Independent dual screen? Solved

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Hello,

I just did a search on the forums regarding the independence of two screens and I found NOTHING! All the topics talk about a dual screen with an extended desktop. There was only one person looking for the same thing as me:

How can I have a desktop on each of the screens? The poor guy didn't get any responses ...

Can you help me? Configuration: Windows Vista
Firefox 2.0.0.11

reno732 · Accepted Answer

I just took a test.

It is possible to have two independent screens:

One to play videos and the other to browse the internet.

I tested the method with an Nvidia GTX275 graphics card, on Windows.

Right-click on the desktop / NVIDIA Control Panel
Run the Multiple Displays wizard / Leave all settings at default and restart the computer.
In the NVIDIA Control Panel under Set up multiple displays, a new mode appears:
Configure Individually "Dual View"
After restarting, go back to the NVIDIA Control Panel, change the resolution, then select each screen and assign the desired resolution to it. And that's it.
It is possible to drag applications to one of the displays and make it full screen on just one of the displays.

To have a taskbar on the 2nd display, you then need to install UltraMon (not tested)

pepe35 · Answer

Hello,
1 - your card needs to support two screens (so it should have two outputs already).
2 - if so: right-click on the desktop, select Properties, and then the Settings tab.
There, you can either choose the option to display the same thing on each screen, or enable the option that allows you to extend the desktop (with the mouse moving from one screen to the other).
The last step will depend on the video card and the software associated with it.

See you later

pepe35

pepe35 · Answer

Hello,

in Display Properties, on the Settings tab
Enable the option "Extend the Windows desktop to this monitor (for the second monitor)
The first monitor must have the following checked options (Attached and Main) when you right-click on the 1st screen.

Regards,

PEPE35

El kamizole · Answer

Hi, I was looking for the same thing: extending a desktop and using it as a single workspace but still keeping it distinct when launching a game.

Here's what I did:

right-click on the desktop (a blank area with no icons) and select personalize
then display settings
there, click on your second screen
select extend the desktop
then you'll need a third-party program to make managing your documents easier, etc... this program is called ULTRAMON, that's the one I use, unfortunately in English... but oh well

Hoping to help many, see you and happy surfing!

Valentin · Answer

I know how to have 2 different wallpapers for each screen, it's super simple. You need the program "DisplayFusion". Hope this helps you. Best regards, Valentin

L'inconnu · Answer

Well there you go, I looked for several hours at home, and having an NVidia 9800 GT graphics card and 2 screens, that option simply does not exist, if I understood what you were looking for correctly (2 different desktops, one on each screen).
You can have a desktop on one of the two screens ("Dualview"), and use the other for whatever you want, or you can use both screens as one single screen ("Horizontal/Vertical Extension") (I checked, it doesn't look very nice when the two screens are not the same size (e.g., one 1400x900 and one 1280x1024)). There's also another option that consists of having exactly the same display on both ("clone") (in my opinion, for example, to have one screen in a different room than the other).

However, I think it's possible on Linux (Ubuntu, the only one I tested), but it requires a bit of tweaking.

Personally, the only thing I would like is to be able to set a different wallpaper on each screen, which doesn't work very well since they are not the same size.

I hope I have shed some light on what you were looking for.

Best regards, Me.

thy · Answer

I looked into this problem having 2 LCD screens under Windows Seven
so first I have a GTX 260 graphics card under Windows Seven Ultimate 64 bits.
I connected my main screen to my tower which is a LCD TV, then I connected my second living room Sony Bravia to the second slot on my graphics card, then I rebooted the PC so that it would identify the second connected screen.
Next, I right-clicked on the desktop/resolution settings to properly identify the second one.
Then I made sure to set the correct resolution on both screens first (for screens larger than 26 inches, 1360/768 is a good base, then 60 MHz is the minimum generally accepted, and fine-tune according to your screen).
Then select the multiple displays option to extend these displays, you will then see only the blank wallpaper on the second screen, but by moving your mouse to the right you will see it move from your first to your second screen.
And that's where it gets interesting, you start your video file (vacation of course) playing with VLC for example in a minimized window, you move this window to the right until the player moves onto the living room screen, then all you have to do is activate full screen on your player to have the movie only on the second screen, which leaves the first screen free for browsing the internet simultaneously, the only downside is the sound, you won't be able to follow a movie and on the first screen play or launch music without mixing both sounds since it's the same hardware, I hope this helps those who want to surf the net while displaying the movie on the second screen, all this without third-party software etc., see you soon.

Alien · Answer

To display two different things on my two screens, using the same computer:

I found a simple solution, guided by Windows help (I'm on XP): once the two screens are connected (for me, the screen of my laptop + another screen), right-click on the desktop image > properties > settings tab > click on the 2nd screen represented (in the form of a blue rectangle with the number 2 in the middle) to select it > check "Extend the Windows desktop to this monitor."
And it works
Good luck to everyone!

Stup · Answer

Dual Monitor perfectly meets your needs!!!

adtelly · Answer

For Linux, please check the following link: http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/multi-ecran

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