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re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

frankiebean — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:15:24 GMT

I am using dual monitors on vista home premium and want to know if there is a way to take my wall paper and stretch it across both monitors like one continuos monitor? Right now when i change wall paper it appears on each monitor so I have the full picture on each one. Let me know if this is at all possible to do.

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Griffin2020 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:18:45 GMT

I am running a Dell Latitude D830 with Business Premium, and a Dell 1908WFP. I have never had the primary (19" Wide) flip with the secondary (laptop screen). However, if I lock the screen, about 90% of the time when I unlock it, any applications that are on the secondary screen move to the primary. Highly annoying.

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Sootie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:16:47 GMT

I work as an IT guy for about 170ish users 90% of which use Dual monitors and Vista. Everyone loves the dual monitors and would never be able to go back to using one monitor (myself included).

I use my left monitor for outlook, sidebar gadgets and internet explorer and the right hand monitor for remote controlling servers and computers.

What does seem to be causing an issue at the moment however is every windows update which comes out seems to reset the configuration of the dual monitors and i have to run around to all the peoples desk's who cant remember how to enable them again. What i cant work out though is why it only effects some computers, my computer has been running dual monitors for the longest however has never been effected yet others with similar rights etc have....

weired....

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

steelosophy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:12:48 GMT

I uses 2 17 inch Dell monitors which both runs at 1280*1024 in Windows Vista Ultimate. I use one monitor for my primary desktop (emails, docs) and the other one which is right in front of me for browsing and programming related stuff. I have to say that Dual Monitors in Vista has been such an improvement from it's predecessor.

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Peter88 — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:49:01 GMT

Anyone help? I have Vista Home premium. My graphics ATI 2100 supports 3 monitors. I am currently using HDMI to connect to my HD tv. On first install it came up worked as a copy of my desktop (which suited me) , then I lost that and it beacme an extension. (Which I dont want) I can't seem to find how to go back to it being a copy? I've tried uninstall, I've tried removing the cables, etc.. but no.

Any advice please?

PS I recall the first windows.. "not worth the bother" I was told.. "it eats your resources"... nothing changed there then? :)

Thanks

Peter

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Robert W — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:48:44 GMT

Brandon,

Great video! I've actually been using a dual-monitor setup via my Dell P3 laptop for years. It's invaluable when building software with Visual Studio.

But today was my first one ever using Vista on my own computer. I have dual 22" LCD monitors and it's beautiful!

There's one thing I'm trying to do though that your video almost helped me resolve but not quite.

Simply, when I'm working on Screen 1, I'd like to have the option to have the Sidebar slideshow gadget display photos full screen on Screen 2.

Your mention in the video of being able to detach any gadget came close but the slideshow won't allow for full-screen display.

Might you know of a way to do this?

Robert W.

Vancouver, BC

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

kpacquer — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:46:50 GMT

Lukaz,

RE: Dual display switches positions every time you reboot / lock the computer.

If you're using an nVidia driver, try updating it. I had the same problem, this solved it.

Discovered the solution on the Microsoft Support site from the Vista - Community section.

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Lukaz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:56:24 GMT

Before SP1 I had no problems with my laptop and the external monitor (both Acer). Everything is still installed, no drivers are missing. My laptop is on the left and the monitor on the right and that's I want in my monitor configuration. But after every reboot or locking the laptop, the monitor settings are put on default. That's really annoying. I don't know if someone has the same problem. What ever worked is no guarantee after an update....

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Revenant — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:12:53 GMT

I am testing Service Pack 1 for Vista for my company and I've got an issue with my dual monitor setup that wasn't there before SP1. I use a doceked Lenovo z61m thinkpad and a separate 19" Acer monitor as the primary display when docked. Before SP1 the Acer ran at 1440x900 and extended to my laptop's display which also displayed at 1440x900. Everything was seemless and smooth. After installing SP1, neither display can select 1440x900 as an option. This is true even after removing the old drivers and starting from scratch. I've also tried an old version of the driver, the latest driver from Intel, the latest from Lenovo and a generic windows display driver to no avail. Any idea as to a solution?

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Shtef — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:37:57 GMT

Hello

I have a problem using dual monitors on Windows Vista Ultimate, using a Toshiba Satellite A100-847 - GeFoce Go 7600 display card and an external monitor (at the moment IIYama ProLite B1902S - have also used another IIYama monitor but had the same problem).

The thing is: I set up the external monitor and after a while both displays start flickering. They both go black and come back again. It does this a couple of times then it works fine. This happens at different time intervals, it can be after 10 mins or 30 mins ... but I usually get this more than 2 times an hour.

I've tried a few drivers for the graphics card - from the Toshiba support site, from Nvidia and even the drier that Windows update suggests. I still have this problem.

I might mention that I use Virtual PC a lot too (virtual machine with Win XP Pro), but the problem appears all the time.

Sorry if this is too long, I just wanted to describe the situation in detail. Hope there is someone who can help

Thanks

re: Running a dual-monitor setup with Windows Vista

Samuel M — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:22:01 GMT

Like Warren I too have a prob getting my TV to display my laptop screen. I want to show ppts on the TV screen but cant get any display. Have Compaq with Vista Basic and NVIDIA. It works ok on another monitor but cant get it to work on my TV (SONY VEGA). Appreciate any advice!