200 graphical card, in order to use ...
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Send video to multiple displays with different content, using a single video output

Is it possible to output different video content to multiple displays from a generic single video output connector, by e.g. connecting some sort of hardware to the port? I'm not looking for multiple ...
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Dual monitors - detect if other monitor is on?

I run two separate monitors to the back of my graphics card which happens to accept 2 DVI inputs. I am running Windows 7. 80% of the time, I just require one monitor on, and just use the 2nd monitor ...
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Setting the start screen for the UltraVNC Viewer

I have a dual-monitor setup for using the Viewer. My problem is that the Viewer always gets displayed on screen 1 instead of screen 2 (as identified by Windows). How can I direct the ...
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Eyefinity display mode

What display mode support Eyfinity tech? I know that it supports some kind of Extended mode, when all monitors groups into on large virtual monitor, but in this case, as I understand, Windows 7 hotkey ...
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Xfce - Can't set primary monitor in xrandr

I'm using Xfce 4 Desktop Environment version 4.6.1 (Xfce 4.6) I'm trying to get a dual monitor setup working. I have a vga monitor plugged in and sitting to the left of my laptop. I want to have ...
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Connecting Two External Monitors to One Laptop

I have a HP EliteBook 2540p and I am trying to connect two external monitors to it, but I'm having difficulties. I have a VGA splitter to connect the two monitors. The external monitors have cloned ...
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Using 2 video cards and 3 monitors

Im trying to get 3 screens working, one on my onboard AMD HD4200 and 2 on my Nvidia GT 430. I am getting 2 screens working, but I X is giving me an error. It says "Screen 1 was deleted because of no ...
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Can Ubuntu support an n-monitors configuration?

I'd like to have 3 or even 4 monitors hooked up to my machine, so that I can have different applications open at the same time but not have everything cluttered all in one screen. I know Ubuntu ...
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Monitor keeps entering power saving mode

I've been using additional monitor with my laptop for a few weeks (extended setup), and today it started entering a power saving mode with no apparent reason. Laptop's monitor keeps working fine, ...
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DIrect videos and slideshows fullscreen from another display

I have 3 displays: 1 control display I can see 2 40" Full HD displays I can't see my need is to play videos and presentations fullscreen on the two 40" screens while being able to control them ...
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Manage 2 displays remotely

I have a pc with a nVidia Quadro graphic card. The card has 2 DisplayPort outs where 2 40" Full HD TV are connected. I need to run 2 separate fullscreen videos, one each display. The problem is ...
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Can a Fujitsu LifeBook AH531 with NVIDIA GT 525M output to two external monitors simultaneously?

I'm thinking of buying a Fujitsu LifeBook AH531 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M. The laptop has 1 VGA port and 1 HDMI port. I want to know if I can plug an external monitor into each port and have ...
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Dual monitors - move system tray to right-most end of taskbar?

I'm using dual monitors with Windows 7 (and Ultramon). Is there any way to move the system tray to the right end of the taskbar on my right-most monitor? So rather than: Start|<Pinned ...
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Can I prevent tv-out from disconnecting when monitor sleeps?

I have my TV connected to my computer (windows 7) through an HDMI cable that also carries the sound. I like to put on music on my TV, but the problem is when my monitor goes to sleep back in my ...
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How to put Powerpoint viewer full screen on secondary display?

Using Powerpoint viewer (2010), I want to show a Powerpoint show on my secondary display, i.e. the projector, not on my laptop screen. However, Powerpoint viewer always does full screen presentations ...
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Third monitor with AMD cards WITHOUT Eyefinity

I have two AMD Radeon HD 6870 video cards in CrossFireX configuration and I would like to add a third monitor. I understand to use "Eyefinity" you need to use an active mini displayport to DVI ...
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Windows 7 dual monitor windows move when screen is locked

When I lock my Windows 7 Pro 64bit desktop and then unlock it after the screen saver has activated I find that all of the windows that were on monitor 2 (right side) have moved to the lower right of ...
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Software for better dual monitors setup

I'm looking for software, that will keep some programs on the specific screen. I'm using laptop(with Windows 7) with dock station and two monitors and every time when i eject my monitor from dock ...

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