Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
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Solution
Windows 98/2000 – For advanced users – To use a program that doesn’t support multi-
display systems, you can disable all displays other than your primary display:
1
Make sure the
DualHead disabled
option button is selected on the
DualHead
property
sheet. To access this property sheet,
see “Accessing PowerDesk property sheets”, page 6
.
2
Windows 2000 – Restart your computer in safe mode (
see “Restarting in safe mode”,
page 10
).
3
Right-click the
My Computer
icon on the Windows desktop background, then:
#
Windows 98 – click
Properties
"
Device Manager
.
#
Windows 2000 – click
Properties
"
Hardware
"
Device Manager
.
4
Click the plus sign to the left of the
Display adapters
.
5
For each display adapter, except for the one controlling your primary display:
Windows 98 – Double-click the name of a display
adapter to open a properties dialog box. Enable the
Disable in this hardware profile
check box, then
click
OK
.
Windows 2000 – Right-click the name of a display adapter, then click
Disable
"
Yes
.
6
Windows 98 – Click
Close
"
Yes
.
7
Restart your computer for changes to take effect.
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Note:
Your primary display can’t be disabled.
Note:
To restore display adapters, repeat steps
3
–
7
, but do the following in step
5
:
!
Windows 98 – clear the
Disable in this hardware profile
check box.
!
Windows 2000 – click
Enable
.
