Questions tagged [multiple-monitors]
For questions about connecting multiple monitors to a single computer either desktop or laptop.
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AMD ATI RADEON Three monitor issue
Here is my issue, I have an ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card. I want to run three monitors, Currently I have tried using two DVI ports plus the Display Port (DP) with an HDMI adapter. The adapter is a ...
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How to change Win + P monitor association
I figure someone must have ran into this before. I recently got a tri-monitor setup going and have two monitors in portrait mode to both sides of my main monitor. Now short of switching what output ...
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Running supreme commander forged alliance in dual monitor mode
I have ubuntu 14.04 64bit with wine 1.7 I installed FA via steam on wine and FAF as well.
both run decently although, FA does not detect my second monitor.
is this something wine is incapable of ...
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Use Surface Pro 3 as second or extended monitor instead using it as a computer?
Particularly how to use Surface Pro 3 as a 2nd monitor only. not as a surface pro itself. i.e. I have a laptop and use surface pro as a second monitor.
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windows 7 suddenly not recognizing USB display adapter - display settings messed up
I have been using two USB display adapters (USB video cards) to connect windows 7 laptop to multiple monitors.
All worked well, then after I tried to connect it to different monitor, windows 7 no ...
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How to get the status of VGA device
Currently I am using vga2usb device for capturing output from the virtually any VGA source such as tab or any another monitor.
If I connect this vga2usb device to my Ubuntu machine then we are ...
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Monitor of my MSI A6200 laptop shows balck screen
I have a MSI A6200 laptop which usually connected to a TV so I can watch the videos on both screens. Since the speed is very slow, I unstalled a lot of software from control panel.
Afterwards, the ...
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Mini DisplayPort daisy-chaining
I haven't found any documentation saying it's not possible, but I've been trying to find if daisy-chaining Mini DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort with successive monitors connected using DisplayPort.
So:
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USB Touchscreens - Unknown Device after PC has been off overnight
I'm out of leads on this problem, and I'm hoping someone will read this and know what to look for.
The Problem
I have two machines. Both machines are identical in terms of software, hardware, and ...
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How to get dual monitor set up with NVIDIA Geforce GT 610
So I recently installed a NVIDIA Geforce GT 610 into my Dell Optiplex 790 (running 32bit Windows 7 Professional) so as to be able to have dual displays. I installed card properly and installed the ...
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Mouse will not appear on monitor 2
I have 3 monitors set up on a lap top docking station. One of the screens is the laptop and 2 additional monitors. All 3 are working, I think but I can't get the mouse pointer on the 2nd screen
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Any way to prevent Firefox scaling on second monitor?
So, the background on this issue. I had two monitors. A 1080p Samsung monitor, and a 1440x900 Philips TV. On my old Radeon HD 5770, I connected the monitor via HDMI and the TV via VGA and set both to ...
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Monitor not shown - is it a monitor or card issue?
I have a Windows-7-64 PC with onboard graphics plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT card. The onboard (Intel HD graphics 4000) graphics has been driving one (1920x1200) monitor via its VGA output, while the ...
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Philips 202el only shows display if both vga and dvi are connected to my cpu
This is really weird since I never encountered such trouble like this. So my display is connected to video card which is an ATI HD Radeon 4650. My VGA ports and cable are okay as well as my DVI ports ...
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Can I use a small, different GPU alongside my main GPU to connect an additional display?
Problem: At the moment I am running with a display port monitor on a AMD R9 290 and I wish to connect another display port monitor to my computer. My mainboard does not feature a display port ...
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Is there a way to stop Windows 8.1 from trapping my mouse cursor when moving between screens? [duplicate]
I just upgraded to Windows 8.1, and immediately I notice that unless I deliberately wind up and "slam" my mouse cursor against the edges of my screens, it gets stuck on the last pixel before crossing. ...
