Set your system for EXTENDED display, then undock what you wish to be displayed in the other monitor and simply drag it over there.

Thanks for your quick replies, although I was able to stumble upon the solution. I tried the suggested Extended and drag fix but it didn't work, then when I rebooted for the second time, all of a sudden the Nvidia control gave me the option of a dual control that wasn't there in the beginning. So the problem was with Nvidia, not Vegas. In Vegas, all I had to do was check Windows Secondary Display in the Preview box and then check the screen I wanted under Identify Displays and there it was, a full screen version of my preview.

Just curious. How does that full screen preview look?

Mike

"Just curious. How does that full screen preview look?"

Not that great (IMO). But you don't have to use full screen preview if you don't wish. If you undock the preview window and drag it over to the other monitor, you can size it to what you wish thereby giving you the best view for size.

You can do this with any window.... the audio settings window.... the project media window...the trimmer window...

On my second monitor I have the preview, the project media and the audio setting windows.... everything else is on the first You can also arrange the various windows any way you wish and save them to presets to be called back at any time.

When I edit the video section I use a larger preview window and smaller audio window. Any time I want edit the audio I just press Cntrl 1 and the preview window shrinks while the audio window gets bigger. I also have a trimmer preset so when I want to use the trimmer I press Cntrl 4 and all the other windows jump to the primary monitor while the trimmer window jumps to the secondary monitor... and goes almost full screen. You can do this on the fly without affecting your editing.

The preset system is a HUGE advantage......... and time saver

I think what Sab and the OP are asking about is using the second monitor as their External Preview Monitor. That is in my experience at least much better than Vegas's internal preview monitor as you can calibrate the external monitor independantly of the rest of your desktop. Also you can set the monitor to de-interlace, something you cannot do with the internal monitor. I believe also outputting to the external monitor creates less CPU load, it's one of the few times Vegas will use hardware acceleration.

To get it to work properly I've found it best to setup the two monitors as dual desktops, not one extended desktop. Vegas drives the external preview monitor as a video overlay and that can create some user confusion if that overlays half of your timeline or work area.

Bob.

Hi Bob, thanks for helping clear that up. That's the info I was looking for.

Sab