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PostPosted: 2007-03-18 13:59:15
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Hello

I have just bought a laptop for the 1st time (Toshiba Satellite), running
Vista. I want to attach an external monitor (19 samsung flat panel).

The monitor has its own setup / installation disc. I know where to plug it
in, but when I install it will its driver overwrite the laptops own LCD
screen driver, or are there 2 monitor drivers?. Do I have to switch between
them whenever I attach or detach the samsung ?

Help please (confused)

Thanks for all advice

KK


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PostPosted: 2007-03-18 17:58:33
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> I have just bought a laptop for the 1st time (Toshiba Satellite), running
> Vista. I want to attach an external monitor (19 samsung flat panel).
>
> The monitor has its own setup / installation disc. I know where to plug it
> in, but when I install it will its driver overwrite the laptops own LCD
> screen driver, or are there 2 monitor drivers?. Do I have to switch between
> them whenever I attach or detach the samsung ?
>

Dont know - but you could plug the 19 monitor into the laptop and
switch it on to see what it does .

But before you do that .....

- do a right click on the desktop

- personalize

- display settings

You should see the default settings with box no.2 being greyed out .


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PostPosted: 2007-03-18 19:03:59
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Krustov wrote:
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>> I have just bought a laptop for the 1st time (Toshiba Satellite),
>> running Vista. I want to attach an external monitor (19 samsung
>> flat panel).
>>
>> The monitor has its own setup / installation disc. I know where to
>> plug it in, but when I install it will its driver overwrite the
>> laptops own LCD screen driver, or are there 2 monitor drivers?. Do
>> I have to switch between them whenever I attach or detach the
>> samsung ?
>>
>
> Dont know - but you could plug the 19 monitor into the laptop and
> switch it on to see what it does .
>
> But before you do that .....
>
> - do a right click on the desktop
>
> - personalize
>
> - display settings
>
> You should see the default settings with box no.2 being greyed out .

Fn-F9 should cycly through Laptop sreeen-External screen-both, as you hit
the F9 key.


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PostPosted: 2007-03-18 19:45:59
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> Fn-F9 should cycly through Laptop sreeen-External screen-both, as you hit
> the F9 key.
>

For curiosity value i plugged a old 17 crt monitor into my vista laptop
and fired it up .

The singal was displayed on both and a dialog box appeared asking what
one i wanted to use as the default display .

I kept the laptop as the default and changed the screen resolution on
the old 17 crt monitor without it affecting the laptop display .

As for what your supposed to do with the extended monitor display option
i dont know as after i ticked the box to select it - it just displayed
the standard windows background colour .

Dont have time to tinker around with it - but if memory serves you can
drag and drop stuff to the 2nd monitor display or summit .


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PostPosted: 2007-03-20 05:30:40
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On Mar 18, 1:59 pm, KK wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have just bought a laptop for the 1st time (Toshiba Satellite), running
> Vista. I want to attach an external monitor (19 samsung flat panel).
>
> The monitor has its own setup / installation disc. I know where to plug it
> in, but when I install it will its driver overwrite the laptops own LCD
> screen driver, or are there 2 monitor drivers?. Do I have to switch between
> them whenever I attach or detach the samsung ?
>
> Help please (confused)
I cant answer your questions, but I have found using an external
monitor with a laptop to be problematic. As I recall, installing the
monitor for the driver didnt override the driver for the laptop
screen.

I wanted to use the monitor instead of the laptop screen when I was
using the laptop on my desk. Unfortunately Windows seemed to think I
could only want to use the external monitor to extend the desktop. so
as you moved the cursor to one side of the laptop screen it would
disappear and reappear on the monitor. What I wanted it to do was
duplicate the laptop screen on the external monitor. In the end, I got
a relatively cheap bit of software called, if I recollect correctly,
Ultramon. Jiggling around with the settings on this allowed me to
duplicate on the external monitor what was on the laptop screen.

Unfortunately the native resolution of the monitor was higher than
that of the laptop screen, and this opened up a new slew of problems.
If I kept the resolution at that of the laptop screen, the monitor
image looked blurry, and evidently I wasnt getting the best out of
it. If I set the computer display settings to a higher resolution, I
got a nice sharp image on the external monitor, but then I didnt get
a complete image on the laptop screen. So I had to keep altering the
resolution depending on whether I was using the computer as a laptop
or as a desktop (i.e. plugged in to the external monitor). In the end
I gave up. Windows just isnt designed to be used that way (I dont
know if Vista is any better.)

Amusingly, I saw one of the IT supplements a few months ago advising
someone to get a laptop and use it with an external monitor and in
that way to get the best of both worlds. I came to the conclusion
youre making a rod for your own back if you go down that route.

But maybe someone can tell us how it should be done.

Allan


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