tonydenson
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I can't seem to get my external display working under Parallels. I right click on the XP desktop and select Display Properties/Settings, but only see one display. Anyone here got this working ?
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Use of second display device under Windows.
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koolaidman
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It won't work that way - that's what Coherence mode was designed for.
in the Memory settings of your VM, pump your video memory up to at least 32MB, preferably to the max 64MB, and then start your virtual machine. When you switch to Coherence, your XP windows should be accessible on both monitors as you would expect.
This effect is only possible with coherence though - you can't have a 2nd monitor that only windows sees.
in the Memory settings of your VM, pump your video memory up to at least 32MB, preferably to the max 64MB, and then start your virtual machine. When you switch to Coherence, your XP windows should be accessible on both monitors as you would expect.
This effect is only possible with coherence though - you can't have a 2nd monitor that only windows sees.
Eru Ithildur
Forum Maven
If I recall correctly the video memory that Parallels 'has' is really your RAM, and thus it doesn't take all of a 64 MB graphics card (as an example) if you turn it up all the way.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Correct me if I am wrong.
tonydenson
Member
THanks, I sort of got it working. In order to go into Coherence mode I had to wind down both display resolutions to 1024x768 and also increase VM video memory to 64MB. However, even then my Windows application seemed to think there was only one display.
tonydenson
Member
Still struggling here. I cannot get any Windows applications (including Powerpoint) to see a second display even in Coherence mode.
Eru Ithildur
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It's because it is not a second display as far as windows is concerned, it acts as a single huge display.tonydenson said:Still struggling here. I cannot get any Windows applications (including Powerpoint) to see a second display even in Coherence mode.