Help with setting up a projector w/ WINXP...

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Go to the graphics card manufacturers website and download the latest xp
drivers for your card. This should then give you the opportunity to clone
teh desktop.
Graham

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

"ABC Inc." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54b301c480aa$75ee1770$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>I use a projector for my presentations at work, which is
> hooked up to my laptop. Before I upgraded to Windows XP,
> I had Windows 98SE. When I had Win98 and the projector
> set up, I could clone the monitors. (Both the laptop's
> monitor and the projector had the same image) Even since
> I upgraded to WinXP, I can only "Extend" the monitor.
> (Like if you were going to have two monitors sit right
> beside each other) I called my local computer shop and
> asked them why I could not clone in WinXP like I did in
> Win98. The tech told me that WINDOWS XP HAS A MINIMUM
> RESOLUTION OF 800X600 and that I need a 640X480 resolution
> in order to clone the monitor to the projector's display.
>
> So my question is...
> IS THERE A THIRD PARTY PROGRAM OR SOME SETTING IN
> WINDOWSXP THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO LOWER MY MINIMUM
> RESOLUTION SETTING? WHY CAN'T I CLONE MY MONIOR'S DISPLAY
> TO MY PROJECTOR WHEN USING WINXP?