ATI 9800XT User Guide - Page 12

Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays, Enabling Extended Desktop Mode, Dynamic Display Reassignment

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8 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display. 2 Click the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Enabling Extended Desktop Mode 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display. 2 Click the Settings tab. 3 Click the monitor icon for the display onto which you want to extend your desktop. 4 Click Yes to enable the selected display. 5 Checkmark the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box (Windows® may automatically place it there). 6 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Dynamic Display Reassignment You can change the assignment of your Primary and Secondary display on the fly, without rebooting. However, before you can change the assignment of the Primary display, at least one Secondary display must be enabled, and Extended Desktop mode must be enabled.

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8
Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays
1
Access the Windows
®
Control Panel
. Double-click
Display
.
2
Click the
Settings
tab and then the
Advanced...
button.
3
Click the
ATI Displays
tab.
4
Click the enable/disable button
for the display
device you want to enable/disable.
5
Click
OK
or
Apply
to save the changes.
Enabling Extended Desktop Mode
1
Access the Windows
®
Control Panel
. Double-click
Display
.
2
Click the
Settings
tab.
3
Click the monitor icon for the display onto which you
want to extend your desktop.
4
Click
Yes
to enable the selected display.
5
Checkmark the
Extend my Windows desktop onto
this monitor
check box (Windows
®
may automatically
place it there).
6
Click
OK
or
Apply
to save the changes.
Dynamic Display Reassignment
You can change the assignment of your
Primary
and
Secondary
display on the fly, without rebooting.
However, before you can change the assignment of the
Primary
display, at least one
Secondary
display must
be enabled, and Extended Desktop mode must be
enabled.