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Windows 8.1 Multiple Monitors - Prevent Applications from changing Monitors
I have 3 monitors hooked up to my computer. OK, technically one is a TV while the other two are monitors. I previously had Windows Vista for a long time and hated it, so I recently switched to Windows ...
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Windows 8 - Prevent Transparent Windows when Hovering
Say you have several windows open. Maybe like 4 different Internet Explorer pages with several tabs in each IE window. You know how the icons are grouped on the taskbar, like one icon for similar ...
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Can I use two 20-inch samsung S20A300B monitors with my laptop?
I have two Samsung NV755 S20A300B monitors and a Gateway NV75S05h laptop which has an AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 video card. The laptop itself only has an HDMI port and a VGA port.
Is it possible to ...
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How do dual monitors work while gaming?
I'm thinking of getting a 2nd monitor and utilizing the extended desktop function. What I'd like to know:
How would this work if I wanted to play a game? Would I be able to have the game appear only ...
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How do I use dual monitors for one image?
I have a dual monitor set up.
But I can't figure out how to put one image across both of them.
Like if I want to watch a youtube video, it will only display on one screen instead of stretching across ...
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How do I get a Monitor to go straight to black on stage?
I'm working props for a theater in upstate new york. We have a rather unique problem with our current show. We have three computer monitors on stage, each of these is attached to a handful of ...
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ASUS Computer with Standard Graphics Card and Intel HD Graphics and problems with the second monitor
The problem I have is as follows:
I connected the graphics card to one monitor first with DVI and a second one through a DisplayPort to DVI adapter.
The computer has a Standard VGA adapter and an ...
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Windows 8 Monitor System going nuts
I have a MicroDP port on my laptop and I use a MicroDP to DVI computer to use my monitor. Up to today, it worked just fine. However, it refuses to work anymore.
The pictures attached are from BEFORE ...
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How to disable HDMI or VGA port?
Is it possible to disable a HDMI or VGA port in the registry? Or, how else can I disable one of the display ports?
Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on a Dell Latitude E6530. Dell BIOS version A15, i.e. the ...
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Can't get print screen to work on dual monitor set up?
I just got a new monitor so I'm using a dual monitor set up for extended desktop.
But I've noticed that when I try to print screen, it always captures the same monitor no matter what monitor I'm ...
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minimize some windows, but not all, via keyboard shortcut
My office is open to a room in my house that has a lot of traffic through it, and in a lot of cases, passerbys will try to look into my office and at what I am working on. Sometimes I will be working ...
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issue in HDMI TO VGA conversion
my laptop have only HDMI and is connected to VGA monitor using HDMI to VGA converter.
issue is native resolution of monitor(15.6 inch) 1366x768 is not displayed correctly.
around 25% of screen from ...
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Windows dual monitor sizing issue
I have a 3 display windows 8 system. Two are 24" monitors and one is a 27" monitor. The 27" monitor is in the middle and one of the 24" monitors is flipped portrait on the right. When I go to the ...
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Merge monitors for a specific application
So I have a triple-monitor setup and I know I can "merge them" (through the Nvidia control panel) as if they were one big 5760x1080 monitor instead of 3 separate 1920x1080 one. What bugs me about this ...
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Do HDMI splitters always work? Or is it a GPU compatibility?
I want to buy the geforce gtx 750 ti GPU. I have an hdtv and I'm buying an hd monitor.
But the gpu only has one hdmi port. I would just put my tv on dvi but it doesn't have a dvi port. Only hdmi and ...
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Adjust pixel format for an external display in OS X on iMac (early 2013)
I just replaced a custom build desktop with a new iMac (early 2013 model). One of my external monitors that I use needs a different pixel format than the one currently set as default in OS X.
On the ...
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Dual monitors -- Control from which edge the cursor appears at
Let me explain better. I have dual monitors. When I move my mouse toward the right edge on my primary monitor and then move it over the edge, the mouse appears on the left edge on the second monitor ...
