Microsoft KB Archive/162928

= Third-Party Solutions to Multiple Monitor Support for Windows =

Article ID: 162928

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Third-party companies, such as Color Graphics, MATROX, STB, INTERGRAPH, ALTEX Electronics, and other companies provide solutions to multiple monitor support for Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
Color Graphics has a full line that support anywhere from two to eight monitors. The Color Graphics cards are based on the S3 chip set.

MATROX Millennium video cards in the same computer support multiple monitors.

STB Inc. provides the MVP-2X dual SVGA video card (ISA) with Microsoft Windows NT drivers supplied by STB. The card comes with MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2 drivers. In addition, STB provides model MVP2X/MC for Micro Channel.

Other manufacturers that provide the capability of multiple screens are ALTEX Electronics and INTERGRAPH. These manufacturers make video cards with multiple VGA chips on them that drive several monitors in a video wall arrangement spread across 2, 4, 8, or 16 screens.

Windows 2000 also includes built-in Multiple Monitor Support.

Additional query words: OEM video display

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbhardware kbinfo kbsetup KB162928

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