need a computer wiz!!!!!!!!!
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shyfish
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Originally Posted by mpdan
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
A Zip drive will allow you to have the same things on each computer.
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
A Zip drive will allow you to have the same things on each computer.
Originally Posted by gmann1139
http:///forum/post/2943554
Yeah, unless your laptop is 'special', you'd have to do some awful things to make that happen.
Zim, haven't seen you around lately.
I've been here! Just having been posting much since all the political bashing threads annoy the hell out of me
Originally Posted by Shyfish
http:///forum/post/2943558
A Zip drive will allow you to have the same things on each computer.
Zip drive? Did we get transferred back to 2000? USB stick! Cheap, and huge amount of data...
http:///forum/post/2943554
Yeah, unless your laptop is 'special', you'd have to do some awful things to make that happen.
Zim, haven't seen you around lately.
I've been here! Just having been posting much since all the political bashing threads annoy the hell out of me
Originally Posted by Shyfish
http:///forum/post/2943558
A Zip drive will allow you to have the same things on each computer.
Zip drive? Did we get transferred back to 2000? USB stick! Cheap, and huge amount of data...
Originally Posted by Shyfish
http:///forum/post/2943874
Thats what i ment. I am over 50 give me a break! LOL I loose words and zip is all that came to mind. The idea is there, can a USB stick help poor mpdan???
I was only kidding!
It seems from his original post that he wants to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop. Didnt say anything about sharing files between 2 computers, so I dont see how a USB stick or any other portable memory device would help things
http:///forum/post/2943874
Thats what i ment. I am over 50 give me a break! LOL I loose words and zip is all that came to mind. The idea is there, can a USB stick help poor mpdan???
I was only kidding!
It seems from his original post that he wants to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop. Didnt say anything about sharing files between 2 computers, so I dont see how a USB stick or any other portable memory device would help things
shyfish
Member
Hi, glad you were kidding,
I wanted to do this once, all I wanted was to be mobile and get home and actually SEE the screen. I liked my desktop monitor better.
Back then I was told to get a "Zip drive" So I passed the same advice along.
Putting a desktop monitor with a laptop....Its kind of funny really... Its like putting a string on a cordless phone so you wont loose it. The whole idea of a laptop is mobility.
I wanted to do this once, all I wanted was to be mobile and get home and actually SEE the screen. I liked my desktop monitor better.
Back then I was told to get a "Zip drive" So I passed the same advice along.
Putting a desktop monitor with a laptop....Its kind of funny really... Its like putting a string on a cordless phone so you wont loose it. The whole idea of a laptop is mobility.
stdreb27
Active Member
Originally Posted by Shyfish
http:///forum/post/2943930
Putting a desktop monitor with a laptop....Its kind of funny really... Its like putting a string on a cordless phone so you wont loose it. The whole idea of a laptop is mobility.
we do it at work all the time...
http:///forum/post/2943930
Putting a desktop monitor with a laptop....Its kind of funny really... Its like putting a string on a cordless phone so you wont loose it. The whole idea of a laptop is mobility.
we do it at work all the time...
mpdan
Member
Originally Posted by drpaul84
http:///forum/post/2944019
why not just buy another lcd monitor? can be found everyday for under 200 bucks for 19-22"
outta work right now not in the budget i have a media center and wanted to be able to have laptop as extension to the screen but i figured it out maxivista allows you to do this 14 day free trial $30 to purchase all you need is a network im using lan thru router thanks for the help once im back to work new lcd monitor is on my list along with hqi lighting for tank
http:///forum/post/2944019
why not just buy another lcd monitor? can be found everyday for under 200 bucks for 19-22"
outta work right now not in the budget i have a media center and wanted to be able to have laptop as extension to the screen but i figured it out maxivista allows you to do this 14 day free trial $30 to purchase all you need is a network im using lan thru router thanks for the help once im back to work new lcd monitor is on my list along with hqi lighting for tank
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2943960
we do it at work all the time...
Same here... My salesforce is all mobile but have docking stations with 20" LCD's for when they are actually in the office.
http:///forum/post/2943960
we do it at work all the time...
Same here... My salesforce is all mobile but have docking stations with 20" LCD's for when they are actually in the office.
gmann1139
Active Member
Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/2944139
Same here... My salesforce is all mobile but have docking stations with 20" LCD's for when they are actually in the office.
Yeah, I run a dock at both of my offices as well. Trying to code on a laptop is pretty much grounds for a worker's comp claim, plus the fact I can run dual monitors makes me twice as productive.
http:///forum/post/2944139
Same here... My salesforce is all mobile but have docking stations with 20" LCD's for when they are actually in the office.
Yeah, I run a dock at both of my offices as well. Trying to code on a laptop is pretty much grounds for a worker's comp claim, plus the fact I can run dual monitors makes me twice as productive.
yearofthenick
Active Member
Originally Posted by mpdan
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
If you're on XP, it's totally possible. Depending on your video card, you can determine which is Monitor 1 and which is Monitor 2... and you can select which ones to use. I was able to do it on my Dell laptop.
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
If you're on XP, it's totally possible. Depending on your video card, you can determine which is Monitor 1 and which is Monitor 2... and you can select which ones to use. I was able to do it on my Dell laptop.
Originally Posted by YearOfTheNick
http:///forum/post/2944498
If you're on XP, it's totally possible. Depending on your video card, you can determine which is Monitor 1 and which is Monitor 2... and you can select which ones to use. I was able to do it on my Dell laptop.
Not sure you understood what he was trying to do. From his first post he wanted to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop, not the other way around.
http:///forum/post/2944498
If you're on XP, it's totally possible. Depending on your video card, you can determine which is Monitor 1 and which is Monitor 2... and you can select which ones to use. I was able to do it on my Dell laptop.
Not sure you understood what he was trying to do. From his first post he wanted to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop, not the other way around.
forcrz6
Member
Originally Posted by mpdan
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
Yes and No.
You can use your MAIN display to Extend your desk top from your lap top.
But you can not display your main Desktop to your lap top.
http:///forum/post/2943041
so what im looking to do is use my desktop as the computer and have my laptop as the extended screen is this possible???? i have tried to search how to do it but seem to find only the reverse to use external monitor thanks in advance
Yes and No.
You can use your MAIN display to Extend your desk top from your lap top.
But you can not display your main Desktop to your lap top.
yearofthenick
Active Member
Originally Posted by DragonZim
http:///forum/post/2944686
Not sure you understood what he was trying to do. From his first post he wanted to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop, not the other way around.
Ahh I see.... why would he want to do that? hmmm
http:///forum/post/2944686
Not sure you understood what he was trying to do. From his first post he wanted to use the screen on his laptop as the monitor for his desktop, not the other way around.
Ahh I see.... why would he want to do that? hmmm