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XP in boot camp on macbook with external monitor
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thebopps
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May 29, 2009, 05:06 PM
 
I have an external monitor, and whenever I am home I have my macbook hooked up with the lid closed...OS X works fine, but when I try to boot into XP, it doesn't want to recognize the external monitor as the primary monitor. Anyone have this working properly?
     
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Nov 25, 2009, 08:15 PM
 
hi - Did u ever find a solution to this problem ?
     
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Nov 25, 2009, 08:28 PM
 
try changing the resolution on the external monitor to a low one (800x600).

also boot with your macbook closed. This should force the display to a single monitor (the external), and once booted you may have the option via the Windows display panel to turn on the macbook's display as a second monitor.
     
   
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