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Using a laptop as 2nd display
Not quite seeing what I'm encountering out there. Perhaps someone has some experience with this.
I have an Asus-built Nvidia GTS450 video card with both a VGA and DVI output. The VGA output has a 17" Dell LCD monitor hooked to it as my main display. Using a DVI-VGA adapter, I've got a cable hooked into the VGA output of my Compaq Presario F500 running Vista 32bit and I'm trying to use the laptop as a secondary monitor onto which I can extend my desktop.
So far, I've gotten to the point where the PC's graphics card seems to be detecting that there is a second display hooked up. This is evidenced by the fact that it shows two displays in the screen resolution setup window and I can change options (resolution, etc.) for the second. My mouse even moves off-screen, but the laptop will show only its own desktop.
Is there some sort of way to boot the laptop differently or switch it's display for it to realize it's a second monitor? Thanks in advance!