ati multimoniter....

so i'm playing around right now and i was wondering, i have to monitors (a 16" crt, and 27" tvv is primary so i can watch tv, movies and whatnot on it)....this all werks wonderfully, but (there is always a but is'nt there)...I want to have 2 different backgrounds... so i actually on one side be 'bliss' the other sandstorm konw what i mean...i konw i can custom make a bmp, but htat seems extreme...

is what i am wanting todo possible...is there 'tweak' utility that i can use, or am i being lazy and just make my own bmps....

i did google, and all am still sifting thru the hits, but so far nothing usefiull....

oh yeah hydravision, and multidesk are loaded...

I THINK you should be able to do this through Hydravision. I have not had a chance to play with it that much cause the graphics chip on my Stinkpad is to old so Im not positive... but I do remember seeing a setting to save multiple desktops?

after much digging i came up with this: it's a feature of windows not to have multiple backgrounds.

there is a work around, use the background as a webpage, create html file, point html file to a bmp that is the size fo the extended desktop...I did'nt get it to work, but that's how it's supposed to be done...

here is the link

i searched for a while trying to do this also. i eventually just made a new image that is twice as wide as my normal one and inserted 2 different pics. it was a pain, but better than having the same one on both. (you have to set it as "Tiled")

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i eventually just made a new image that is twice as wide as my normal one and inserted 2 different pics

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in fact with some ati cards you have to do this anyway, or you desktop picture will appear stretched betweent the two. i couldnt get the html thingy to work either but the simple photoshop trick seems to be working fine. the only time it gets interesting is when i want different resolutions on each monitor...

Make you multi-monitor life simple, get this great tool :

http://www.realtimesoft.com/

I have been using it for quite a long time and could not imagine multi-monitor life with out it.

Enjoy!

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And Realtimesoft also has a section of their site dedicated to everything about multiple monitor setups: http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/