Presentation Director - Docked?

I have noticed that in Presentation Director there is a section in the settings labelled:
"When notebook is docked."
"Immediately apply this Scheme..."
However, this section of the options is always greyed out for me, so I cannot select that option. They option is unavailable regardless if the laptop is in the docking station or not.
How do you use this docking feature with presentation director?
ThinkPad T61 (7662-CTO) Core2Duo 2.2GHz 2 Gig RAM 1 Gig Turbo Memory 160 Gig HD 5400 rpm
nVidia Quadro NVS 140M graphics Advanced Dock (2503)

1. Make sure secondary is enabled..
...when undocked click capture on normal setting in presentation director ...
2.
The nvidia driver and the windows display settings has to enabled as attached as external] and the presentation director have to have the same resolution 1024x768 or whatever..? and the nvidia driver version(Old version 6.14.11.5666 9/27/2007) Rt click device manager display .. properties look at driver. If 5666
(New version 6.14.11.7471 3/20/08 )(This driver also fixes Dual Monitor Display issue with Docking Stations)
Download updated driver from lenovo.(7471 )3/20/08
Then disable desktop manager
Apply the following changes:
1. Right Click on Desktop-Select Nview Properties:
Disable click ok.
Open Nvidia control
Right Click on Desktop and Select Nvidia Control Panel
Click on Change Powermizer Settings
Select - Not manage my power consumption (Disable Powermizer)
Setup in Nvidia Control panel:
Use the following settings and go to profiles and save.
2. Go to Display Properties and use the following settings:
NOTE: Make sure both LCD's are set at the same resolution! Ex 1280x1024 pixels.
The NEC LCD in this example is the Default LCD:
To move mouse from left to right, make sure Display 1 is on the left side in the Display properties.
To undock, Press the Undock button on the Docking station and wait until Laptop goes into Sleep Mode and undocked. Press power button to put into normal mode.

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