Filobel
02-27-2007, 12:26 AM
Hi, I have two questions here.
First, I have two screens connected to my laptop. Is there a way, under windows XP to have both of them show the same thing instead of one being an extension of the other's desktop? I ask because I have presentations to do every now and then and having the projector being the extension of my laptop is a pain. True, windows XP automatically shows Powerpoints on the second monitor, but I do more than just show powerpoints.
Second, is there a way to have a widescreen use a normal resolution without stretching (kinda like how TVs show widescreen pictures by adding black bars above and below the image, except here, they'd be on the side). I ask because my laptop has a widescreen, but some of the older games I like to play don't have the option to use widescreen resolution, so they appear stretched, which is really ugly.
In case you need to know, my laptop is a Dell XPS M1710.
Thanks a lot.
First, I have two screens connected to my laptop. Is there a way, under windows XP to have both of them show the same thing instead of one being an extension of the other's desktop? I ask because I have presentations to do every now and then and having the projector being the extension of my laptop is a pain. True, windows XP automatically shows Powerpoints on the second monitor, but I do more than just show powerpoints.
Second, is there a way to have a widescreen use a normal resolution without stretching (kinda like how TVs show widescreen pictures by adding black bars above and below the image, except here, they'd be on the side). I ask because my laptop has a widescreen, but some of the older games I like to play don't have the option to use widescreen resolution, so they appear stretched, which is really ugly.
In case you need to know, my laptop is a Dell XPS M1710.
Thanks a lot.