Solved! Connecting a laptop to a vga monitor

[jibbastack]

Hello,id like to know how to connect my laptop to a vga monitor. is it as simple as plugging in the cord? prob is the screens junk on the laptop, hence why i need to know .

 

[cadder]

If your laptop has a port, then you just plug it in. Some older laptops have to be switched to run the attached screen or the external monitor. Usually one of the function keys does this. I had an old Dell that worked this way.

My newer laptop works differently, more like a modern desktop video card. It gives me the options to run both monitors at the same time, expand the desktop across both monitors, duplicate the desktop on both monitors, etc.

 

[dalauder]

If the laptop was made in the last 5 years, you just right click the desktop and go to your display settings. One of those menus allows you to select which displays to use and set resolutions.