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Detonator XP User’s Guide
Extended Desktop: Windows 98/Me
The Windows Extended Desktop feature is supported by any dual-display
NVIDIA graphics card in the GeForce2 MX or Quadro2 MXR family of
products or any two NVIDIA graphics cards.
Note:
• Extended Desktop mode is not supported under Windows 95.
• Under Windows Extended Desktop mode, when you switch to a full-
screen Microsoft DOS window or boot to a DOS prompt, the display is
limited to the primary display device.
• Under Extended Desktop mode, OpenGL-based applications will only run
using Microsoft’s software rendering implementation of OpenGL. This is
due to a design limitation within Windows.
Follow these steps to enable Windows Extended Desktop mode:
1 Make sure you have two display devices attached to your dual-display card.
2 Right-click on your Windows desktop and click Properties > Settings tab.
You will see the Settings panel with two monitor icons, as shown in Figure
5.25.
Note: If you are using an NVIDIA dual-display card but have only one
display device connected (such as a CRT), you will see two monitor
icons on the Settings panel even though only one display device is
connected; you cannot enable the second display until you physically
connect a second display device to the graphics card.
3 Right click monitor icon 2 (Figure 5.26) and click Enable to check the option
(Figure 5.27).
Note: If you get a Compatibility Warning message, read the message
carefully. Then click OK
Notice that the “Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor” check
box becomes checked (Figure 5.27).
4 Click Apply.
For details on configuring Extended Desktop, see “Configuring Extended
Desktop” on page 42.
5 Click the Advanced button.
Notice that the TwinView tab is not available when Extended Desktop is
enabled (Figure 5.28).
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