dual monitors

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Using dual monitors set to extended in Windows 8.0 the charms bar would extend to right side of the rightmost screen (right most part of the extended desktop) this was great because it kept it well out of my way. In Windows 8.1 it seems that no matter what I do it is stuck on the screen that...

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I have a 2 monitor system and I'd like to put a panorama from a game across the two monitors. I looked it up on the web found that I could build a double size image - 3840x1200 in my case - and the Tile it across the two monitors. So I made a test image and it worked. But since my primary...

I have an "AFT PRO-57U" USB 3.0 card reader that I just purchased. The cable for this card reader must plug into the mobo USB 3.0 20 pin connector. My mobo has only one 20 pin connector, which the USB panel on front of the PC case is currently occupying. I'd rather not have to unplug the case...

I have a HP Desktop with Win7 . It has two DVI monitor ports. The first port , I used to my HP hdmi Monitor. The 2nd Dvi port has a Dvi to hdmi adapter connected to a hdmi cable to my Sony xbr Tv. Both monitors/TV have a perfect image. BUT I'm not getting any sound to the 2nd monitor/TV. both...

Just installed Win8 Pro and bought the Media Center add on. I run an i7-3770k, 16Gb ram, GTX 780 3Gb video card and have 2 25" monitors. Now when I play a game on display 1 and have Media Center running Live TV on display 2, Media Center stutters, freezes. As soon as I close the game on...

I cannot get "Active Desktop Calendar" to play nicely with multiple monitor apps when dual monitors are spanned by a single wallpaper. This appears to be a problem with all the desktop calendar apps that I can find. I am now trying to use the Win7 Display Settings to achieve this end. So far...

For all those that want to run to monitors with one being apps and one being desktop it is possible in Windows 8. I have a Nvidia GT430 and am doing this as I type. It is so easy on 8. Go to apps hit desktop button then go to charms and hit devices then 2 monitor and hit extend. I then open up...

I Just had to replace my motherboard and power supply due to my old PSU dying (and you know that it is rare that the PSU dying doesn't kill the MOBO or something else). Now it is just randomly shutting down (without a BSOD sadly). Sometimes it is just random, just sometimes it is either during...

I've recently updated from Windows 7 to Windows 8 on my Dell XPS 15 laptop. I normally run a dual monitor setup with my 33" monitor and I am quite fond of watching netflix on the secondary monitor while gaming/doing school work/blogging/reading news/etc... however I'm noticing two things that I...

hi i am tryin to setup dual monitors on my zoostorm pc. i have connected 1 monitor on the vga port and the other on the dvi port. at the moment i have the same display on both screens. my system only recognises 1 screen - generic PnP monitor on standard vga graphics adapter do i need to...

Hey I am running dual monitors and I usually run VLC or chrome on the second monitor when I am playing games, but VLC and YouTube video starts jumping when I run games like BF3 and Far Cry 3. yet the audio is completely fine. it only happens when the game is active. i also changed VLCs video...

Hi all. I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 and a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW, which are both connected to each other. My graphics card is the NVIDIA 8400 GS and I am using Windows 7. I have setup the dual screen e.g. my laptop screen is a mirror image of the Samsung and vice a versa. What I want is to...

Please disregard. This issue has resolved itself. I don't know how to delete this post, or I would do so. I am running dual monitors with a desktop. My secondary (#2) monitor sits to the left of my primary. I have both Windows 8 and NVidia set up to recognize both monitors, which one is...

Hello! I'd like to ask you guys for help with setting up dual monitors. I used to be able to position the 2nd monitor of the extended desktop wherever i wanted. Now i moved to a different city, just set up the monitors, and i can't do it anymore. Desktops snap only to two positions entirely...

Consider this scenario: A computer running Windows Vista or above Your computer support two or more monitors You have configured the display Duplicate (Clone Mode) Your display is not set to use Windows Aero You play a DVD movie with Windows Media... More...

Consider this scenario; A computer running Windows Vista or above Your computer support two or more monitors You have configured the display Duplicate (Clone Mode) Your display is not set to use Windows Aero You play a DVD movie with Windows Media... More...

Here's something I noticed after setting up dual monitors, very useful feature improvement. Windows 7 Taskbar Properties; Windows 8 Taskbar Properties;

I'm encountering odd problems while trying to rebuild my Windows 7 desktop PC. Background: I purchased my desktop PC (a Dell Studio XPS 435 MT, with Radeon HD4670 and dual monitors) about three years ago. It came with Windows Vista. Soon after I received this PC, I formatted the system...