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Old 05-26-2008   #5 (permalink)
Ron K.


 
 

RE: Using laptop screen as external monitor

I actually remember seeing a recent video on either Cnet or Pcworld on how to
this, try looking there.

"Alan" wrote:
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> I have a Vista laptop and a new Vista desktop (replacement for a
> dinosaur). I am going to continue to reuse my current desktop
> monitor.
>
> Question: Can I configure my Vista laptop screen to act as a
> monitor for the new desktop (just to set it up)?
>
> So, I would like to take the video output of the new desktop
> computer and see it on my laptop screen. This way, I can use my
> existing monitor on the old machine to get some of the settings (e.g.,
> email server information) right. It is an old Windows 98 machine.
>
> Thanks, Alan
>
>
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