Set up two monitors

[lukey121]

Can anyone tell me how I can set up two monitors on my computer.  I have plugged in my 17 inch flat screen with the white cable and have also plugged in my crt 15inch with the blue cable but only the flat screen works.  When I unplug the flat screen monitor my other comes on. I assume I have to do something with my settings but have no idea what.  Any help is greatly appreciated.  

[rojash]

It would help to no which video adaptor you have, and exactly what you are trying to achieve. Do you want to simply have the same display appear on both monitors, or do you want to have your desktop spread over both monitors?

To achieve the latter you will need a "Dual head" video adaptor

Also, what operating system are you using?.

[lukey121]

Yes I just want to have the two screens showing the same thing.  I have win xp and my video card is a 128mb ati radeon X300se

[lukey121]

sorry i put my video card not video adaptor, im sorry but i dont know whata video adaptor is?

[SavageMonkey]

'Video Adapter' and 'Video Card' are the same thing, people just use different words.

Make sure you have the latest drivers installed for your video card. You can get them from here: http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.ht ml?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdrive r&submit.x=16&submit.y=9&submit=GO%21

Once these are installed, if the image on the second monitor does not display automatically, you'll have to go into the "Display Properties". Right click on your desktop, then click "Properties". Click on the "Settings" tab. If you poke around there for a while you should be able to see how to turn on dual monitor support. I cannot be specifc here as a I have an nVidia card. Sorry about that. You "may" see a greyed-out image of a second monitor in the "Settings" area. If so, right click on the monitor and click "Attach".

[lukey121]

thanks for your help