2nd Monitor on a notebook?

You should be able to use it as a both.  After you connect a monitor to it, press the FN key on your keyboard and at the same time one of the F# keys. The one you are looking for is the F key that you will either see LCD/CRT or see a symbol that looks like a empty rectangle a slash and the a double rectangle.  This is normally the F3 key, but could also be the F8 key.  It depends on your laptop brand.  You might have to press this combination a couple of times to get it to the right combo as this just toggles through the different monitor output combinations.  If you right click on your desktop and click properties, then click the settings tab you should see two monitor pictures.  Click on the number two one and then make sure the checkbox is selected that says "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".  You can also set the resolution to what ever you need it to be.  Hope this helps.

Edited by rmonty - 23 Jul 2009 at 9:55am