So I want to make my right one the main one to load programs and what not. Of course when I do that, the spanning wallpapers don't display properly. Anyway to get that changed?

9/3/2006 9:17:58 PM

depends. what brand video card do you have, and did you double-check the Advanced settings for it? ATI and nVidia have their own ways of managing multiple displays, and sometimes they suck.

9/3/2006 9:31:29 PM

ATI

and i've screwed around w/ the settings for a while

9/3/2006 9:33:54 PM

"use this device as my primary monitor"

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]

9/3/2006 9:36:05 PM

and where the hell is that

9/3/2006 9:37:04 PM

right click on the desktop and go to properties

9/3/2006 9:37:56 PM

and it's not there

9/3/2006 9:39:52 PM

settings tab

i have it and ive got an ati card

9/3/2006 9:40:42 PM

if it's an ATI card, you'd have to hit the Advanced Settings button, and look for some tabs with the ATI logo. One of them will likely be something like Displays or Monitors. See what that says.

9/3/2006 9:41:23 PM

ah, you changed it to use as primary monitor

but yea, i know that much.......but i want the programs to load on the right monitor.......so naturally it's the primary monitor......but in that case the 3200x1200 background doesn't display properly

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 9:44 PM. Reason : ]

9/3/2006 9:43:00 PM

you might want to look at finding a third-party app to do what you're looking for, then. i think there are some things out there that will let you target which monitor is used to open new windows.

9/3/2006 9:46:07 PM

ah ok - thanks then

9/3/2006 9:50:32 PM

Ultramon is a lifesaver

thanks guys

9/3/2006 10:06:45 PM

you could have just manually edited your background image

9/4/2006 1:41:38 AM

Ultramon FTW

9/4/2006 2:24:27 AM

yeah it's a nice piece of software but most people don't use it for anything beyond the wallpaper and taskbar (and even the taskbar is a big MAYBE)

9/4/2006 2:35:20 AM

^^ & ^ yea, right now I'm just using it for the wallpaper. the taskbar COULD come in handy, but right now it's kind of annoying for some things

[Edited on September 4, 2006 at 3:37 AM. Reason : ]

9/4/2006 3:36:50 AM

taskbar & hotkeys like "move window to next monitor" make it worthwhile.

9/4/2006 5:23:18 PM

just get ati, their software is pretty good out of the box

9/4/2006 5:29:16 PM