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« on: October 28, 2007, 11:19:52 PM » |
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i want to kind of gather feedback & ideas from regular users of multi-monitors for some of my queries on this matter.. 1. with the extended desktop dimension, what can be done about apps opening off-screen or on the other monitor, instead of the primary monitor? 2. sometimes, i place some windows on the 2nd monitor & the apps remember the settings which is fine, until i disable the 2nd monitor (for gaming purposes) then the apps appear off-screen again. can a program be trained to check the availability of the monitor before coming into view? 3. finally, what are the tools you use to enhance the multi-monitor experience? i know of only two - MultiMon Taskbar and UltraMon..  |
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Ralf Maximus
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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2007, 08:31:00 AM » |
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justice
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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2007, 10:50:21 AM » |
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Let me answer that in reverse order: 3. I used to use ultramon but now I don't use any app. I didn't want to pay for it so I discontinued use, so now I just have a doubleheight taskbar to make the space. 2. I think point one is a result of point two, why do you disable the second monitor? I can play games fine on the dual monitor setup here, the game uses the primary monitor and I can check IMs on monitor two. If you no longer disable the monitor, then all programs generally will open where you want it.  1. see above. |
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2007, 12:40:54 PM » |
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1. with the extended desktop dimension, what can be done about apps opening off-screen or on the other monitor, instead of the primary monitor?
I used to have a laptop configuration that included a second monitor when docked. There were a fair number of applications that would reopen on the non-existant 2nd monitor when I was undocked. Annoying to say the least. I didn't look for a software solution (I imagine one exists somewhere); my solution was to: - open a bug with the software's vendor
- until the bug was fixed (if ever), I would move the invisible window to the visible monitor by using Alt-Spacebar-M, which is the standard 'Move' menu option for a window. Then using the arrow keys and/or the mouse I could usually get the window back on screen.
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lanux128
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2007, 07:15:46 PM » |
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thanks for the replies, sorry jgpaiva, it didn't occur to me that GridMove would be useful in a multi-monitor setup too and maybe this thread can be used to collect all possible multi-monitor tools.. as for justice's points, even though some games work ok but other games & educational programs insist assiduously on a single monitor. and also like mwb1100, i'd prefer a docking type of system because sometimes my wife or kids use the pc and i didn't want the dual-monitor to be overwhelming.. mwb1100, i thought of emailing devs too about support for multi-monitors but that would be a crusade and i haven't the energy for that..  btw, i also use the Alt+Space+M combo for the time being.. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2007, 08:24:33 PM » |
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Nvidia's nView or ATI's Hydravision if you have the card. |
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« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2007, 08:28:28 PM » |
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned GridMove. |
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lanux128
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2007, 09:52:27 PM » |
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned GridMove. right up there, mentioned twice in fact.. |
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2007, 12:41:28 AM » |
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I used Ultramon for a while here, but it had some conflicts with Nvidia's NView - even when I disabled NView. Not sure if they were battling over DLLs, or some other registry conflict, but it could get pretty hairy when they did collide. Since I don't know how to completely get rid of NView, like Justice I didn't want to spend the money for Ultramon and find I couldn't resolve the conflicts.
I'm presently battling "Full Screen Video on Secondary Display" problems here also. Driving me crazier than I already am! (All video properly plays full-screen on the second monitor as desired, but if I minimize the app playing the video it switches to full-screen on the main monitor -- and I can't get back to anything else on the main monitor - requires a push of the "Reset" button, crashing all that was open. I am wondering if it all worthwhile!)
Thanks!
Jim
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lanux128
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2007, 01:23:52 AM » |
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i think there are documented cases of conflicts between nView & Ultramon and also i found nView quite lacking so haven't tried it yet.. but your account of full-screen video is quite frightening, i'm might try to see what happens on my pc, what media player are you using?
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2007, 01:39:28 AM » |
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i think there are documented cases of conflicts between nView & Ultramon and also i found nView quite lacking so haven't tried it yet.. but your account of full-screen video is quite frightening, i'm might try to see what happens on my pc, what media player are you using?
Several - WMP11, Nero, Applian's FLV Player, or even if I have my security camera views up on my monitor. That's a good example: My security cams have a screen that has four shots at once, or you can view one cam in a larger window with the other three in smaller blocks, or one at a time. It is also showing full-screen on my other display - and that monitor apparently can't handle this video as it keeps flashing and blinking rapidly. First time I had that open I minimized the camera viewer application on my main monitor and all of a sudden the full-screen disappeared on the second monitor and appeared on the main monitor - and I couldn't get rid of it! Can't restore to a smaller window, can't minimize it again, can't Alt-Tab out of it -- nothing gets it off the screen till I reset the PC. I haven't been able to make any progress with this. Frustrating!! Jim |
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« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2007, 01:17:32 PM » |
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Thanks, yksyks, that's a good one to know about. |
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lanux128
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« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2007, 07:59:38 PM » |
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J-Mac: i don't seem have the problem that you mentioned (touch-wood!), maybe it's card-specific? btw, mine is nVidia 7600GT.
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