Advanced Controls
3 - 16 Display Devices
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To Enable Extended Desktop (Display Properties)
1.
Plug the monitor into the appropriate port.
2.
Click
Start
, point to
Settings
(or just click
Control Panel
) and click
Control
Panel
(if you are in
Category View
choose
Appearance and Themes
).
3.
Double-click
Display
(icon).
4.
In the
Display Properties
dialog box, click
Settings
(tab).
5.
Click the monitor icon (e.g. ), and make sure you have checked “
Extend
my Windows desktop onto this monitor
.” and click
Apply
.
Use the control panel to drag the monitors to match the physical arrangement
you wish to use. In the example shown in
Figure 3 - 10
the primary monitor
is on the left; the secondary display is on the right. You can drag any icons
or windows across to either display desktop, which makes it possible to have
one program visible in one of the displays, and a different program visible in
the other display.
Figure 3 - 10
Display Properties
(Extended Desktop
Mode)
Extended Desktop
Mode
If Intel Dual Display
Clone mode is current-
ly enabled, you must
use the
Intel(R)
82852/82855 Graph-
ics Controller Prop-
erties
to switch the
display.
2
Click the appropriate
monitor icon to be able to
select the option to extend
the desktop on to it.
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