1 flat panel monitor and 1 laptop?

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:27 pm

Can you set up a laptop to view it's screen and a flat panel monitor w/ different sites at the same time?

A friend works w/ stocks and needs to see a bunch of internet stock charts at the same time.

I set him up with M$ Virtul Desktop and IE7 using tabs at this point.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:47 pm

Depends on the laptops graphics card. Most nVidia cards eg. can exactly do that.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:08 pm

When he goes into Display settings 2 \"monitors\" show up there.

How do you set up to view both?

I'll Google also.

Thanks.

VonVulcan · Post by **VonVulcan** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:35 pm

There is probably a video out on the laptop somewhere, you plug your monitor into it and setup dualview in video settings.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:01 pm

Thanks, I'll pull out a monitor and my laptop and \"see how she do\".

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:29 am

Also, you can switch modes on it just like you can on your laptop. Function key, and whatever key is defined for that on the laptop (usually f10)

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:29 am

In the settings tab, right click the second monitor, and make certain \"attached\" is checked. Then check \"Extend my desktop onto this monitor\" and click OK.
That should do it.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:32 am

Most of the laptops I deal with is FUNCTION+F4 or F5 to switch between laptop, laptop and monitor or just monitor.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:50 am

Cool, thanks.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:44 pm

It works basically the same as a dual-monitor setup on a desktop. The laptop screen is generally seen by the video setup as the primary monitor.

In my case, I plug my work laptop into a docking station, which has two video-outs, plugged into two separate monitors.