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Why does my laptop default to the second monitor when I connect an external monitor?

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Mar 15, 20264965 views
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I am using Windows Vista business edition on my Lenovo R500. Every time I connect a second external monitor my default laptop desktop shifts to the second external monitor automatically. How can I stop this behavior? I don't want the laptop desktop shifting to the second monitor.

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If you have the Lenovo tools installed on your laptop, bring up the monitor configuration tool with Fn and the appropriate Function key. On my W500 it's F7, but I don't know if it is necessarily the same on your R500. Note - this isn't the Windows D…

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