You work as the IT administrator for a small corporate network. The employee in Office 2 is setting up a virtualization environment for software development. To make the system easier to use, she has requested dual monitors. You need to upgrade the computer is Office 2 to support dual monitors. You have purchased a second monitor and placed it in the Workplace (the monitor on the left). The video card in the computer currently only supports a single monitor so you will need to upgrade the video card to support dual monitors.
You task in this lab is to configure dual monitors by completing the following tasks:
- Select a video card that provides you with dual monitor support with both monitors using a digital connection to the video card. Install the video card in the appropriate slot.
- Choose the correct cable to connect the new monitor to the computer. The new monitor is already plugged in to the surge protector.
- Connect the original monitor to the new video card.
-Turn on the computer.
- Turn on the new monitor.
- In Windows, extend the display on the second monitor.
- Configure the display properties to show the Start menu and taskbar on the left monitor.
- In the Display Properties, configure the relationship of the two monitors to reflect the physical placement of both monitors