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Old 26-05-2008
Alan
 
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Using laptop screen as external monitor

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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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Old 26-05-2008
Nonny
 
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Re: Using laptop screen as external monitor

How you gonna hook it up? Do you see any such connector in your user
manual?
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Old 26-05-2008
the wharf rat
 
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Re: Using laptop screen as external monitor

Log in to the new machine with terminal server???
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Old 26-05-2008
joel406
 
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"Not" going to happen.


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Old 26-05-2008
Ron K.
 
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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.
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