2 Monitors?

Question

When you have 2 monitors operating from 1 computer, what software (if any) is required to operate them separately?

Answer 1

Here is a link to show you how to do it and what you need
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/twomonitors.mspx

Answer 2

There's no software required running 2 monitors, your hardware should be the one that supports that. If your graphics card has 2 video output, then you can use to 2 monitors in your computer. Your graphics card driver will have an option for 2 monitors when you check it under display settings on your pc.

Answer 3

Separately? I don't know what you mean by this. When you have 2 Monitors hooked up to ONE computer you only run it 2 ways.
1. Have the Desktop span both windows. This gives you more working space and your mouse moves in between the two Monitors.
2. Have a duplicate the same thing on both monitors. This means you see the same thing on either monitor.
I don't know of a program that allows you to run two Completely different desktops from the same computer on two different mointors. I would like that.

Answer 4

Assuming your video card supports dual monitors, you simply need to "extend" your desktop to the other monitor.

1) Right-click on the desktop and click Properties.

2) In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

3) Click the Display list and select your external monitor. If you do not see multiple monitors listed, your computer hardware may not support Dualview. Contact your computer manufacturer for more information.

4) Select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box.

5) Click Identify. Windows XP displays large numbers to identify your monitors. Drag and drop the monitor icons to match the physical arrangement of your monitors.

6) Click OK.

With Dualview enabled, you can drag windows between monitors as if the two monitors are connected. When you maximize a window, it will expand to fill the current monitor.

Answer 5

How exactly do you mean separately? Do you mean that you want separate applications on each display (i.e. a web browser on one and email on the other)? Do you mean that you want to allow two separate users, one for each monitor? If you mean the latter case, the OS isn't designed for that. To do it, you'd need to really look at some customization of the system and at that point, it would probably be easier to work with two networked systems instead.

As for software to drive the two displays, you need to look at the video driver and possibly the vendors utilities (if you want to apply changes independent of each display, like a different background for each monitor or a different resolution for each monitor).

Answer 6

Get an A/B switch or a KVM, depends on what you are trying to do.