Multiple display query

FiCtioN75 · 5 Nov 2012 at 10:44

Hello there. I have a laptop with a bluray drive which I connect to my tv so my two youngs boys can watch movies on. However, this means I can't use my laptop for the duration of the film. I was curious, could I have a multiple monitors setup that allows me to play a movie on my tv and still browse the net on my laptop display? I had a little play around and couldnt work it out. Im running W7 64bit if thats any help.

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

FiCtioN75 · 5 Nov 2012 at 11:09

I use VLC at the minute. Is there a way to have the TV as a seperate desktop where I can drag the movie box onto that display then play?

FiCtioN75 · 5 Nov 2012 at 11:22

ALD said:
You need to switch to extended desktop instead of clone.

Ah sorted, excellent. Currently typing this on my laptop whilst my kid watches a movie. Cheers!

FiCtioN75 · 21 Nov 2013 at 15:08

Just need to bump this. Ive been playing CS on my laptop screen but its too small, so ive bought a bigger monitor. Ive got the displays extended so I can do separate things on the displays, however I can't seem to get CS to play on the monitor. In the past ive just dragged one window onto the next display and then carried on what I was doing, but this doesnt seem to work with CS. Any ideas?

FiCtioN75 · 23 Nov 2013 at 20:44

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
this will be because your laptop monitor is the main display, which by default programs will run in. which version of windows are you using?

Cheers for your response. Ive managed to sort it, you were right, I just needed to change the main display.