Expand your Desktop over multiple monitors

If you are using Windows and want to enlarge your current desktop without having to buy another huge screen, this is possible by using the expand desktop option. There are somehow some hardware requirements to which you should stick to.

Hardware Requirements

1. Video card
You should either have a PCI, a PCI Express or an AGP. However, you should bear in mind that you must have a video card for each of your monitors.

2. Monitor cables
To be able to connect your monitors to the CPU, you should have sufficient computer cables. Your desktop computer usually has two monitor ports that will hence allow you to connect only two monitors to the CPU.

Software Requirements

Multiple monitor support has been built for Windows 98/98se/2000/ME so far. Windows NT users will not be able to set this option on their computers.

How to proceed

• Step 1: Ensure that the video cards and the monitors are properly set before starting the following procedures.
• Step 2: Restart your computer
• Step 3: Once done, you should now install the drivers for the second video card that you have just added to the CPU.

Step 4: When installation is complete, go to the “Device Manager” option and from the list, browse for the adapter’s devices and ensure that they are detected.


Step 5: Then go to the “Display Properties” option and open the “Settings” tab.




Step 6: Click on the second monitor labeled as “2” next to the first monitor.


Step 7: You can choose to change the resolution and color settings of the second monitor accordingly. Once done, check the box labeled “Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor”.


Step 8: Click “OK” to apply the changes. Your second monitor should have activated itself by now