Questions tagged [multiple-monitors]
For questions about connecting multiple monitors to a single computer either desktop or laptop.
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Using a subset of monitors for remote desktop
I tried to find an answer to this a few years ago, but it seemed it wasn't possible then (I suspect it isn't now either! - but what the hell!)
I have a three monitor system, that I mostly use for ...
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What is the best multiple monitors app for Windows 7? [closed]
What is the best app for supporting multiple monitors in Windows 7? Ultra mon was perfect in Vista and XP but I don't think it works with Windows 7 yet. The main features I'm looking for are:
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3 Monitors, 1 graphics card
I have a Nvidia GT 120 graphics card. It has a VGA, DVI and DMI output. Can I have 3 monitors with this? One for each port. Also if not, can I use DVI and HDMI and have 2 monitors. I know I can do 2 ...
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How to automagically move windows between monitors with one keystroke?
In Windows I had this great little app that allowed me to move application windows between 2 monitors with a click of a button (or a key-stroke).
I'm aware of an application that will change the ...
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Mirrored monitors of different resolution
I want to purchase a 32" HD TV to use as a larger mirrored display for my PC. The problem is, my PC monitor is 16:10 and therefore has a resolution of 1920 x 1200, but the TV is standard 16:9, 1920 x ...
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Is it possible to upgrade a basic USB-C to have USB-C Alternate Mode?
In relation to my previous post (How to get an HP Elitebook 840 G4 on a Universal USB-C dock to be Thunderbolt compatible?), I have a ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2 (Type 40AS) and would like to use this ...
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Switch between multiple display configurations in Windows 10
I have looked a lot on the Internet and can't find a proper solution to this.
I have 3 screens plugged into my GPU, I will call them 1, 2 and 3 for better understanding.
I want to switch between two ...
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Mirroring Windows 7 ALT-TAB and Win+TAB on multiple monitors
Is there any way to get the ALT-TAB and Win+TAB application switcher to display on multiple monitors in Windows 7?
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Can't get multiple monitors to work with windows remote desktop
My remote desktop session is refusing to use both monitors.
Here's how they are laid out
I do have the option checked in the Remote Desktop Connection
What else can I do?
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Multiple Monitors with one DisplayPort
I've read that DisplayPort supports multiple monitors. My question is how can I connect 3 monitors with one display port, is there such a splitter? I have 2 DVI monitors and one VGA (which I could use ...
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How to restrict mouse to current display?
In multiple monitor setup mouse often unintentionally leaves the screen e.g. when trying to click close, trying to click the scroll bar.
Is there any way (on Windows OS) to snap the mouse to the ...
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How can I make the cursor in Windows with a multiple monitor setup behave like it's moving between all monitors having the same resolution?
I just added a new 4k monitor to my setup, bringing my total to 3. My problem is that windows "thinks" that the monitors are physically the relative sizes they are in the display settings, when they'...
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How can I make my multi-monitor setup wrap around?
I have a 4-monitor setup on Win7 Ultimate (nVidia 8800GTS + 6600GT), and I'm experimenting with various layouts for optimal awesomeness.
One thing that really bugs me is the sheer distance that the ...
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Multi-monitors and the corners of the screen
I currently have two monitors (let's call them "left" and "middle" - you'll see why in a sec), and would love three (let's call it "right"). However, I often will throw the mouse-cursor up to the top-...
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Maximum number of monitors Win 7 Supports?
I want to set up a system with (9) monitors arranged in a 3x3 grid.
Is this configuration possible with Windows 7? Does it max out at a set number of monitors?
Any suggestions about known working ...
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Live screencasting from a Windows PC to a DLNA-enabled TV - possible?
We're looking to buy some LCD monitors to be used as dashboard displays in the development offices around here at work. Primarily they will display information from a PC directly connected via HDMI or ...
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Can the new MacBook / MacBook Pro Support Dual EXTERNAL Monitors
I'm a looking at getting a new MacBook or MacBook Pro, but what I'd like to do is have it drive 2 external Dell 24" monitors 1920x1200, and I want to close the lid on the laptop itself
Can the ...
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Daisy-chainable DisplayPort Monitors
I am the proud new owner of a MacBook Pro with a mini-DisplayPort. My desk setup used to allow me to position the screen of my old MacBook beside an external monitor, essentially allowing dual-head. ...
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Can I tell Windows 10 - 'If I close the lid on my laptop, go to sleep IF I don't have an external monitor attached'?
I am aware of the following SuperUser questions:
Prevent laptop from going to sleep when I close the lid, but only if I'm connected to an external display
automate so that if and only if external ...
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Sharing 2 monitors between 2 computers in different configurations
I have a laptop (for work) and a desktop PC (for personal use) that I use side by side in my home office. I'm thinking of purchasing 2 Dell P2414H 24" monitors with a dual monitor stand. I'd like to ...
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Multiple Monitors
At the moment I have got two monitors running off a dual output video card.
I have read this article about having multiple monitors connected.
It says that this
is highly dependent on the ...
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Can I use 4 monitors with 2 SLI cards
I'm doing some research for my next build and I came up across a couple questions that I can't seem to find the answer for on google (I get different answers from each link) So. If I have enough money ...
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How to move an application's dialog box from a disconnected monitor to the main
I have a problem similar to this question, where I have a dialog box (several, actually) that opens on a disconnected monitor. Since the dialog box does not have an entry on the taskbar, I cannot ...
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Using spare pc as second monitor
I'm looking for a piece of software that can enable a second pc to function as a second monitor via network. Both pc's are running linux so I would like something like MaxiVista only for linux.
Is ...
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Multiple video cards on Windows 7
I've got an Nvidia Geforce 9500GT and am thinking of buying an ATI Radeon HD 4850. I have two PCI-Express slots. Would I be able to run these cards simultaneously on Windows 7? I want to also be ...
