Dual Monitor support in WinXP

[Peter Quain]

Ben,

a) graphics card setting should be "clone" ... same display on both monitors
b) buy a USB k'board (and mouse) ... PCs will respond to both a PS2 and a
USB k'board

this setup works well in our lab
hope this helps

At 01:42 AM 17/06/03, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I am developing an eprime experiment that will be run on a Dual Monitor
>Windows XP machine.  However, I haven't been able to find a solution to a
>rather annoying problem.  Because of the physical setup of the testing
>environment, I need to be able to do the initial data collection (subject
>ID, name, etc) on one monitor, and show the experiment's screens on the
>other monitor.
>
>Right now, the keyboard has to be carried around a corner to do the data
>entry before the experiment begins.  I have looked at doing all the data
>collection myself using an InputBox and hardcoding the x,y
>position.  However, I haven't quite gotten that to work.  The inputBox
>always shows up on the "wrong" monitor no matter what x value I give it.
>
>A related issue is it would be really great if I could do the subject ID
>and all at the end instead of the beginning of the experiment.  Any Ideas
>on how to do that?
>
>If anyone has any suggestions for either of these problems, please let me
>know.
>
>Ben Staab
>staab at waisman.wisc.edu

Peter Quain
School of Psychology
University of New England
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