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12-05-2006, 04:42 AM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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[ QUOTE ] thank you. I guess I will try out synergy since that does work on my Mac. I will probably be back with more questions later, thank again. [/ QUOTE ] yea, I'll have to try to get Synergy fired up so I can test it out just in case people have problems. [/ QUOTE ] Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse. So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen. 
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12-05-2006, 02:47 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse. So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen. [/ QUOTE ] thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it.
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12-05-2006, 03:39 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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[ QUOTE ] Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse. So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen. [/ QUOTE ] thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it. [/ QUOTE ] Oops, my confused mistake [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] Probably still worth a mention in this context, however useful for a different purpose in a similar context.
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12-05-2006, 04:05 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse. So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen. [/ QUOTE ] thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it. [/ QUOTE ] Oops, my confused mistake [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] Probably still worth a mention in this context, however useful for a different purpose in a similar context. [/ QUOTE ] synergy is freaking awesome. I used it to control 3 comps right on my desk across 3 monitors + laptop screen
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12-05-2006, 04:47 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
This thread is awesome!!!!!!!!
I wanna hear more like this, any chance of you doing more on similar asked questions? Thanks
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12-05-2006, 05:10 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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This thread is awesome!!!!!!!! I wanna hear more like this, any chance of you doing more on similar asked questions? Thanks [/ QUOTE ] If there is a question that I feel get's asked A LOT besides the questions like... "What computer should I get?" or "Is this video card good?" This was the first one that came to mind because we get asked it a couple times a week and I had always wondered myself, so I decided to try it and then report back so we can always reference this thread. Let me know if you have any ideas. /gold
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12-05-2006, 06:05 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
So how do you actually do it?
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12-05-2006, 06:41 PM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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So how do you actually do it? [/ QUOTE ] You need to get the program mentioned in my OP. Install it first on your main computer then after that completes, install the client on your laptop. At this point, both of my computers were on the same network and just auto-synced to each other, your's should do the same. Then just go into your display settings (right click on desktop, properties, advanced tab) and change the arrangement of the monitors. You should now see a second monitor named something with MaxiVista in it. Either drag it to the right or left or up or down to your desired arrangement and you should be all set.
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12-06-2006, 08:05 AM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
for macs (as primary machine) you can also try Screenrecycler
as secondary displays you can use any machine which can run a VNC client (for more info check out the site)
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12-06-2006, 09:30 AM
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Re: \"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor\" thread
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for macs (as primary machine) you can also try Screenrecycler as secondary displays you can use any machine which can run a VNC client (for more info check out the site) [/ QUOTE ] this looks more like what we are looking for, for Macs ... nice link. someone with a Mac try it out and let me know how it goes!
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