How To Use Another Laptop As External Monitor

Use your second laptop as a second monitor.

How to use another laptop as external monitor. Extend your laptop s screen if you want your desktop to span across both displays so that you can drag and drop windows and apps from one to the other. As you want to use the laptop as a second monitor for productivity you should select extend. Click on the notifications action center icon in the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar. On the main pc that you want to use your laptop s display as secondary display for. Go to the desktop or laptop you want to use as your main device and press windows key p.

Click on connect on the menu on the bottom of the notifications slide out menu. Go to the other pc or laptop press win p and click on connect to a wireless display wait until your other laptop is detected select it and choose whether to duplicate or extend. Choose extend if you want your laptop to act as a true second monitor that gives you additional screen space for the productivity uses mentioned above. On the machine you want to use as a second monitor head over to settings system projecting to this pc and set it up as you like considering convenience vs. Select how you want the screen to be displayed.

First of all you ll need to grab the appropriate display cable for your laptop so you can hook it up to a monitor. Now on your main pc the one you want to project from press windows key p then select how you want to project your screen. If you re only using your laptop as a second monitor at home you can allow any device and leave the pin blank.