Extended monitors

[PaulH]

My laptop with XP used the external monitor as extended workspace. W7 only uses the extra monitor and ignores the laptop's monitor. It is a old Acer and appears to run my W7 ultimate OK except for this limitation. Lotsa new ways to do old stuff - big learning curve. Wow!

 

[clifford_cooley]

Hi PaulH - Welcome to the site :ciao:

What options do you have if you press "Windows logo + P"?
Do you have an option for Extending your desktop after doing this?

 

[PaulH]

Holding the key with the windows logo and "P" has no result. But when I get to "screen resolution" it only shows one monitor - clicking "detect" has no result.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Does the Laptop have the function key to switch monitor modes?

FN + __

 

[PaulH]

Yes, but no help. And XP never needed this - it automatically recognized that 2 monitors were available. I also went into bios and tried both modes - "auto" is the default.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Sounds to me that the Video Drivers may not be setup correctly

Did you install the video drivers for your specific Acer?
Or did Windows Update detect your Video Card?

 

[clifford_cooley]

Which Acer Notebook do you have?

Edit
If you would download this program - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Then take a screenshot and post back with the image.

 

[PaulH]

Did you install the video drivers for your specific Acer? - No
Or did Windows Update detect your Video Card? - Yes
Which Acer Notebook do you have? TravelMate 2203LCi

 

[clifford_cooley]

The TravelMate 2200 has the "ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 IGP chipset" not the "nVidia GeForce GTX260"
Try one of these two links Acer Driver Download or ATI Radeon 9000 driver download