How many monitors can your PC support?
A Windows XP Guide
To check how many monitors your current PC can support follow these simple steps:
- Right click on a blank portion of your Windows desktop area
- On the resulting menu select the last option ‘Personalize’
- In the new window which appears select the final ‘tab’ option labelled ‘Settings’
The panel should indicate to you how many monitors you can support by the number of blue / grey boxes shown, see the image to the right as an example.
Don’t worry if one or more boxes are ‘greyed out’ this just means that the extra monitor(s) are not enabled yet, you do this after connecting your dual monitors to the computer.
Return to the Multiple Monitors Guide to continue.