I know that you can do dual monitor setups with a dual port video card, or a single DVI port on a computer.

But can you do multiple desktops with a card with 1 vga port and a monitor splitter cable using VGA. It's the one situation I've never run into.

11/11/2005 8:11:43 AM

you can do multiple desktops. that's different than multiple monitors. there's a windows powertoy that can do multiple desktops like linux.

a splitter just splits the same signal. so no.

[Edited on November 11, 2005 at 8:17 AM. Reason : \/ cool]

11/11/2005 8:13:44 AM

nope

though...funny timing with the thread actually

see this

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051108-5539.html

11/11/2005 8:14:48 AM

multiple desktops is what I meant. sorry it's early.

Guy wants to use multiple desktops off his laptop with one of the plasma TV's for a demo. He only has a VGA port on the back. Before I went and got one of the splitters I wanted to make sure.

Thanks.

11/11/2005 8:17:32 AM

well you can have multiple desktops but with the splitter, you are still going to be seeing the same desktop on both monitors.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe

laptops can do dual monitor setups but i don't know if you can show different desktops on different monitors. i think the multiple desktop tool was made for people who only have one monitor.

[Edited on November 11, 2005 at 8:21 AM. Reason : .]

11/11/2005 8:19:26 AM

"different desktops"?

11/11/2005 8:23:48 AM

virtual desktops

11/11/2005 8:26:26 AM

It could do it fine.

Basically the setup is like I have but I have a DVI port and wasn't sure if VGA could do the same thing. It could im set... all is well.

11/13/2005 3:55:06 PM