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From: David Ball <>
Subject: [TMG] Dual Monitors - Running two TMG projects at the same time
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:36:57 -0700


Managed to send this to Stuart rather than the List....sorry Stuart.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ball [mailto:]
> Sent: September 2, 2006 1:14 PM
> To: 'Stuart Armstrong'
> Subject: RE: [TMG] Dual Monitors - Running two TMG projects at the same
> time
>
> My two monitors are different sizes and resolutions, so I use the larger
> one for TMG and the other for internet, Excel, Word, PDF, etc. having data
> I want to enter into TMG. To make Stuart's instructions a little more
> clear for people less familiar with technical items, I have Windows XP and
> to do what Stuart says I click on "Start" at the bottom left corner of the
> screen, click on "control panel", then double click on "display", and
> click on the "settings" tab. Now you can see the monitor 1 and monitor 2
> boxes. Below the screen resolution box are two check boxes: one for
> selecting the primary monitor and the other for extending the desktop.
> You may need to click on the monitor box (1 or 2) to bring out these two
> choices. By selecting the "extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor"
> you are making one large screen out of the two monitors. Otherwise you
> have two monitors showing the same thing (great for classrooms, but not
> very helpful to a single person <g>). You need to follow your choice by
> clicking on "apply" at the bottom right of the display properties settings
> screen. If your monitors are different sizes or resolutions, just click
> on the monitor symbol (1 or 2) and set the screen resolution.
>
> Last bit of detail....if you are (as I am) using a laptop and another
> monitor and you disconnect your monitor and take your laptop for a trip
> out of the house, when you get back and reconnect the second monitor,
> Windows in its infinite wisdom may or may not remember all of your
> settings. Sometimes I have to go through all of the above steps again and
> other times everything is fine. Just so you are aware of that quirk.
>
> Dave Ball
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stuart Armstrong [mailto:]
> > Sent: September 2, 2006 12:38 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [TMG] Dual Monitors - Running two TMG projects at the same
> > time
> >
> > GARY,
> >
> > Saturday, September 2, 2006, 10:26:43 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > > I have dual monitors but this option does not
> > > allow me to move different parts of the screen to the other monitor.
> >
> > If you mean that you cannot do this with any program ...
> > You must have a video card that supports "extended desktop" on two
> > monitors. A generic video card does not necessarily have this
> > functionality, although I suspect it is more and more standard on
> > recent machines.
> >
> > You must also select the property in the display properties in
> > windows. For example, on my system the display properties setting
> > screen (right-click on the desktop) represents two display screens,
> > each of which has its own properties such as resolution, color
> > quality, etc. Then there is a checkbox to "Extend my Windows desktop
> > onto this monitor"
> >


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