When I connect my laptop to my new Sylvania Plasma monitor as the
secondary monitor, only my desktop image shows up. The only exception
is that when I played a DVD in the DVD player of my laptop, the image
was fine. But otherwise, the secondary monitor shows the desktop image
only.
Both monitors show up when I look at Display Properties/Settings and
in the Display box, I have selected 1. (Multiple Monitors) on NVIDIA
GeForce 4 420 Go 32M.
How can I get my secondary monitor working correctly?

You need to have the nVidia software loaded. You can then choose how you
want to utilize the 2nd monitor in the nVidia control panel - I use the
DualView option and enable multiple desktops

www.FreeComputerConsultant.com

ralft@hal-pc.org wrote:
> When I connect my laptop to my new Sylvania Plasma monitor as the
> secondary monitor, only my desktop image shows up. The only exception
> is that when I played a DVD in the DVD player of my laptop, the image
> was fine. But otherwise, the secondary monitor shows the desktop image
> only.
> Both monitors show up when I look at Display Properties/Settings and
> in the Display box, I have selected 1. (Multiple Monitors) on NVIDIA
> GeForce 4 420 Go 32M.
> How can I get my secondary monitor working correctly?
>

On Feb 28, 10:22 pm, "FreeComputerConsultant.com" <n...@none.com>
wrote:
> You need to have the nVidia software loaded. You can then choose how you
> want to utilize the 2nd monitor in the nVidia control panel - I use the
> DualView option and enable multiple desktops
>
> www.FreeComputerConsultant.com
>
> r...@hal-pc.org wrote:
> > When I connect my laptop to my new Sylvania Plasma monitor as the
> > secondary monitor, only my desktop image shows up. The only exception
> > is that when I played a DVD in the DVD player of my laptop, the image
> > was fine. But otherwise, the secondary monitor shows the desktop image
> > only.
> > Both monitors show up when I look at Display Properties/Settings and
> > in the Display box, I have selected 1. (Multiple Monitors) on NVIDIA
> > GeForce 4 420 Go 32M.
> > How can I get my secondary monitor working correctly?

Thanks for the helpful tip. I did succeed in getting the NVIDIA
control panel although it does not include the Display, Games, Video &
Television sections. All it offers is Performance and System Stability
sections. So, how and/or where should I get the control panel which
provides the DualView option??

I solved my own problem using a tip provided by a helpful Best Buy
"Geek Squad" member. All I needed to do was to press the Fn and F4
keys simultaneously.
On Mar 2, 5:55 pm, "r...@hal-pc.org" <r...@hal-pc.org> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 10:22 pm, "FreeComputerConsultant.com" <n...@none.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > You need to have the nVidia software loaded. You can then choose how you
> > want to utilize the 2nd monitor in the nVidia control panel - I use the
> > DualView option and enable multiple desktops
>
> >www.FreeComputerConsultant.com
>
> > r...@hal-pc.org wrote:
> > > When I connect my laptop to my new Sylvania Plasma monitor as the
> > > secondary monitor, only my desktop image shows up. The only exception
> > > is that when I played a DVD in the DVD player of my laptop, the image
> > > was fine. But otherwise, the secondary monitor shows the desktop image
> > > only.
> > > Both monitors show up when I look at Display Properties/Settings and
> > > in the Display box, I have selected 1. (Multiple Monitors) on NVIDIA
> > > GeForce 4 420 Go 32M.
> > > How can I get my secondary monitor working correctly?
>
> Thanks for the helpful tip. I did succeed in getting the NVIDIA
> control panel although it does not include the Display, Games, Video &
> Television sections. All it offers is Performance and System Stability
> sections. So, how and/or where should I get the control panel which
> provides the DualView option??