Using that old monitor that you have stored

If you use a laptop and it is not an old model, then you can connect a second monitor to the PC to work with both.

Check the laptop to see if have this port:

so, if the laptop have it, then clean the old monitor and prepare to create the new look like this:

The step are:

1. Turn on the computer (laptop)
2. Connect the second monitor to the laptop
3. Turn on the second monitor
4. If you have using Windows Vista then appear this windows:

Select the options that you see in the imagen above

If you have Windows XP, then right clic over the Windows Desktop and select Properties from the menu, then choose this options:

Explain: Check the second monitor and checkmark the box "Extend my Windows....", you can drap and drop the box of the second monitor to position in relation to the laptop display, so when you move your mouse in that way, then cursor appear in the second display.

Now you can open any program like Internet Explorer for example, and move the windows (drap and drop) to the second display and maximize there.

Note: if you dont have a laptop, but  a desktop PC then check if have a second connector of monitor, look where you monitor is plug in in the PC and if you see other connector like the first one in this post or like this (DVI connect using for some flat screen):

in this case you can connect a second one too, and looks like this for example:

Some time you need a convert for different connector, that is cheap and is call "DVI to VGA convert"