Using wide and regular format monitors

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Hello All



My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No Windows 7 yet

for us)



It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the computer to a

traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display on the laptop 1280 x 800 is

squished and off the screen on the traditional montior. When I open display

properties, it shows both montiors as Monitor 1.



I'd like to have the traditional monitor work property without having to

resize the display resolution every time I connect to it. (I do NOT want to

use one monitor as an extension of my desktop). Is there a way to have two

different reoltuiosn - one to accommodate the laptop display and the other

my traditional 20-inch display? If I try to activate monitor 2 in the

display settings or even drag, it wants to extend my desktop. What, if

anything, am I missing here?



Thanks for any help.



Anthony Giorgianni
 
"Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in

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> Hello All

>

> My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No

> Windows 7 yet

> for us)

>

> It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the

> computer to a traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display

> on the laptop 1280 x 800 is squished and off the screen on



Go to the control panel or right-click on the desktop and go to

graphics properties. There will be a bunch of options depending

on your chip. Set it up the way you want for the laptop screen

and save it as a "scheme" (or whatever your software calls it).

Then connect the big monitor, set it up for THAT, and save it as

another "scheme". Then they will be easily accessible by right-

clicking the desktop and choosing the one you want.



Remember about refresh rates etc!





--

The arrows are faster than rodents!

- t.
 
Thanks for advice. Unfortunately, the highest selection I can get is the

laptop max at 1280 x 800. There's a tab for the monitor when it's connected,

but no option to change the resolution (which is 1280x1024) . The resolution

option only appears on the laptop tab.



I can change to a large size on Monitor 2, but there's no way to assign that

to the big monitor unless I extend my desktop to that one, which i don't

want to. Very odd.



Regards,

Anthony Giorgianni



For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group





"thanatoid" wrote in message

news:Xns9D15DE7D585E3thanexit@188.40.43.245...

> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in

> news:#KmnW5fpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>

>> Hello All

>>

>> My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No

>> Windows 7 yet

>> for us)

>>

>> It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the

>> computer to a traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display

>> on the laptop 1280 x 800 is squished and off the screen on

>

> Go to the control panel or right-click on the desktop and go to

> graphics properties. There will be a bunch of options depending

> on your chip. Set it up the way you want for the laptop screen

> and save it as a "scheme" (or whatever your software calls it).

> Then connect the big monitor, set it up for THAT, and save it as

> another "scheme". Then they will be easily accessible by right-

> clicking the desktop and choosing the one you want.

>

> Remember about refresh rates etc!

>

>

> --

> The arrows are faster than rodents!

> - t.
 
I'm guessing that you have your advanced monitor settings "Hide modes that

this monitor cannot display" setting checked. By unchecking this, I get a

multitude of screen resolution options up to double my monitor's actual

width and height. I don't know if this is unique to my ATI Radeon XPress

200M laptop driver, so your mileage may vary.



-Paul Randall



"Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message

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> Thanks for advice. Unfortunately, the highest selection I can get is the

> laptop max at 1280 x 800. There's a tab for the monitor when it's

> connected,

> but no option to change the resolution (which is 1280x1024) . The

> resolution

> option only appears on the laptop tab.

>

> I can change to a large size on Monitor 2, but there's no way to assign

> that

> to the big monitor unless I extend my desktop to that one, which i don't

> want to. Very odd.

>

> Regards,

> Anthony Giorgianni

>

> For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group

>

>

> "thanatoid" wrote in message

> news:Xns9D15DE7D585E3thanexit@188.40.43.245...

>> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in

>> news:#KmnW5fpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>>

>>> Hello All

>>>

>>> My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No

>>> Windows 7 yet

>>> for us)

>>>

>>> It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the

>>> computer to a traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display

>>> on the laptop 1280 x 800 is squished and off the screen on

>>

>> Go to the control panel or right-click on the desktop and go to

>> graphics properties. There will be a bunch of options depending

>> on your chip. Set it up the way you want for the laptop screen

>> and save it as a "scheme" (or whatever your software calls it).

>> Then connect the big monitor, set it up for THAT, and save it as

>> another "scheme". Then they will be easily accessible by right-

>> clicking the desktop and choosing the one you want.

>>

>> Remember about refresh rates etc!

>>

>>

>> --

>> The arrows are faster than rodents!

>> - t.

>

>

>
 
Thansk Pual. that did enable mroe setting. But ti turned out the problem was

I didn't turn off the laptop monitor - but I instead had both on, was was

causing me to a limited selection.



However, things still go off the page if I set my 20" monitor any higher

than 1024X768 (actually I can go two stops higher, but the aspect ratio

screws up. It's a mess if I go anywhere near the 1280 X 1024 native

resolution. So now I'm work with a fairly giant screen, and every time I

switch to the 20" monitor, I get a warning that 1024x768 is not optimal. But

I just can't go any higher without losing icons, parts of toollbars, etc.



Thanks.



