Install additional monitorsWindows 2000 has a new multiple monitor functionality that increases your work productivity by expanding the size of your desktop. Connecting up to ten individual monitors, you can create a desktop large enough to hold numerous programs or windows.
You can easily work on more than one task at a time by moving items from one monitor to another or stretching them across numerous monitors. Edit images or text on one monitor while viewing Web activity on another. Or you can open multiple pages of a single, long document and drag them across several monitors to easily view the layout of text and graphics. You could also stretch a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet across two monitors so you can view numerous columns without scrolling.
One monitor serves as the primary display and will hold the logon dialog box when you start your computer. In addition, most programs will display windows on the primary monitor when you initially open them. Different resolutions and different color depths can be set for each monitor. Multiple monitors can be connected to individual graphics adapters or to a single adapter that supports multiple outputs.
You can use Display in Control Panel to configure the settings for multiple monitors.