I use a Tosh Satellite Pro which has this facility. I have not checked but understand that it is not uncommon on other laptops though not universal.

If you want some pointers as to machines that this will work on, look for a large amount of video RAM (16MB or above) and/or a max screen resolution that is greater than the LCD display. You will then have to go into PC World and try it.

Optimist

I've just had a go with my Dell Inspiron 3800 running Win 98 SE and it works a treat. I now have two screens running different displays. Had no idea my laptop supported this. And I was saving up for one of Croc's lovely Viao laptops! They are a lovely machine, have seen one running all day at the Trader's day in Edinburgh and it ran completely without trouble all day. I can recommend it highly ( I got to press the buttons on the presentation - kid /sweetshop etc)!

Optimist,

Having some problems! I have plugged in another monitor and get get the feed showing up on both screens. However when I get to settings all I see is screen resolution and colour quality, no blue boxes! It states its running dual monitors. Thanks.

PS - Running XP on a Samsung V20. I think it's a half decent machine, cost me about 1200 from memory :-)

Mr Euro

I don't know your machine but what you describe is the settings box for a single head video card. So you may not be able to have independent feeds.

It may be worth you doing some research on the Samsung website.

Thanks Optimist, are there any key words I should look for?

Mr Euro

You could try searching for dual monitor or dual display.

Thanks all, especially Doc & Seymour
The Sony Trader Notebook is an excellent trading notebook with a 1400x1050 display. Even with the built in screen it has a higher resolution than a 17" TFT monitor
Current price is 995 +VAT with XP Pro.

Mr Euro
The V20 Samsung I had in for evaluation did not support twin mode display only clone :-(
Can you complain to your supplier that it does not do the job you bought it for and ask him to supply an alternative ?
Call me on 01902 676159 if I can help

David

Thanks again all. Croc will try and call you tomorrow.

Just downloaded one of those lovely Parhelia backgrounds that I saw in Edinburgh for my screen from Matrox.

Got a link Seymour?

I have just purchased sygate firewall pro and am being prompted wether i would like to allow something in through the fire wall(details posted below).

I use windows2000 and yesterday downloaded a load of updates.

Do i let it in?

details pasted below:

he executable has changed since the last time you used: C:\WINNT\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
File Version : 5.00.2195.6159
File Description : NT Kernel & System
File Path : C:\WINNT\System32\ntoskrnl.exe
Process ID : 8 (Heximal) 8 (Decimal)

Connection origin : local initiated
Protocol : UDP
Local Address : 81.96.80.139
Local Port : 138
Remote Name :
Remote Address : 81.96.80.255
Remote Port : 138 (NETBIOS-DGM - Browsing datagram responses of NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

Ethernet packet details:
Ethernet II (Packet Length: 216)
Destination: ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff
Source: 00-50-22-b1-78-1e
Type: IP (0x0800)
Internet Protocol
Version: 4
Header Length: 20 bytes
Flags:
.0.. = Don't fragment: Not set
..0. = More fragments: Not set
Fragment offset:0
Time to live: 128
Protocol: 0x11 (UDP - User Datagram Protocol)
Header checksum: 0x6e0 (Correct)
Source: 81.96.80.139
Destination: 81.96.80.255
User Datagram Protocol
Source port: 138
Destination port: 138
Length: 8
Checksum: 0x8302 (Correct)
Data (182 Bytes)

