If you choose "Show Displays in Menu Bar" from the Displays Preference Pane, you will see a little monitor icon on the right side of the menubar. The first menu option is to "Detect Displays." HTH Norm On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 10:17 AM, hart at nasw.org wrote: > Sometimes when my wife wakes her PowerBook, it does not immediately > detect the second monitor. She has to open System Prefs > Displays and > click Detect Displays. Anyone know if there's an AppleScript around > that does this? Norman Cohen nacohen at mac.com