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Omega
10-30-2009, 04:37 AM
Alright.

One of the things I loved about XP was running UltraMon and having two different wallpapers as well as two different taskbars.

Does such a thing exist for 7? If not two taskbars, I at least want a different wallpaper on each screen. Or does 7 support this and I'm just not seeing it?

Thanks,
Omega.

p.s. If you guys think this would be more appropriate in the OS subforum, I'll move it there. But I figured since it's video related, it would be fine here.
Collinstheclown
10-30-2009, 07:12 AM
Ultramon has a beta version that works on 7.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/download.asp

I think it's only 32 bit though, so I dunno. Sadly I'm stick with Vista for a bit, but I'm not using the the beta. I'm using the x64 version.




-CollinstheClown
x88x
10-30-2009, 08:58 AM
DisplayFusion (http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/) is a great free one that should work just fine with 7. Last time I used it, it was just wallpaper and window manipulation stuff though; no taskbars.
haha49
10-30-2009, 06:05 PM
also the snap to side feature sucks when you use 2 moniters.. try it you see... its small things like that.. That make you think windows 7 was build for 1 moniter for home users
Omega
10-30-2009, 06:56 PM
also the snap to side feature sucks when you use 2 moniters.. try it you see... its small things like that.. That make you think windows 7 was build for 1 moniter for home users

i hate windows snapping in the first place so i don't use that feature

thanks for the suggestions though, guys
chaksq
10-30-2009, 07:35 PM
I use the free version of display fusion on Windows 7, works pretty well. Pro ads some features but I only wanted the wallpaper things.
slaveofconvention
10-30-2009, 10:36 PM
also the snap to side feature sucks when you use 2 moniters.. try it you see... its small things like that.. That make you think windows 7 was build for 1 moniter for home users

Well being realistic, the vast majority of people do only use a single screen
Omega
10-31-2009, 06:50 AM
Well being realistic, the vast majority of people do only use a single screen

This. I've only ever seen three or four people running dual displays on their home/personal computers (and I feel like a pioneer -- I did it long before they did :D They all saw my rig at LAN parties and got jealous...), and I've only ever seen one company that used multiple displays... and they were a medical helicopter dispatching center for the whole west coast, and they ran four screens simultaneously.
mtekk
10-31-2009, 11:01 AM
i hate windows snapping in the first place so i don't use that feature

thanks for the suggestions though, guys

What, windows snapping is so nice, especially with a wide screen monitor, it makes doing 2 up super easy, just fling one window to one side, and then the other to the other.

I can't really test dual monitors ATM as my second monitor does not support DHCP and for some reason causes the system to crash if I plug it in (video driver issue I think)