Binary dump of the packet:
0000: FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 50 : 22 B1 78 1E 08 00 45 00 | .......P".x...E.
0010: 00 CA 15 D2 00 00 80 11 : E0 06 51 60 50 8B 51 60 | ..........Q`P.Q`
0020: 50 FF 00 8A 00 8A 00 B6 : 02 83 11 02 83 7B 51 60 | P............{Q`
0030: 50 8B 00 8A 00 A0 00 00 : 20 45 46 46 46 46 43 45 | P....... EFFFFCE
0040: 50 43 4E 45 49 44 4A 45 : 4A 45 4E 45 4F 46 46 45 | PCNEIDJEJENEOFFE
0050: 50 46 4B 44 41 45 4D 41 : 41 00 20 46 48 45 50 46 | PFKDAEMAA. FHEPF
0060: 43 45 4C 45 48 46 43 45 : 50 46 46 46 41 43 41 43 | CELEHFCEPFFFACAC
0070: 41 43 41 43 41 43 41 43 : 41 42 4E 00 FF 53 4D 42 | ACACACACABN..SMB
0080: 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | %...............
0090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 06 | ................
00A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : 00 E8 03 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
00B0: 00 00 00 06 00 56 00 03 : 00 01 00 01 00 02 00 17 | .....V..........
00C0: 00 5C 4D 41 49 4C 53 4C : 4F 54 5C 42 52 4F 57 53 | .\MAILSLOT\BROWS
00D0: 45 00 09 04 2E 00 00 00 : | E.......

Neil / robber, it's

http://www.matrox.com/mga/news/demos_downloads/parhelia_wallpapers.cfm

enjoy!

Mr W

I think it's 'normal' netbios/tcp/ip behaviour and local to your own machine (or network segment).

Connection origin : local initiated
Protocol : UDP
Local Address : 81.96.80.139
Local Port : 138
Remote Name :
Remote Address : 81.96.80.255
Remote Port : 138 (NETBIOS-DGM - Browsing datagram responses of NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

If you're not on a network I doubt whether it matters if it's blocked but it's certainly nothing to worry about (IMO).

If you're running a standalone PC then I'd try disabling netbios over tcp/ip.
You do this by right-clicking on My Network Places and selecting Properties. Then right-click on the appropriate Local Area Connection icon, and select Properties. Next, click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Properties.
Now click Advanced, and select the WINS tab
There you can enable or disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

Mr W

When you get another file like this and want to check out what it is, just look up the file name on Google using all of the file name itself as the search word:

If you do that for

C:\WINNT\System32\ntoskrnl.exe

you'll come across a web site called "littlewhitedog.com" which is quite educational and has a good section on this particular file.

Mr W

The reference to ntoskrnl is no doubt because of the updates you downloaded: they replaced the file with a newer version which your firewall spotted. In any case Windows 2000 has protection against system files changing, it reloads them from a backup copy, so it's very unlikely to be suspect.

As for the UDP packet, it looks as though NETBIOS is enabled over the link with your ISP. This, if true, is a security risk as it potentially exposes your files to the world and you should disable it.

thanks everyone.

How do i disable the netbios,is it complicated for a dimwit?

cheers
glenn

leo1
just noticed you gave me the instruction to disable the netbios

thank you

I found this on my computer. Can someone tell me what it means?

// Set cookie lifetime to 57600 Minutes function zedo_lifetime(){ var zedo_expire = new Date(); zedo_expire.setTime(zedo_expire.getTime() + (57600*60*1000)); return zedo_expire.toUTCString();}function zedo_getCookie() { var zedo_cookieval = document.cookie.match(/ZEDOPOP=(\d+)/ ); if ( zedo_cookieval != null && zedo_cookieval.length > 0 ) { return parseInt(zedo_cookieval[1]); } else { return 0; }}var zflag_nid=140; var zflag_cid="9002"; var zflag_sz=15; var zflag_width=1; var zflag_height=1; var zedo_cap = 2;var zedo_pub_cookie = zedo_getCookie(); // ZEDOPOP cookievar zedo_cookies_supported = true;// Detect for cookies on IE4+ and NS6if ( (document.getElementById || document.all) && !navigator.cookieEnabled ) { zedo_cookies_supported = false;}if ( zedo_cookies_supported && ( zedo_pub_cookie '); zedo_pub_cookie++; document.cookie="ZEDOPOP=" +zedo_pub_cookie +";expires="+zedo_lifetime()+ ";domain=.advfn.com;path=/";}

Bob, thats the cookie that sends copies of everything you post here to Clem ;-)

But seriously have you been banned by ADVFN?

Neil