How To Use Laptop As External Monitor

First of all you ll need to grab the appropriate display cable for your laptop so you can hook it up to a monitor.

How to use laptop as external monitor. Go to the desktop or laptop you want to use as your main device and press windows key p. As you want to use the laptop as a second monitor for productivity you should select extend. Most laptops utilize on or more of the following connections. To connect the external display to a laptop locate the correct port on the body of your laptop. Your laptop might use a hdmi cable displayport mini displayport or include a.

Select how you want the screen to be displayed. On windows 10 right click the battery icon and select power options. Now on your main pc the one you want to project from press windows key p then select how you want to project your screen. Also known as the mirroring option the laptop uses both displays at the same time showing the same image on each. Generally these options are presented.

If you want to use both your laptop s screen and the external monitor tv select either extend or duplicate. Click on connect on the menu on the bottom of the notifications slide out menu. This option is chosen automatically when you attach an external monitor or projector to your. Click on the notifications action center icon in the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar. Turn on the monitor.

When the laptop you want to connect to appears select it. If you re only using your laptop as a second monitor at home you can allow any device and leave the pin blank. Plug in the monitor. Extend your laptop s screen if you want your desktop to span across both displays so that you can drag and drop windows and apps from one to the other. Some older laptops use vga.

After a successful connection you may be prompted on how to use the second monitor. Hdmi displayport dvi or usb c thunderbolt 3. 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. These various connections are shown in the images below.