Regards,

Anthony Giorgianni



For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group





"Paul Randall" wrote in message

news:eQJlU5mpKHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> I'm guessing that you have your advanced monitor settings "Hide modes that

> this monitor cannot display" setting checked. By unchecking this, I get a

> multitude of screen resolution options up to double my monitor's actual

> width and height. I don't know if this is unique to my ATI Radeon XPress

> 200M laptop driver, so your mileage may vary.

>

> -Paul Randall

>

> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message

> news:O6c9HHipKHA.5588@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks for advice. Unfortunately, the highest selection I can get is the

>> laptop max at 1280 x 800. There's a tab for the monitor when it's

>> connected,

>> but no option to change the resolution (which is 1280x1024) . The

>> resolution

>> option only appears on the laptop tab.

>>

>> I can change to a large size on Monitor 2, but there's no way to assign

>> that

>> to the big monitor unless I extend my desktop to that one, which i don't

>> want to. Very odd.

>>

>> Regards,

>> Anthony Giorgianni

>>

>> For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group

>>

>>

>> "thanatoid" wrote in message

>> news:Xns9D15DE7D585E3thanexit@188.40.43.245...

>>> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in

>>> news:#KmnW5fpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>>>

>>>> Hello All

>>>>

>>>> My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No

>>>> Windows 7 yet

>>>> for us)

>>>>

>>>> It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the

>>>> computer to a traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display

>>>> on the laptop 1280 x 800 is squished and off the screen on

>>>

>>> Go to the control panel or right-click on the desktop and go to

>>> graphics properties. There will be a bunch of options depending

>>> on your chip. Set it up the way you want for the laptop screen

>>> and save it as a "scheme" (or whatever your software calls it).

>>> Then connect the big monitor, set it up for THAT, and save it as

>>> another "scheme". Then they will be easily accessible by right-

>>> clicking the desktop and choosing the one you want.

>>>

>>> Remember about refresh rates etc!

>>>

>>>

>>> --

>>> The arrows are faster than rodents!

>>> - t.

>>

>>

>>

>

>
 
SOLVED: Re: Using wide and regular format monitors

Thanks everybody. The solution was nothing more than setting 1290x1024 on

the extermal montior and pressing the auto refresh botton!!!! That last

thing was the missing part!



Regards,

Anthony Giorgianni



For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group





"Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message

news:OfKeApopKHA.1544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Thansk Pual. that did enable mroe setting. But ti turned out the problem

> was

> I didn't turn off the laptop monitor - but I instead had both on, was was

> causing me to a limited selection.

>

> However, things still go off the page if I set my 20" monitor any higher

> than 1024X768 (actually I can go two stops higher, but the aspect ratio

> screws up. It's a mess if I go anywhere near the 1280 X 1024 native

> resolution. So now I'm work with a fairly giant screen, and every time I

> switch to the 20" monitor, I get a warning that 1024x768 is not optimal.

> But

> I just can't go any higher without losing icons, parts of toollbars, etc.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Regards,

> Anthony Giorgianni

>

> For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group

>

>

> "Paul Randall" wrote in message

> news:eQJlU5mpKHA.3948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> I'm guessing that you have your advanced monitor settings "Hide modes

>> that

>> this monitor cannot display" setting checked. By unchecking this, I get

>> a

>> multitude of screen resolution options up to double my monitor's actual

>> width and height. I don't know if this is unique to my ATI Radeon XPress

>> 200M laptop driver, so your mileage may vary.

>>

>> -Paul Randall

>>

>> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message

>> news:O6c9HHipKHA.5588@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Thanks for advice. Unfortunately, the highest selection I can get is the

>>> laptop max at 1280 x 800. There's a tab for the monitor when it's

>>> connected,

>>> but no option to change the resolution (which is 1280x1024) . The

>>> resolution

>>> option only appears on the laptop tab.

>>>

>>> I can change to a large size on Monitor 2, but there's no way to assign

>>> that

>>> to the big monitor unless I extend my desktop to that one, which i don't

>>> want to. Very odd.

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>> Anthony Giorgianni

>>>

>>> For everyone's benefit, please post back to the group

>>>

>>>

>>> "thanatoid" wrote in message

>>> news:Xns9D15DE7D585E3thanexit@188.40.43.245...

>>>> "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in

>>>> news:#KmnW5fpKHA.5308@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

>>>>

>>>>> Hello All

>>>>>

>>>>> My job just gave me new Lenovo T400 laptop running XP. (No

>>>>> Windows 7 yet

>>>>> for us)

>>>>>

>>>>> It has a 14 inch wide format screen. I'm attaching the

>>>>> computer to a traditional 20 inch screen. The wide display

>>>>> on the laptop 1280 x 800 is squished and off the screen on

>>>>

>>>> Go to the control panel or right-click on the desktop and go to

>>>> graphics properties. There will be a bunch of options depending

>>>> on your chip. Set it up the way you want for the laptop screen

>>>> and save it as a "scheme" (or whatever your software calls it).

>>>> Then connect the big monitor, set it up for THAT, and save it as

>>>> another "scheme". Then they will be easily accessible by right-

>>>> clicking the desktop and choosing the one you want.

>>>>

>>>> Remember about refresh rates etc!

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> The arrows are faster than rodents!

>>>> - t.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>

>
 
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