Trying to use two monitors with one desktop.

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Hi,

You're using default video drivers installed with WinXP, you need to install
a full driver set from the manufacturer of your primary video card.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"winter_worlock" <winter_worlock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just loaded XP pro on my pc and all went pretty well, with the exception
>of
> not being able to get my desktop stretched between my two monitors. I DO
> get
> two individual desktops on both monitors but can't seem to use both as
> one. I
> did go into the display properties, but I don't get the "Extend my Windows
> desktop onto the monitor" option. There are two monitors shown in the
> display
> profile, one being a plug and play, and the other my Dell monitor. It
> doesn't
> show me a pic of two monitors like it did in ME before the XP upgrade.
> Both
> monitors are plugged into the same video card like it was before the
> upgrade.
> I've followed all the "dualview" instructions but without the "Extend my
> Windows desktop onto the monitor " I don't know what to do. Any help would
> be
> great.
> Alan