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Just got a 2nd screen. Recomended software for dual screens?

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Nod5:
"Customize Your Dual Monitor Wallpaper with DisplayFusion"
http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/customize-your-dual-monitor-wallpaper-with-displayfusion-298111.php

Wallpapers that work well with DisplayFusion: http://www.mandolux.com/ (click archive)

"Make the Most of Your Dual Monitors"
http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/make-the-most-of-your-dual-monitors-317479.php

lanux128:
Nod5's post give me an idea. here are all articles from lifehacker that has a "dial-monitor" tag.

• http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/?view=full

mateek:
I've got two laptop computers with dual monitor's set up, but disabled.  One has a cable to my TV, if I ever entertain or something.  I used to use it a lot more when the TV was my only monitor.

The other set up is for catching media player TV all day long, by which I study Hebrew.  I also disabled the dual monitor properties, so  both screens show the one desktop area.   My puny computers can't handle my daily work and Media Player at the same time.  Ok...here's a biggie, I found a Sony 18" flat screen marked 'Broken' on the side of the road one day.  The only problem was a very slight buzz, that was inaudible from a few feet away.  So the poor boy has a mounted LCD on his wall!

Sorry I'm talking in circles.  The point is I used them for awhile, and the one tool I found indispensible was Skrommel's <a href="https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/index.html#ConfineMouse>ConfineMouse </a>.

It's the toaster to bread.  If you just really use one of your monitors to display, make sure you have that program.

At one point when I had the used the first set-up, I had a sliding Rainlender ToDo list on the right side of my primary.  Without ConfineMouse, I couldn't have scrolled down my list.  Every time you go to close a window, the mouse gets lost on the second monitor, which is a big pain if they're not side-by-side.  I would have had to ditch my beloved desktop setup, of Rainlender there.   I can't heap enough praises.

Good luck.

relequestual:
thanks everyone. found exactly what i was looking for  :Thmbsup:

lanux128:
thanks everyone. found exactly what i was looking for -relequestual (April 28, 2008, 03:54 AM)
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