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Surface Pro 2 DisplayPort 1.2 since recent update
I'm using the Surface Pro 2 and two Dell U2414H Displays connected via DaisyChain (Displayport to first monitor and then from the first monitor to the second monitor).
This worked a long time, but I ...
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Multiple screens plus HDTV, can't get all 3 working
Bought a new PC on the weekend and installed the ATI Radeon 4350 card from the old computer. Running 64-bit Windows 7. Came with Intel HD 4600.
So the old computer had 2 Dell monitors connected in ...
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laptop monitor for desktop computer
i do not have a monitor for my desktop, but I need to use it for my sewing software, this is not for dual monitors. I only want my laptop for a monitor to use my desktop items. I bought the dell ...
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Displayport 1.2 Daisychain Hub - which keywords to search? [closed]
While attempting to look for a device that allows me to drive multiple monitors from my single Displayport (1.2), I noticed that most search results were splitters that merely duplicate the input ...
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Screen burn in monitor when connected to an iMac, but not when connected to a PC
When I connect a DELL U2713HM ULTRASHARP 27" as a secondary display for my iMac (DisplayPort), after less than 20 minutes i get horrible burn in; but the same setup (same brightness even, through DVI) ...
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Nvidia 2D surround not showing up in control panel
I hooked up my old monitor today and now want to configure it so that I can use both of my monitors in games.
I've Googled the issue and found that one is supposed to configure Surround in the ...
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Loss of resolution support with HDMI to VGA converter
I purchased a new Lenovo S510P Touch earlier this year, after my Dell was stolen. When I got it, I realised that there was no VGA port, which made me facepalm at a regulated rate.
So, I got myself an ...
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Screensaver on only one monito in dual monitor setup
I have a dual monitor setup on Windows 7 with monitor 1 and monitor 2. I have a very specific need.
When monitor 2 is unused for 3 minutes I want monitor 2 to display a screensaver and I still want ...
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Windows 8.1 Restoring Lost Windows+Right/Left,etc. Hotkeys
Does anyone know how to restore the lost hotkeys that were removed in Windows 8.1. Starting in Windows 7, there were some really handy hotkeys like Win+Right to dock the currently active window to ...
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Setting up Dual-display with seperate Images
How can I set a Different background on each monitor when using dual-display?
Currently I have One background and it sets it as both Monitors backgrounds.
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How can I temporarily disable or mask a few selected monitors without shuffling the application's windows?
I have a few monitors connected to my laptop and I sometimes want to focus on just one or two monitor without being disturbed by the other monitors. Is there any way in Windows 7 to temporary disable ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 uknown external display low resolution
I have fresh-installed Ubuntu 14.04 over the weekend on my Dell E6520. The nouveau driver didn't allow me to use maximum resolution for my laptop display. Switching to the nvidia (proprietary, tested) ...
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Dual monitors with only one VGA port
I am trying to use multiple monitors. Both monitors have VGA connectors while my computer only has one VGA and one HDMI connection.
Is there anyway around this?
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All windows moving back to primary monitor after waking up from sleep
I have an external monitor connected to my laptop, and I put my laptop to sleep whenever I am not using it. But, upon resuming, all of the windows that were on the desktop on my secondary monitor ...
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2 monitors - different resolutions - cursor between monitors [duplicate]
Wasn't even sure how do I google this. I am using the laptop screen (1366x768) and an external screen (1920x1080). Is there some way/setting to change the screen height at which the cursor goes to the ...
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Force a window to open on the monitor it was launched from
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3 Monitors
DisplayFusion for the extra task bars on secondary / tertiary monitors
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On my my main monitor (Monitor 1) with the authentic Windows task bar, I have a visual studio ...
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How can I configure UltraMon so that UltraMon taskbars are in the same order than the Windows taskbar?
Windows 7 cannot natively display a taskbar to each of my monitors, so I use UltraMon's multi-taskbars feature. How can I configure UltraMon so that the applications in the UltraMon taskbars are in ...
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