Connect an external monitor to your laptop and enjoy the benefits of dual monitor windows computer. In case you are wondering how to connect an external monitor to your laptop easily, this post will enumerate steps to get your dual monitors (one laptop monitor and one external monitor) working on a windows computer. This post will identify the steps required to handle software and hardware issues for windows computer. On a higher level you would need a laptop running microsoft windows computer, an external monitor will power cord and data transfer cable to connect to the laptop and a freely available VGA or other relative connector port on your laptop.
Regarding hardware information for connecting an external monitor, do have a look closely at the laptop and find out a blue VGA connector with 15 pins or holes. In case you can find the VGA connector, you are one step done for connecting an external monitor to the laptop. However in case you cannot locate the VGA connector, then you would need a USB Graphics card to connect external monitor to your laptop.
Shutdown the laptop and then connect the external monitors’ data cable to the VGA port found on the laptop and provide required power supply to the external monitor. In case you are connecting the external monitor using a USB graphic card, connect the external monitor’s data cable to the USB graphics card. Now power up the laptop and you are almost done with external monitor’s connection to the laptop.
Now depending on the Windows Operating System and your requirement for connecting the external monitor to the laptop, you can control both the monitors using Display Settings of the Control Panel. You can also use the Dual Monitor Software to control various aspects both the monitors connected to your Windows Operating System.