Hi, I'm looking into this issue as well. XP can handle up to 10 monitors,
concurrent. I guess the question is if we can connect an adapter [1 VGA Y
male to 2 VGA female] and get the operating system to detect it. It makes
sense that the current need would be greater, but to what extent... I do not
know?
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Thanks,
D-man


"cadman5150" wrote:

> I was once told that Windows XP supports the use of two monitors without having to install a second video card.
> Does anyone know if this is true?
> If it is...how is this done?
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> cadman5150

"D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Hi, I'm looking into this issue as well. XP can handle up to 10 monitors,
> concurrent. I guess the question is if we can connect an adapter [1 VGA Y
> male to 2 VGA female] and get the operating system to detect it. It makes
> sense that the current need would be greater, but to what extent... I do
> not
> know?

> "cadman5150" wrote:
>
>> I was once told that Windows XP supports the use of two monitors without
>> having to install a second video card.
>> Does anyone know if this is true?
>> If it is...how is this done?


You need to have a video card that handles multiple monitors. The card will
come with multiple connections. And you can also add additional cards.

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I see, so either you are given the dual monitor adapter as a sign that your
card has this capabilty or you are not. thanks, Rock!
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Thanks,
D-man


"Rock" wrote:

> "D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > Hi, I'm looking into this issue as well. XP can handle up to 10 monitors,
> > concurrent. I guess the question is if we can connect an adapter [1 VGA Y
> > male to 2 VGA female] and get the operating system to detect it. It makes
> > sense that the current need would be greater, but to what extent... I do
> > not
> > know?
>
> > "cadman5150" wrote:
> >
> >> I was once told that Windows XP supports the use of two monitors without
> >> having to install a second video card.
> >> Does anyone know if this is true?
> >> If it is...how is this done?
>
>
> You need to have a video card that handles multiple monitors. The card will
> come with multiple connections. And you can also add additional cards.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

That makes sense. Thanks, Rock!
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Thanks,
D-man


"Rock" wrote:

> "D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> > Hi, I'm looking into this issue as well. XP can handle up to 10 monitors,
> > concurrent. I guess the question is if we can connect an adapter [1 VGA Y
> > male to 2 VGA female] and get the operating system to detect it. It makes
> > sense that the current need would be greater, but to what extent... I do
> > not
> > know?
>
> > "cadman5150" wrote:
> >
> >> I was once told that Windows XP supports the use of two monitors without
> >> having to install a second video card.
> >> Does anyone know if this is true?
> >> If it is...how is this done?
>
>
> You need to have a video card that handles multiple monitors. The card will
> come with multiple connections. And you can also add additional cards.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

You can use two video cards. They can be different brands and/or have
different memory sizes. Or, use one video card with two video ports.
"Y" adapters won't work.

"D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> That makes sense. Thanks, Rock!

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "D-man" <Dman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> > Hi, I'm looking into this issue as well. XP can handle up to 10
>> > monitors,
>> > concurrent. I guess the question is if we can connect an adapter [1 VGA
>> > Y
>> > male to 2 VGA female] and get the operating system to detect it. It
>> > makes
>> > sense that the current need would be greater, but to what extent... I
>> > do
>> > not
>> > know?
>>
>> > "cadman5150" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I was once told that Windows XP supports the use of two monitors
>> >> without
>> >> having to install a second video card.
>> >> Does anyone know if this is true?
>> >> If it is...how is this done?

>> You need to have a video card that handles multiple monitors. The card
>> will
>> come with multiple connections. And you can also add additional cards.

You're welcome.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Thanks, Phisherman!
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Thanks,
D-man


"Phisherman" wrote:

> You can use two video cards. They can be different brands and/or have
> different memory sizes. Or, use one video card with two video ports.
> "Y" adapters won't work.
>