Multiple Monintor

[LooeyUK]

Just connected my lcd television to my laptop.

It shows my desktop picture but thats it. no icons. no start bar?

but, i can drag mouse off my default screen and then it goes onto the other screen. which is okay i suppose.

but does anyone know how to mirror it all? so what ever is on my laptop screen shows on my tv?

[SMHarman]

What monitor software do you have on your PC. How are monitors set up in Control Panel.
You have a set up with dual head monitor capabilities, you need to switch this off in the options and select mirror or something similar.

[jellybaby]

U could use this

[LooeyUK]

Running the standed windows software (xp). cant find no settings about mirrored etc...

[mrm1]

On my lap top in display properties settings there is a check box saying "extend destop to second monitor" or similar(working from memory), just remove the tick and both screens should be identical.

[jellybaby]

XP doesn't actually have any software included to mirror or 'clone' desktops on multiple monitors

[SMHarman]

Control Panel
Display
Display Properties > Settings,
Click on the monitor two
bottom of box untick extend my windows desktop onto this monitor.

What happens?

[LooeyUK]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

Control Panel
Display
Display Properties > Settings,
Click on the monitor two
bottom of box untick extend my windows desktop onto this monitor.

What happens?

it disables the 2nd monitor

Originally Posted by LooeyUK

Just connected my lcd television to my laptop.

It shows my desktop picture but thats it. no icons. no start bar?

but, i can drag mouse off my default screen and then it goes onto the other screen. which is okay i suppose.

but does anyone know how to mirror it all? so what ever is on my laptop screen shows on my tv?

so how did you connect - what plugs & cables did you use?

what video (graphics) card do you have installed in the laptop?

I guess the default installation is to display the 'overlay' on the tv, and the merge with the gui on the monitor ?

[jellybaby]

U will have to use a 3rd party application in order to mirror your display. As i posted above, the best app for this would be Ultramon

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by jellybaby

XP doesn't actually have any software included to mirror or 'clone' desktops on multiple monitors

However, in my experience, most laptops can regardless of OS installed.. On my Viao, you hit (I think) "Fn" + "F6".

[Richard M]

All decent NVidia & ATI drivers let you mirror the desktop but you must go into the driver control panel and look for the "displays" part.

[Matthew]

On my laptop and laptops I have used its usually FN and either F6 o F8 if I rememeber correctly and it shows it.

[OinkyBoinky]

Not sure about the FN+F8 or F6, as i havn't used a laptop in a while.. but i would highly recomend that ultramon sofwtare.. thats wot i use to configue my monitors when i use dual monitors.. last time i checked the software has support for summink stupid like 6 monitors??

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by leggom

On my laptop and laptops I have used its usually FN and either F6 o F8 if I rememeber correctly and it shows it.

When we do that with the laptop at work it switches display output to the second device and stops output to the laptop screen. Mirroring the output is different but somehow I think that switching outputs is actually what the original poster wants unless they actually want the laptop screen to still be active while they view everything on the television in which case jellybaby is right.
So the question now is, does the original poster want to use the television as the output device on it's own and have a blank laptop screen while doing it or do they want to use the laptop as normal but be able to see everything on the television at the same time?