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Question

A 2nd monitor

Oct 31, 2018 2:52PM PDT

I have a Samsung (all-in-one) Touchscreen. I've seen discussions on CNET but haven't really seen 'how to and where to plug another monitor' on my pc. Do i need to buy a special cord or what?

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Answer
some new motherboards
Oct 31, 2018 3:55PM PDT

will allow separate VGA and HDMI/DVI monitors to be connected. If not then many video cards do have such capability. In past two video cards was needed to do it.

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Networks
Oct 31, 2018 4:50PM PDT

I have 21 other networks that show up listed under the WiFi network that i use... Is there a way to disable them all? I want my pc to AUTOMATICALLY connect ONLY to the network that i use...

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I use linux, but...
Oct 31, 2018 5:43PM PDT

...would assume windows has something similar on it's "connection" icon, where you can right clk and choose to "hide" or "ignore" connections you don't want to see. Of course it will always connect to your default location first anyway.

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tried....
Nov 1, 2018 12:05AM PDT

When i go to 'VIEW NETWORK SETTINGS' (where all the other connections list show up under my WiFi passage), and I right-click onto them - NOTHING happens. When i right-click on my WiFi setting - then 3 options show up for me to pick: *SHOW ESTIMATED DATA USAGE, *SET AS METERED CONNECTION or FORGET THIS NETWORK...

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that's the place
Nov 1, 2018 12:10PM PDT

clk on each network you don't want, then choose "forget this network" for it.