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My laptop is connected to another monitor.. What is on the laptop is on the other monitor. I would like to have the other monitor blank so I can slide a window from the laptop to the other monitor... Does anyone know how to make the second monitor blank?

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DavidS

Do it through devises and printers in Windows. I assume you are in Windows. If not I don't know.

Randy Lane

My laptop is connected to another monitor.. What is on the laptop is on the other monitor. I would like to have the other monitor blank so I can slide a window from the laptop to the other monitor... Does anyone know how to make the second monitor blank?

To answer your queston, one will need to know:

What is your Operating System, including the version (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OSX Lion, etc..)?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350890#Comment_350890

Jim - Randall is right… we will need to know more info, specifically about your OS. By the way, the current set up that you have is called mirroring. Your monitor is mirroring the laptop screen, which is often what you do when you are using powerpoint. What you are wanting to do is to extend the desktop.

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350897#Comment_350897

Your monitor is mirroring the laptop screen, which is often what you do when you are using powerpoint.

Surely Powerpoint has a presentation screen for the driving computer?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350898#Comment_350898

Surely Powerpoint has a presentation screen for the driving computer?

Heck if I know. I use Keynote on my Mac. [:)] It probably depends upon your computer specs… but the last time I used powerpoint, most laptops didn't have the umph to power two separate monitors. My guess is that this is still true for ultra/net books, but I plead ignorance. [:P]

dency hutchings

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350901#Comment_350901

Hope this helps

Win 7: Control panel, display, change display settings, multiple monitors (per Alabama - extend these displays.)

Mac OSX 10.7.3: System preferences, display, arrangement, uncheck 'mirror.'

Ward Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350903#Comment_350903

In Win7, the fastest way to do this is press the Windows key and "p", then select "Extend".

If your computer has funky OEM software on it or H/W BIOS, you might first have to use a computer-specific function key to turn on the external monitor port--and this can work differently if you are tethered to power or on battery (as a result of power mgt options).

Federico Medina Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/350980#Comment_350980

Are you still using multiple monitors with a Windows laptop? I saw your 2010 post and cannot find an Arkview 2011 USB video adapter. I wonder if you know of any other USB video adapter works with Logos 4 and Windows.

Tghank you!

TCBlack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/397893#Comment_397893

Frederico,

Check into any of them. Simply google up USB TO VGA ADAPTER and you'll find more than you can buy.

But FWIW I am using a Plugable UGA-2K-A with great effect. I have acquired two more 17" monitors for free and I'll be adding two more adapters for them when I get a chance.

Ward Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/398181#Comment_398181

I continue to use them at home and at work; really love the little buggers. Apparently there are some conflicts between Logos' WPF and DisplayLink software...it is possible that I experience this when highlighting and Logos goes crazy with some selections (selecting big tracts of earlier text instead). Just be aware that Logos won't support you fully if you install DisplayLink software--which is a pre-req for these kinds of monitor extenders. The only thing I don't like about them is that from time to time they will lock up, and you have to unplug the USB input and the video output cables (in order to completely remove power from the adapter) and then plug the USB back in, let your computer "see" the device and start it, then plug the video cable back in. Since the device can get power from the video cable, you must remove that potential source of power in order to force a reboot of the USB adapter.

However, I really love the little buggers.

TCBlack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/398640#Comment_398640

Ward,

Double check / upgrade your displaylink drivers. The WPF issues should have been fixed ages ago. I haven't had a problem in a very long time (in computer terms).