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| Using laptop screen as external monitor
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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| Re: Using laptop screen as external monitor
On Sun, 25 May 2008 17:54:27 -0700 (PDT), Alan <jalanthomas@verizon.net> wrote: > > Question: Can I configure my Vista laptop screen to act as a >monitor for the new desktop (just to set it up)? How you gonna hook it up? Do you see any such connector in your user manual? |
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| Re: Using laptop screen as external monitor
In article <6cd498d4-ae15-462e-8480-73500a915b8b@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, Alan <jalanthomas@verizon.net> wrote: > > 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. > Log in to the new machine with terminal server??? |
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| Re: Using laptop screen as external monitor "Not" going to happen. -- joel406 |
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| 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: > 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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