Dual Monitor Help

Nooga678 · Posted: Dec 29, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Dual Monitor Help

I have my second monitor hooked up to my HP Notebook via the expansion base. The extended monitor is working fine, but I can't figure out how to make the background different. What ever image I set as the background shows up on both.

Any ideas?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I could be wrong but I think you have to use an external application to get that to work.

There is a free one I use to have a taskbar on my second monitor. It has some other features like background I think. There are also pay ones out there.

http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm

Nooga678 · Posted: Dec 30, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I will give that a try. Even if it doesn't fix the background issue, I like the idea of having a taskbar on the second monitor.

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7487

I do think you need an extra program to extend the taskbar and other controls. I have the same background on both monitors.

Ejazzle · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 345 City: Tequesta

i have the same backround on both too.

how do you extend the taskbar. ive never really thought about doing it.

Nooga678 · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 4:08 am Post subject:

Ejazzle, See Wakebrad's Link. I haven't installed it yet, but it seems like some pretty cook freeware/shareware for dual monitor setup.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

been too lazy to extend taskbar. i should do that.

Nooga678 · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject:

jumalian, So how did you get two separate pictures?

dmb · Posted: Jan 01, 2009 2:22 am Post subject:

It's been a while since I've used dual monitors on Windows, but can you not just make a picture as wide as the two screens, (For example mine was 2560 X 1024) and then set that as the background, set to "Stretch"?

However, later in my time on dual monitors I did just use UltraMon... Great program

SilverMustang35 · Posted: Jan 01, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:

Ultramon is a great program, agreed DMB....I have used it for years...

Jensen · Posted: Jan 02, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject:

ULTRAMON FTW, thanks to DMB who tipped me off to that program a couple years ago. i don't know how i'd survive with one monitor/one taskbar. lets you have two seperate pictures too