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How can I force Excel 2007 on Windows 7 to always open another instance of the application? [duplicate]
I want to be able to compare to large spreadsheets side by side...
Since you can not natively expand to all monitors I would like to have the two documents open in two instances. These files are ...
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Windows 8 Metro/Modern Start Screen with Multiple Monitors -- Keep it always maximized?
Before installing Win 8 today, my plan was to keep the Metro UI up on my smaller, laptop monitor and have the classic UI running on my two larger monitors. However, in reality, as soon as I click on ...
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Simulate Multiple Monitors
I'm trying to find out if there is a product out there to simulate Multiple Monitors on one large monitor/tv? So take a screen and turn it into something like below...
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Is it possible to make consoles full screen?
Is it possible on to switch a console to full-screen in Windows XP on a single monitor? Meaning on a dual monitor that only the left (or right) screen displays the console while the other one remains ...
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Windows keep changing position when disconnect and reconnect monitors
I'm on a windows 8 laptop and I have two external monitors I hook up to it. Whenever I take the laptop somewhere (and have to disconnect my monitors), the windows all go to my small laptop screen, ...
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How to show desktop background on second monitor when Windows is locked? [duplicate]
When I lock my computer, the first monitor shows "Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to unlock", and the secondary monitor is just black. But in some office I saw the second monitor showing the desktop ...
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Is there a preferred way of restarting X after getting stuck on the desktop despite not logging in due to disconnecting a monitor?
When I disconnect the external monitor on my Xubuntu 20.04 laptop, I occasionally experience some misbehavior on my main monitor. For example, I recently disconnected my external monitor while the ...
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Is it possible to retain multi monitor settings when one monitor is "unplugged"?
Background Info
I recently completed a new 'Home Theater' setup in our new house. In the living room I have a TV and sound bar, and in my office on the other side of the wall I have my PC (running ...
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Dell laptop keeps detecting a Virtual Generic Non-PnP Display Device
One day out of nowhere, my Dell Studio 1747 laptop started detecting two display devices: One Generic PnP Device and another Generic Non-PnP Device.
I don't have two devices so how is it detecting ...
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How can I play games on a triple monitor setup using my Nvidia graphics card?
I have a new nVidia GTX 560 based card and an older GTX 260 card. I have a single 2560x1600 monitor on the 560 (center of my desk) and two 2560x1600 monitors on the 260. (to the left and right of ...
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Open browser window at specified screen / coordinates
A customer has a 6-screen setup for each workstation and would like various pages of a web app to be opened automatically in each of the screens on startup or invoking a shortcut. (The target web ...
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Programatticaly control the screen layout in Windows (10)
In Linux, it is easy to change the display settings with e.g. XRandR. This works for as many displays as you can connect. Specifically, I would like to activate/enable and move the layout of multiple ...
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Aero Peek on multiple monitors
I have two 27" monitors, my main one is the one on the left and this has the notification area, time/date and the the Aero Peek button on the bottom most right. I want the second monitor to also ...
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Multiple monitors (3) in notebook using HDMI and vga port, with a graphic card only
I have a HP dv9830us laptop. It has a vga-out and a hdmi-out port.
I want to know if it's possible to use 3 devices, each one with different displays, using just one graphic card - NVIDIA GeForce ...
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Script to open 12 browser windows in 12 different monitors
Our client has a setup where a PC is connected to 12 monitors. I need a script that will open 12 different web pages, one on each monitor. The PC is running Windows 7 and any browser will do.
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How to use second PC as extended monitor
I have 2 PC's (notebook). Both have Windows 7 32bit. They are cross connected with LAN cable.
How to use PC 2 as extended monitor of PC 1 ?
I want to achieve same effect as I would connect external ...
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Second external monitor not working for Dell E6420 after Windows 10 upgrade
I upgraded two Dell E6420 laptops from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I use both with the same docking station connected to a Dell 2408WFP monitor and a Dell U3011 monitor. The laptops have two display ...
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How do I open a remote desktop session on a secondary monitor?
How do I open a remote desktop session on a secondary monitor (in full-screen)? It always seems to want to open on the primary one and I cannot find a switch which lets me choose.
Is there a known ...
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Is there a way to move the taskbar to another monitor?
I am using Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and three monitors. I would like for my taskbar to be moved to the third monitor. How can I get it over there instead of on my primary monitor?
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Disable laptop screen when lid is closed
I'm on a Lenovo Y50, running Windows 10.
I have an external monitor attached (HDMI) and I use the laptop screen as well as the external. Sometimes I want to close the laptop lid and just use the one ...
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Solutions for presenting PDF slides with presenter notes on second display [closed]
I made a presentation using the latex beamer class with notes. Now I have a problem displaying notes only on my display while presenting the slides to the audience using a projector. Beamer notes ...
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How can I stop OSX from combining spaces when I unplug a monitor?
I use spaces with the "Displays have separate Spaces" setting selected on OSX 10.10.
In this mode, OSX seems to have a "phantom space" that disappears when a monitor is unplugged, and reappears when ...
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How do I move my current active window from one monitor to another using a keyboard shortcut?
I use a multiple-monitor setup on Windows XP. I would like to be able to move the active window from one monitor to the other with a keyboard shortcut.
I know that I can use Alt+Space, M, or drag the ...
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Mouse cursor on multiple screens with different PPI
I'm using a 4K display along with a Full HD display with both almost the same physical size and it brings some mouse cursor problems to me working with it on the default Windows settings.
As the ...
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Set one background to stretch across multi-monitor display?
I have two monitors and my coworker has three. We were wondering if there was a way to set a single background image to stretch across all the monitors.
Right now it's the same image but repeated, so ...
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