dual monitor setup

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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'll just give it a try. I've got two monitors connected to my videocard, one vga and one dvi, through an adaptor. Now, most people here want the second monitor to be an extention (not sure if that's spelled right) of the other, but I just want to see the same on both monitors. I tried messing around in the preferences (win XP) but can't get it right. Any suggestions?
 
Oh! You are talking about Video Monitors.
Wow, I was confused there for a bit.
There are several options, and it all depends on what type of video card you have.

I believe most of the high end NVIDIA cards allow you to display the same thing on two monitors. If not there is such a thing as a Y-cable for video Monitors.

P.S. - Most people here would probably think of audio monitors if you only say monitors. Granted you had VGA & DVI but, I had to read the post twice before I realized you were talking about Video Monitors.
 
I have an ATI Radeon 9700 all I have to do is put it in clone mode. Read the help file or manual it should tell ya how to do it.


Right-click desktop/properties/Advanced. Check there.

L8er,
livilaNic
 
CLONE

at least on the ATI stuff you simply make the 2nd monitor a CLONE of the PRIMARY..................Voila!
 
sonis_youth said:
how exactly do I do that?
Click to expand...

If you have an ATI you can Right-click desktop/properties/Settings/Advanced/Displays.

Then on the bottom right there is a button that says HELP.

Hit it and read on how to clone. Hope this helps.


L8er,
livilaNic
 
What drivers/program do you have for your video card? In fact, what Video Card are you using?
 
Can you run two differant programs on the same PC and send it to two differant monitors?

Example: Powerpoint - monitor "A" and MS word to monitor "B". I was told that you can not do that.
 
yes, I can do that, but that's what I don't want, I just want to see the exact same thing on both monitors. So the start menu etc. on both screens and if I start the control panel for my soundcard i want it to appear on both monitors.
 
That's generally the point of dual-monitor setups :)
If it's setup properly, Windows will see the two displays as one virtual display so you can drag windows from one physcial screen to the other. If you do Unix, you will only have one display ID to work with (i.e. :0.0). Another way to do it is to keep them seperate and have two display IDs (i.e :0.0, :0.1) and you can't move a screen from one physical display to another. What you can do is specify in the code you write which display to open a particular screen. I'm working on a Software system that will have FIVE displays, but they are all have unique Display IDs so you can't drag windows between displays. I would guess that most folks here would want ONE virtual screen. The other way is more designed for custom software systems written expressely for the unique monitor configuration.

deepwater said:
Can you run two differant programs on the same PC and send it to two differant monitors?

Example: Powerpoint - monitor "A" and MS word to monitor "B". I was told that you can not do that.
Click to expand...
 
To arrange displays in a multiple display environment

1.Right-Click Desktop. Properties
2 Click the Advanced button.
3 Click on the Displays tab.
Your display device must be enabled before you can change its display mode.
4 Click the display mode buttons according to the desired arrangement for your displays.
A button state change indicates when the Primary or Clone mode is selected for a particular display, but no action is taken until you apply your changes. Each display has two options:

Click the Primary button
to set the associated display as primary. In an extended desktop environment, this will be associated with display icon 1 on the Settings tab.
Click the Clone button
to set the associated display to show a copy of the primary display desktop image, OR, in an extended desktop environment, to show the portion of the desktop that is extended (see Note below). Clicking the Clone button on the primary display will automatically switch the primary assignment to another available display, thus toggling the display assignments.

5 Click either OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.

Notes

At least one of your displays must be enabled.
At least one of your displays must be set as the primary display.
To switch from an extended desktop to clone mode, you must first disable the extended desktop via the Settings tab. Then you can repeat the above procedure to enable clone mode.
Video Overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your computer. However, there is only one video overlay in hardware. For display arrangements consisting of a primary and a clone, the video overlay is only available on the primary display. (For extended desktop arrangements, the video overlay will be visible across all displays.)

For systems with flat panel and TV support, you cannot set both the flat panel display and TV to the same display mode.



Desktop Help for Windows XP, © ATI Technologies Inc., Version H6.01
 
youmay need to uncheck the windows extended desktop. Other than that others here have told you what I would:) I am not aware of a dual monitor card that will not allow you to do either /or.
 
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