These boards have been very helpful in the past so here goes:
I have a laptop which I want to use as a second monitor. I have a second vga cable and my graphics card supports 2 monitors.
I have tried synergy and maxivista but what I REALLY want is to just use my laptop as a second monitor without the need for a network connection.
So: I plugged one end of the vga cable in to my laptop and the other in to the second port on my desktop's graphics card. What do I do now? The laptop doesn't seem to want to display my extended monitor instead of my laptop's content.
Cliffs:
Laptop plugged in to my desktop('s graphics card) via VGA.
Don't know what to do next to make it like a second monitor. Not looking for synergy/maxivista.
Desktop is using XP, laptop is using windows 7.
Thanks!