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6 TwinView Basics: Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0

Accessing the TwinView Panel: Windows XP

If you have only one display device connected, the TwinView panel will only

have Standard (single-display) mode enabled and Clone mode disabled. In

single-display mode, you will not have TwinView Clone mode (Virtual

Desktop) and Video Mirror functionality and will have limited Desktop

Manager functionality. However, you can access the features available through

the Additional Properties button (see “Additional Features and

Enhancements” on page 125) on the NVIDIA GPU pane (Figure 6.3), provided

these features are not TwinView-dependent.

TwinView Enabled by Default (Windows XP SingleView)

1 Start up your Windows XP system installed with a TwinView capable dual-

display card connected to at least two display devices.

2 Right click on the desktop, click Properties and the Settings tab.The

Settings page appears with the dual monitor icons (Figure 6.1).

When you first enter Windows XP after installing and configuring your

system for TwinView, the Windows XP SingleView setting (second monitor

icon is greyed) is in effect, which allows you to access the TwinView panel.

Note: Windows XP DualView is disabled in this setting since it is not

compatible with TwinView Clone and Span mode. If you need to

enable DualView, see “Enabling DualView” on page 49.

3 Click the Advanced button to display the panel in Figure 6.2

4 Click the GeForce2 MX/MX 400 tab to display the GeForce2 MX panel,

which provides basic information on your display adapter, system, and the

NVIDIA driver files you installed (Figure 6.3).

5 Click the TwinView tab to display the TwinView control panel (Figure 6.4).

Windows XP DualView

Many modern display adapters are able to drive two or more different display

devices simultaneously. DualView in Windows XP provides system-level

support for features similar to those of Multimonitor but requires only a single

display adapter.

Note: The graphics device interfaces (GDIs) and what you view as the end-

user are identical for both DualView and Multimonitor.

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