Help Help Help!!!!!!

Just installed a dual head matrox video card and i can get a clone on both screens but what am i doing wrong i have tried everything so that i can get 2 independent screens to run internet explorer but to no avail....

this pc is 1 step away from going out the F*****G window :-(

Make my day please...

Rick...

MB, control panel/display, settings tab, click on second monitor, and tick "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor". You may also need to click on the advanced button, Dual Head tab, and set dual head multi-display.

it a g550?

Kayak,

I cannot find the bit about extend my windows desktop...have a box with multi-display setting but you lost me now:-(

Rick...

G 400 dual head matrox....

Mega Bucks

What O/S are you using?

Optimist..

Win2kpro amd 2400xd and 512 mb memory,it will run ok on it own with 1 monitor and i can get it to clone itself but i have run out of ideas on this one:-(on what settings to use!!!

thanks for all your help guys..

Rick..

MB, if you click control panel/display and the settings tab, do you see two monitors pictured?

Mega Bucks

Click Control panel then display and then the settings tab.

Do you get a large gray box at the top of the tab with two blue boxes inside labeles 1 & 2? These represent your monitors.

If you see this then underneath it there should be controls to change the resolution and colour depth and also two check boxes labeled "Use this device as primary monitor" and "Extend my desktop over this monitor". Sometimes they are grayed out depending which monitor is selected.

I have described WinXP but have used multi monitors on Win2K and know it is similar.

thanks guys for all your help this is p**sing me off now can get the box with 2 monitors but not progressing much so i think i will just admit it aint for me:-(

this is the only thing on computers is 16 frxking years that has beat me!!!!

Mega...

MB, when you get the box with two monitors, if you click on the one that says "2", don't you get two tick boxes below, one of which saying "extend desktop onto this monitor"?

Before giving up totally, try reinstalling the drivers. These are the latest ones: http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/latest/home.cfm

will give it a go..thanks

Recently, when I start up my computer, I get a message " Required DLL file, IMGDLL 32DLL not found" By double clicking on file I am still able to use computer with no apparant problems. I have searched all programm and operating system CD's and have been unable to find this file. Can anyone advise.

Thanks in advance

EDIT- OH! I'm on win 98 2nd ed

Win XP Home version won't do multiple monitors, one needs win XP Pro
K

KeithB - I have XP Home and have successfully used a G550 with dual monitors and now a P750 with triple monitors. Have I misunderstood your post?

MB

An IE window can be 'Maximised' or 'Minimised' - or 'Inbetween sized'.

The 'Inbetween sized' is the important size with multiple monitors because it's this one you need to be able to drag the windows about from one monitor screen to the other.

You do this by putting the mouse pointer on the blue band at the top of the window, holding a left click down and then dragging the window to where you want it. You can re-size the window when you have it on the correct monitor or even stretch an 'Inbetween sized' window to fill the whole of all of your two, three or even four screens.

As a practice, put a window on the LHS monitor, make it "Inbetween sized' and then stretch this one window to fill the whole of both of your two monitor screens.

KeithB, I don't have or use XP but I very much doubt that you need xp pro for multiple monitors, the drivers are the deciding factor, not the OS.

Have to agree that the matter of the dual monitors is down to the drivers. I have an Ati Radeon with dual monitor support. It worked fine under windows 98, but when I upgraded to Xp professional additional drivers were required

Only really confirming what others say!

Tiny/Time modem problem

I have cracked it, used new modem and new browser ( AvantBrowser). accessed windows downloads and reinstalled IE6 which was corrupted or sabotaged.

Now working fine

Bobcolby

"....used new modem..."

Did you have to buy a new modem then?