Monitor Display

[freid748]

Just set up the 23xw Monitor, connecting VGA to my ProBook Laptop.  Installed HP My Display.  Want to see display only on the 23xw (blank laptop screen) and want a vertical split screen, but can't achieve that result.  Cursor control seems to shift randomly between the laptop and the 23xw.  For the time being, need to use the laptop keyboard (no wireless keyboard as of now.)  What do I need to do to shift the display from laptop to monitor and split the screen while maintaining laptop keyboard functionality?  Thank you.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

freid748

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

I read your post about monitor issues and wanted to help.

To change which monitor is seen as "primary", open Control Panel --> Display.  That should see both monitors and in there, you can control which one is the "primary".

However ... if you set the external one as Primary, then it will ALWAYS need to be connected, otherwise, when it is not connected, you are likely to get no display on the laptop screen.

There is a function known as Aero-Snap, but that basically just divides the desktop into two windows.  You don't actually have two independent desktops where one use to be, just two windows which together, take up the whole desktop.

There's also a thrid-party product known as Display Fusion that will split the desktop, but I've not used it.

Good Luck

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