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How do we "freeze" the display on an external display?

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I currently have an external display connected to my laptop. How can we temporarily "freeze" the screen of the external display, such that we can continue using the laptop without having the screen of external display changing? I'm running Windows on an Acer Aspire 4937G

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Use extend mode, and drag the window which you wish to freeze to the side of your laptop screen. This should display on the extended screen.

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How do we "freeze" the display on an external display?

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