If you are one of those who works with multiple windows and finds it tough to work on a single monitor, this post will help you configure multiple monitors for your computer.
In this post, we will integrate another monitor with your computer’s existing monitor.
A Multiple Monitor Setup
In order to configure your computer with another extended monitor, follow the steps mentioned below
1.) First things first, get another monitor and connect the input cable of the monitor to your VGA card output of your computer.
Insert your monitor input cable to the output of your VGA Card.
2.) Now, right click your mouse in an empty area on your desktop and select Properties.
After selecting Settings tab, you should see two monitor icons.
3.) Click on the tab which says “Settings”. Here you should see both the monitors as 1 and 2. If you dont see two monitor icon’s as listed in the image above.
Check the option for Extending your display to the second monitor.
4.) Select the monitor icon which says 2 i.e. the icon for the second monitor. Click on the checkbox which says “Extend my Windows desktop onto this computer”.
5.) Click on Apply and press OK. Now you are all set to work with your Two monitors.
Follow the above process to setup any number of monitors your computer supports.
If you select the checkbox which says “ Use this device as primary” , your new monitor will be the primary monitor. This is useful if you work on a laptop but would always prefer working on a larger screen.
The only issue with default Multi Monitor setup is that Windows will not extend the TaskBar to the other monitors and all windows will be shown on the single windows taskbar on a primary monitor. In order to get rid of this problem, i would suggest you download and install MultiMon Taskbar.
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