Mix touchscreen and non-touch screen monitors in Windows 7?

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Published on 2010-02-05T15:06:44Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 19:05 UTC
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Is it possible to have two monitors in Windows 7, one touch screen and the other not? Obviously you would need a mouse to interact with the non-touch screen, but could you still use the touch features on that screen?

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