DUAL MONITOR SETUP

DUAL MONITOR SETUP

Today’s monitors usually go along with some combination of VGA, DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort ports. In alternative words, you’ll have a few choices for a way to attach the monitor to your computer. whereas its common for VGA and DVI cables to return enclosed with the show, you will need to purchase your HDMI or DisplayPort cable severallyif you go that route.

STEP 1

The first part is easy. Simply connect your second monitor to a power outlet and an available port on your PC

STEP 2

Next you need  to tell Windows how to manage the two monitors. 

If Windows only appears on one monitor, or if the two of them aren’t working the way they should, right-click the desktop and select either Screen resolution (Windows 7 and Windows 8) or Display settings(Windows 10).

In the resulting dialog box you can specify the displays’ arrangement. The Multiple Displays pull-down menu allows you to control how the two screens work together. Choosing Extend these displays will prompt Windows to treat your displays as one contiguous screen. 

Once you’ve selected that setting, you can tell Windows which monitor is on the left or right by dragging the graphics at the top of the dialog box. Get this wrong, and scrolling the mouse will be very confusing.

The Make this my main display option controls which monitor gets the taskbar and Start button. If you don’t see that option, the currently selected monitor is already the main one.

You can also control many of these settings by right-clicking the desktop and selecting your graphics control panel