Multiple Monitors: How to view the same area?

[webmigit]

I have an old VAIO that I'm placing in an office as just a general workhorse... Basically I want to just place it as a tower..

I have the external keyboard mouse and monitor.. and yesterday, everything worked perfect.. but when I restarted, the second monitor stretched the display from the first... Due to the dimensions of these monitors, they don't easily share any screen resolutions (One or the other stretches the text taller or wider).

How do I set it to not stretch the desktop, but to display the same screen on both monitors.. Once this is done, the lid will be closed on this laptop and all the external peripherals will be used.

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[webmigit]

More on this... Yesterday, when I tried this and had both displaying the same image... the driver for both monitors (in Display Properties >> Settings) was 'Plug N Play on Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910 GML Express'. Today, that is #2's driver... #1's is 'Sony Notebook LCD on Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910 GML Express'

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[bcastner]

Use this inexpensive utility, UltraMon:

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

There is a free trial.

I cannot imagine doing multiple monitor support without this utility.

 

[bcastner]

....#1's is 'Sony Notebook LCD on Mobile Intel(R) 915GM/GMS,910 GML Express"

This "should" be the setting in XP for a laptop with an LCD display.

Again, use UltraMon.