Dual Monitor Problem: Primary Monitor Switched?

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1.swapping primary and secondary dual monitors

I have a Chaintech video card with VGA / DVI connectors on my Dell PC
with Windows XP. I set up dual monitors with one monitor connected to
the VGA connector and the other monitor connected to the DVI
connector. The VGA monitor came up as the primary and the DVI monitor
as the secondary. Is it possible to swap the primary and secondary so
that DVI is on the primary? Thanks.

2.KVM switching between dual monitor systems?

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:02:53 -0600
Mark Bray < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I'm in the process of purchasing a set of computers for a research
> lab, and I have a question.
> 
> We are planning to accquire three computers from Dell, all with
> dual-monitor capability. We would like a KVM switch that will allow us
> to use a single dual-monitor setup between all three systems.  I have
> seen switches for single monitor systems, but I'm not sure I've seen
> any for dual-monitor systems (thoughI'm sure they exist). What sort of
> considerations would I need to take into account? VGA/DVI
> compatabilty? Others? Recommendations?
> 
> But wait, there's more...
> 
> The head of the lab would also like the ability to switch to using a
> single monitor for each machine as well (I'm not sure why but that's
> what he wants. Redundancy, perhaps?). So what wants is the following,
> for three monitors and three computers:
> (1) Monitors 1+2 (dual system) to switch between CPUs 1, 2, and 3
> (monitor 3 not in use)
> (2) Monitor 1 to CPU 1, monitor 2 to CPU 2, monitor 3 to CPU 3.
> 
> What is the simpliest way that this setup could work?

Simplest way is to just use 2 KVM switches, put the first video output
from each machine, the keyboard, and the mouse on one, and just the
second video output on the other.  Then if you want both monitors on the
same machine pick the same machine on both, if you want one monitor on
one machine and the other on another, then select them that way.


> TIA,
> 	-Mark


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3.dual monitor problem

I used to have an option in my display settings for a dual monitor
but it disappeared. How con I get it back

4.Dual Monitor Problem w/ Games and Videos

Right now I'm really not sure what the problem is, but I'm running a 
monitor DualView setup with nVidia FX 5950. For the most par
everything works ok - I can watch a movie, play game, or anythin
else on either monitor but I can't do one on each.

Anytime I run a full screen app like a game on my primary monitor, th
video on monitor 2 (which is actually a TV) goes out. I can still se
the media player and I still have sound for the video, but the actua
video itself goes black. If I add a tag to the shortcut for the gam
it will run in windowed mode, and then the game and the video bot
run simultaneously just like I want. Unfortunately the mouse is n
longer locked to the game screen... and that makes it so hard t
control the game it's unplayable. So, I was hoping anyone knew a wa
to fix either scenario

a.) A way to keep the game full screen and still have video on my 2n
monitor

b.) A program or whatever that could lock the mouse to the game windo
when I run it in windowed mode

Any help would be much appreciated

5.switching to new monitor - what to do on control panel

I have 2 computers at home, a pc and a mac.  The PC has an older AT&T
"low radiation" monitor with about 17" of viewing area.  The other is
a Nokia 447x Pro with about 15.5" viewing area.  The nokia was on the
mac, the AT&T on the PC, both work ok.  Both video cards work.

I wanted to switch them, just because I wanted the bigger one on the
mac even though the nokia is a little sharper.

Putting the AT&T on the mac was straight forward, just had to find a
refresh rate and tweak the shape icons on the montitor itself.

The PC (windows 98) won't come up in non safe mode.  It will hang at
the windows splash screen in perfect color/clarity but will not boot.

Going into safe mode, I'm not sure what I need to do.  Do I need to
find out if my adapter is compatible?  Not sure what I need to do in
control panel, I switched the driver to Nokia 447x pro and it didn't
even require the disk.

Any suggestions, or links appreciated.  This is hard to descibe in a
search engine to get useful information (I do try searching before
posting).

Thanks,
Steve

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