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hey I'm Donnell Bell and in this house you I'm going to show you a quick way to run both metro and desktop modes in Windows 8 at the same time the trick is to run your system with the two screen setup and then tweak a few settings chances are if you have a PC that can run Windows 8 it probably supports the second display maybe it's a desktop with both VGA and HDMI output or maybe it's a laptop or an all-in-one with just one display output whatever it is grab an extra monitor and then plug it into the additional port I also have a more in-depth how-to on this you can find over how to see Netcom once connected you can access the charms bar on the right either by swiping in if you have a touchscreen or hovering in the lower right corner select devices then project to a second screen under the second screen settings make sure that the mode is set to extend you should notice that your second monitor now shows a desktop view while the primary display can be used to toggle between a metro menu and the desktop view it's pretty cool now if you want to do some further tweaks to your display settings maybe adjust the resolution or change whether the screen extends to the left of the right you need to find the control panel here I'll go to the file explorer select desktop then control panel once you're there go to hardware and sound then display now you'll see the classic Windows monitor setup options and you can click on each monitor to adjust its settings so there you have it that's how to run your desktop and Metro interface side-by-side with Windows 8 using a second monitor for more Windows 8 tips like this visit how to see Netcom you can also follow me on twitter or check out the how-to videos I post over on Facebook for cnet.com I'm Donnell bail