How To Use Laptop As Second Monitor Windows 7

On a touchscreen slide your finger in from the left and then tap project at the bottom of the action center menu instead.

How to use laptop as second monitor windows 7. Screenshot by rob lightner cnet connect. Open the power user menu win x or the start menu and select settings. You can now just drag and drop windows between monitors. Windows makes using multiple monitors easy. On your keyboard press windows p to open the project menu.

In windows 7 it is easy to add a second monitor by using the new hotkey win p. Just plug the monitor into the appropriate port on your computer and windows should automatically extend your desktop onto it. On the laptop you wish to use as a secondary display click on the start menu and go into settings the gear icon from there click on the system icon then click on projecting to this pc option in the menu to the left. Select system from the settings window. Back on your desktop bring up the display settings window go to multiple displays and select extend desktop to this display now you can organize the two different monitors so that they display what.

From the display section choose detect if you see it to register the second monitor. With your receiving pc ready you can now project your screen from the main computer. There s also a chance that the monitor s already there. You should see your laptop appear on your desktop and when it does click on it. Fire up your control panel again choose hardware and sound display then choose connect to an external display step 2.

Connect to an external display. Go to the desktop or laptop you want to use as your main device and press windows key p select how you want the screen to be displayed choose extend if you want your laptop to act as a true second monitor that gives you additional screen space for the productivity uses mentioned above.