Re: Dual Displays

Many thanks, Michael; I'll attack HP and see if it gets me anywhere;
otherwise I may just have to set up a rather tortuous dual-boot system

Dave

"Michael Geary" <> wrote in message
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> Windows XP does support dual monitors the way you want, but it would be up
> to HP to provide a driver that adds this support. Unfortunately, they
don't
> appear to have one:
>
> http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...e/64_1008.html
>
> By way of comparison, we're using a ThinkPad A21p at our church with
> EasyWorship. The A21p originally did not support dual monitors under
Windows
> XP, but IBM came out with a driver update last year that supports them.
(Not
> that this helps you, but it helps illustrate the issue.)
>
> I would lean on HP for a driver update, but in the meantime you may have
to
> go back to Windows 98.
>
> -Mike
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:kPRYa.36016$...
> > I have recently acquired a Compaq Armada M300 laptop with an ATI 3D RAGE
> LT
> > PRO display adapter.
> > It had Win 98 on it so I upgraded it to Win XP Pro.
> > I want to run it with dual monitors so I can have one output screen
> display
> > on the laptop and different display on the Monitor.
> > This is all for video projection for my Church (using "Presentation
> Manager
> > 5.06")
> >
> > I can get the SAME picture on both screens but not two different ones.
> >
> > With Win 98 it is possible to set up the display as I want.
> >
> > However using the "great leap forward" represented buy WinXP this
facility
> > is denied me.
> >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1
> > tells me why!
> >
> > Is there anyway round this problem or do I have to reload Win 98?
> >
> >
> > Dave S.
> >
> >
>
>