You can activate two output devices at the same time:
- VGA monitor + television screen,
- VGA monitor + digital flat panel,
- VGA monitor + VGA monitor,
- Digital flat panel + television screen.
(Depending on the version of your graphics board.)

 

To switch to dual display mode:

Dual display is configured in clone mode by default: the two screens' displays will be identical. If you wish, you can switch to extended mode and have a different display on each screen, thus optimizing your workspace (e.g.: word processing on screen 1 and email on screen 2).

 

To configure dual display in extended mode:

Under Windows 98 / Millennium:

Under Windows 2000 / XP:

Dual display is now configured in extended mode: for the moment, the second screen only displays your background.

 

To use the second screen:

In the example above, screen 2 is positioned to the right of screen 1. Using your mouse, move the pointer to the right edge of screen 1 to move across to screen 2.

You can redefine the virtual position of the two screens via the Settings tab of the Display Properties window by holding down the left mouse button on one of them and repositioning it as you see fit.

To launch applications on the second screen, you may either:

 

To disable extended mode: