How to Setup Dual Monitors on Windows PC



In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to set up multiple monitors on your laptop or desktop Windows 11 PC. With multiple screens, you can duplicate your monitor, extend your display, or just show on one of your monitors. We walk through how to identify what display port you have on your computer and on your monitor. Next, we look at how to find the right cable to connect your PC to your display. Next, we look at the various settings that you have to control your dual monitors. At the end, we look at how to use a laptop screen as a second monitor.

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⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Check display port on PC
1:14 Check display port on monitor
1:45 Find the right display cable
3:08 Display settings for multiple monitors
5:42 Use laptop as second monitor
7:29 Wrap up

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This Post Has 44 Comments

  1. Jen Williams

    3 monitors but the 3rd is wireless as only 2 HDMI and the mouse is sluggish. Any ideas?

  2. kaisy kaisy

    Thanks. Please, can I see two different programs in two connected monitors to one computer?

  3. carter sasa

    Thanks Mr. Kevin.. your videos are very helpful <3

  4. racing pro

    thanks kevin. i am from sri lanka (Ceylon)🧡👍

  5. Eri Hitsuki

    Is it possible to make a mac computer a second screen? I've seen videos of people doing it, but not sure if those videos are credible.

  6. Hi kevin, You are my tech instructor. Can you please make a video on making windows looks like an macbook icons?

  7. Here's a fun fact
    I have observed that my PC works faster on dual setup compared to single monitor but Idk why it happens so

  8. Ntxhiav Lis

    Hey Kevin can you do a video for a tri monitor setup i.e. laptop connected to 2 monitors and remote desktop only displays on the 2 monitors?

  9. Thank you for making the videos. Information is valuable. Please prepare videos on what is the roles and responsibilities of an it support engineer in Microsoft Company.

  10. Perhaps

    By the title in your video, I assumed you would be demonstrating how to connect two monitors to a PC (or to a laptop).

    You demonstrated how to add a second monitor to your laptop. I was hoping to see how to have a Windows computer feed video to two stand-alone monitors, and be able to use them in such a way that your mouse travels from one monitor to the next monitor.

    Will Windows allow you to use more than one of your computer's display ports, to feed more than one monitor? Or is some type of hardware needed that will take a single output from your PC and split it to have a two-monitor display?

    Thank you.

  11. Michel Nabil

    About the wireless display option, does it consume data from my bandwidth? Or it just uses the same wifi to extend the screen?

  12. gotbordercollies

    Thanks Kevin 🖥️ 🖥️ 🖥️ for me. How does the wireless option communicate?

  13. Abhishek S

    Hi Kevin I am from INDIA 🇮🇳. Your videos always helped me a lot. Like I was always looking for this because I have 1 Personal Laptop & 1 Office Laptop. But don't wanted to spend more on a Display.
    Thanks again.

  14. Just because your video card has four ports, that doesn't mean it can handle four monitors at once, just that you have more choices to connect the monitors/s.

  15. K A M B

    Dual monitors and a laptop for 3 extended displays.

  16. SULTANAT IS LIVE

    Can i project screen from my laptop to another laptop but through cables
    Bcz when i tried the wireless feature

    It was lagging so much….

    Can u plz tell the solution…🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

  17. Manuel Lopez

    I connected two Samsung 27inch curved monitors to my pc…thanks for the cool video.

  18. Omaansh Kaushal

    Unbelievable timing!! Just needed that for my final examination and he, the hero, comes in…. Thanks Kevin!!

  19. Juan Amaya

    best youtube channel…no question about it! let´s hit the 2 M mark!

  20. Putin David

    3:07 – I wonder how you can listen to the audio of all four at a time 🤣🤣🤣. Still, it would be good if I could see your videos that way

  21. Lee Don

    thx Kevin again for this useful tips

  22. Cesar EP

    Hotkey to quickly move windows between screens (even full screen videos) : <Win> + <Shift> + <Arrow key>

  23. Funny enough I went through all these steps in the last few months. First I used my old laptop as a second monitor then that was laggy so decided to invest into a triple monitor setup. Multitasking heaven now. Great tutorial.

  24. kuro chan

    I turn on dual monitor and when I press windows+D, both monitor show desktop. Are there anyway to only show desktop for my primary monitor (as I just want to open another file on my primary desktop and check against data on my second monitor)?

  25. Nicholas Soo

    Hi Kevin, is there a way to connect 2 laptops monitor with cable? Love your videos!

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