matuszak21

So my quest has been to hook my TV screen up as my computer monitor. I got a new video card, installed, everything worked great. I screwed something up in my settings (I can't figure out what), and my SECONDARY monitor acts as an extension to my primary monitor screen. What I WANT, and originally had when it was set up, was that both screens showed what I was doing, my pointer, everything, e.t.c (if that makes sense). The only thing my secondary monitor shows is my wallpaper background, and whatever I drag off the screen on my primary monitor. What do I need to change?

second, it seems that if I let my computer go into any sort of sleep mode (after it sits past screen saver for a long time), when I come back, my screen gets all "glitchy" and the colors are screwed up. I am forced to restart my computer for it to be back to normal viewing. What am I doing wrong.

Help appreciated. Thanks.

apj101

well the second screen should go into clone mode straight away, try doing the following
right click desktop, goto properties then goto the settings tab
click on screen 2 and de-check the box saying "Extend my desktop"
click ok
does that fix it?

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matuszak21

that actually just turns my monitor off. Now that I use this a little more, its actually kinda cool having split monitors, but I still want to be able to have cloned screens. I originally did, but screwed something up somehow.