How to change monitor 1 for monitor 2

Anonymous
2010-05-05T20:48:00+00:00

I have a Gateway with HDMI and Vga outputs. I connect the VGA to a regular computer monitor, and the HDMI to a new 37 HDTV, but by default the HDMI output is identified as Monitor 1 and the vga to monitor 2, I new to change the identity of the monitors so 1 to be 2 and 2 to be 1, please advice

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Anonymous
2010-05-05T22:36:14+00:00

Hi,

Right Click Desktop - Graphics Properties

Right Click Desktop - Graphics Options

Right Click Desktop - Personalize - Display Settings

These should help you set them up.

How to Setup Dual Monitors in Windows 7

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/how-to-setup-dual-monitors-in-windows-7/

Two monitors are better than one

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/organization/twomonitors.aspx

Work and play better with multiple monitors

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/work-and-play-better-with-multiple-monitors

Move windows between multiple monitors

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Move-windows-between-multiple-monitors

Multiple monitors : frequently asked questions.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-vista/Multiple-monitors-frequently-asked-questions

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-02T23:53:14+00:00

    This question matters for me because I have 3 monitors. Two monitors in a dual setup, the third is a TV. Yet, Windows decided to label the TV as 2 and the monitors as 1 and 3. Even if I only have the monitors connected they're still 1 and 3.

    If I use a Windows theme for dual-monitor (there don't seem to be any triple monitor themes that I could easily find, though even if there were it wouldn't wrap correctly) Windows automatically extends the desktop background over monitors 1 and 2. 3 gets an entirely different image. I need 1 and 2 to be my main monitors and 3 to be the TV. But right now the TV is 2, which means my background is messed up.

    Moving the position of the monitors in the setup only controls which monitor is "next" when I move the mouse from one to another. It doesn't control the 1, 2, 3 numbering or affect background placement.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T07:55:26+00:00

    Some programs use the label identity name to determine which monitor is the primary monitor.

    Now that I answered you inquiry you can answer the question? Clearly you know or you wouldn't have bothered,  right? No?

    If you don't now the answer to the question then don't bother. The person asking the question has a reason, and it doesn't matter for the question. Heck, maybe they're just OCD? would that matter?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-11T03:36:57+00:00

    No, when i open up VLC media player, it always defaults to opening on monitor 1, which is my extended monitor on the right side.  It's very annoying, i have to take it out of full screen and drag it to monitor 2, then reenable full screen.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-04-02T11:41:55+00:00

    I'm missing why the labels that Windows puts on two screens matters.

    I'm thinking that they could be called Annabel and Jeffrey rather than 1 and 2. I can't see that it would matter. We can set one screen as the main display, and we can drag each screen in the graphic so that the screens sit with respect to each other in the same way they sit in the physical world - the left one on the left, and the right one on the right.

    Mutatis mutandis for more than two screens.

    Things behave as you would expect, do they not?

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