Switching to external display or projector in Windows 7
Here’s another quick and very useful tip to keep in mind about Windows 7. When you press on Windows key (
) and tap P you will be presented with the following list of available options:
You can click on a desired option with your mouse and it will be immediately applied. Alternatively you can keep pressing the Windows key and tapping the P key again. Each key press will select the next available option thus you can scroll through all listed items (pressing on Tab will have the same result). To scroll through this list backwards hold the Windows Key and Shift key at the same time and use Tab to move back. You can always use the Arrow keys to move forward and backwards as well.
This new feature provides a very convenient and quick way to switch display to external monitor/projector. In case you haven’t connected any external monitors to your PC (or it’s not turned on) you will be see the following message:
Another very nice feature that I like is once you’ve connected your PC/notebook to external monitor/projector and configured this setting – next time your computer starts, Windows 7 will automatically switch your display to connected device.
I’m using this quite often when I want to watch movie on bigger monitor.
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