Re: Disable Dual Monitors

Lem wrote:
Andrea wrote:

Bob I wrote:
Control Panel, Display settings. make the changes there.

I can't do that. As I've said, the settings tab does not give me any
other options. I just checked Device Manager and see that there are two
default monitors listed and enabled, although when I click on them, they
are exactly the same. Could this be the problem? I don't want to delete
one and then find out I shouldn't have.


Andrea wrote:

Ron Sommer wrote:

Fn key + F9 cycles through the display options.
External + LCD, External only, LCD only.


Thank you, but Fn/F9 doesn't bring up any options on this laptop. Fn/F7
is what I use to toggle between my laptop display and the projected
image, but in this case that didn't apply. I _was_ projecting an image
from my wallpaper. The problem was that I wasn't projecting the
PowerPoint display--and I think this is because of the multiple monitor
setting, which I don't know how to change.


"Andrea" <andreawknospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YglJf.64880$bF.7286@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm using Win XP SP2 on an IBM ThinkPad. I set my display settings to
use dual monitors, but I only have one monitor. I couldn't figure out
how to change it back and it didn't seem to be bothering anything, so
I just left it and forgot about it. Then I discovered last night that
I couldn't project my PowerPoint presentation onto a screen! I
survived the presentation without any visuals, but I don't want that
to happen again. I've tried to change the display setting, but both
the options are the same: dual monitors. How can I fix this? Thanks.

Your video driver may be corrupt.
Make a system restore point.
Then go to http://www.ibm.com/products/finder/us/en/finders?pg=ddfinder
and find and download the correct video driver for your Thinkpad. If you
go to that website with the Thinkpad itself, it will automatically detect
the system and present links to the download page. Otherwise, go to the
"driver matrix" page:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TPAD-MATRIX

Follow the directions and install the driver. That should give you the
options in Display Settings to fix things up. If things get really
messed up with the new driver (and there is no reason that this should
happen), you can always "roll back driver" or restore to the system
restore point you made.

I updated the driver, but the only option I have is still multiple drivers
in Display, Settings, and the box to extend Windows desktop is checked off
and grayed out. I remembered that the laptop is still on warantee, so I
spent a lot of wasted time talking to tech support from IBM today. He said
that this would remain grayed out until I connected to an LCD projector. I
don't think that's true, and I won't have access to a projector for another
week. I know that I made that change originally when I was not connected to
a projector.


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