first let me say im sorry for not responding as i went away for the past 5 days to get away from the hectic life we lead. Thanks to all for your help -- i was finally able to get my 2nd monitor working. it was a combination of not having the external monitor plugged in before i booted and not dragging the singers screen onto the monitor. i was also lucky enough to make it work with a dlp projector as that is the direction im heading. discs to hard drive (no discs case to lug around) a yamaha powered mixer (1000 watts) with my yamaha s115 speakers. Lastly a dlp projector (no tv's to lug around) thats the plan -- because of your help it is comming closer to reality

. I also forgot the most important part -- Hoster -- which i love -- thanx everyone once again for your support --- carljohn