How to have two displays display different things from same PC?

[MillburyAuditorium]

Hello everyone,

A little off topic, sorry.

Well, I am looking to have two computer screens, the one on my laptop, and an LCD plugged into the laptop. Is there anyway I could, without a dual screen graphics cards, display a video on the external monitor, whilst doing something else, like using an audio program on the laptop screen, but not having it shown on the external?

I own a little DJ business and I would like to show a video logo or like, the visualizer on most audio programs on a screen on the table/hanging and have it running off of the PC I use to run the audio from, but have the external screen showing, what I am doing?

Or am I going to have to live with making it in advance and getting a DVD player?

Thank you!

[cprted]

If you go into your display options, you should be able to de-select 'mirror displays' or whatever the PC term is.

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It depends on your video card. If you have built in intel graphics, odds are you can't do dual display. Some cards will let you, but not all. If you are not given the option, odds are you can not do it. You are looking for "extend my desktop onto this display".

[MillburyAuditorium]

Well, I know that I can have two displays running at the same time, was watching some movies on my TV with it once, but like, Monitor 2 would not display things like the tool bar etc, which is good for what I want.

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Originally Posted by MillburyAuditorium

Well, I know that I can have two displays running at the same time, was watching some movies on my TV with it once, but like, Monitor 2 would not display things like the tool bar etc, which is good for what I want.

Then you have your answer. Click and drag the window to the other screen and your done.

[MillburyAuditorium]

oh 0.0 I didn't realize I could do it like that xD Thank you.

[NickVon]

little more indepth info

Mirror/Clone treats your monitors as the same thing and is literaly just double in image to another video out source.

Extend Desktop (windows term/ and ATI/ INTEL)
Dual View (Nvidia)

The above, actually processes the displays as seperate entites, allowing "usually" differenent resolutions/ backgrounds/ (changing of opengl directX settings) per display, etc.

once you have set up displays as extended/dualview, other programs that use such functionality will give you options for their use.

Powerpoint: Presenter veiw will be active as a option
Screenmonkey: Will allow you to use its functionalilty on the secondary monitor.
Windows: Can be set up to automaticaly open programs on specific monitors if both monitors are for "personal viewing" and not "showing to audience"

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