Enabling 2 monitors in VPC 2007?

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TjW - 30 Apr 2007 01:34 GMT

I would like to enable dual videos in my VPC environment, but there is no
secondary video to even select to extend the desktop to. How can I get a
secondary video to be enabled to do this?

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Steve Jain - 30 Apr 2007 01:38 GMT

>I would like to enable dual videos in my VPC environment, but there is no
>secondary video to even select to extend the desktop to. How can I get a
>secondary video to be enabled to do this?

You can't. VPC only allows one monitor. Your options are to try
other VM software like VMWare Workstation or use a 3rd party solution,
like MaxVista with 2 VMs.

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Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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DevilsPGD - 30 Apr 2007 02:33 GMT

>>I would like to enable dual videos in my VPC environment, but there is no
>>secondary video to even select to extend the desktop to. How can I get a
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>other VM software like VMWare Workstation or use a 3rd party solution,
>like MaxVista with 2 VMs.

If you're running Vista VMs, RDP could do multiple monitors too, no?

I haven't tried it, but I'm told it works.

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Steve Jain - 30 Apr 2007 03:23 GMT

>>>I would like to enable dual videos in my VPC environment, but there is no
>>>secondary video to even select to extend the desktop to. How can I get a
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>I haven't tried it, but I'm told it works.

I never tried it before, but I just tried it now with a Vista and XP
VM and it works, but the VM goes fullscreen across both monitors.

There is some additional info here on it:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/02/20/multi-monitor-fullscreen
-mode-compatibility-with-virtual-pc-2007.aspx
http://stevenharman.net/blog/archive/2007/04/03/Using-Virtual-PC-with-Multiple-M
onitors-Sort-Of.aspx

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Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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