external monitor question

[kelv1ntran]

i have my alum mb hooked up to a samsung t240hd (resolution 1920 x 1200) as a primary monitor my laptop as a secondary monitor most of the time when i'm at home and it works great but when i wanna take it to go of course the monitor can't come with, however when i detach it and use my laptop all my windows go astray and its kinda annoying i open itunes and i see the corner of it since i usually use it on the other monitor or safari is in another corner barely seeing it does anybody else have this problem or know how to get around this? i shoulda taken a picture i'll try and get a picture of it next time and add this thanks

oh yea and its hooked up via mini display -> dvi

cliffs: laptop when taken off external monitor my windows are everywhere trying to find out how to solve this problem and have them centered like they should be

 

[Sipheren]

I would like to know this as well, I have started making sure the Macbook is closed when hocked up to my monitor as it tends to then put everything on the smaller screen when I unplug the external LCD and open the Macbook.

 

[michael.lauden]

this happens to me... but it's just how windows are placed when you expand the desktop. my dock sometimes gets messed up too.

 

[portent]

Most programs will have a Window > Zoom command that will re-center a window that's off the edge of the screen.

For those that don't, quitting the program and re-launching it usually helps.