Secondary Monitor shows desktop only

[ralft]

When I connect my laptop to my new Sylvania Plasma monitor as the
secondary monitor, only my desktop image shows up. The only exception
is that when I played a DVD in the DVD player of my laptop, the image
was fine. But otherwise, the secondary monitor shows the desktop image
only.
Both monitors show up when I look at Display Properties/Settings and
in the Display box, I have selected 1. (Multiple Monitors) on NVIDIA
GeForce 4 420 Go 32M.
How can I get my secondary monitor working correctly?

 

[FreeComputerConsultant.com]

You need to have the nVidia software loaded. You can then choose how you
want to utilize the 2nd monitor in the nVidia control panel - I use the
DualView option and enable multiple desktops

www.FreeComputerConsultant.com

 

[ralft]

You need to have the nVidia software loaded. You can then choose how you
want to utilize the 2nd monitor in the nVidia control panel - I use the
DualView option and enable multiple desktops

www.FreeComputerConsultant.com

Thanks for the helpful tip. I did succeed in getting the NVIDIA
control panel although it does not include the Display, Games, Video &
Television sections. All it offers is Performance and System Stability
sections. So, how and/or where should I get the control panel which
provides the DualView option??

 

[ralft]

I solved my own problem using a tip provided by a helpful Best Buy
"Geek Squad" member. All I needed to do was to press the Fn and F4
keys simultaneously.