1. Windows Vista Extend Desktop Second Monitor
2. Spyder2express Dual Monitor Vistas
3. Windows Vista Duplicate Display

Recently I bought a second 19″ wide screen monitor to go along with my current 19″ wide screen monitor. They’re both Acer Monitors. However, one is black and one is silver. I originally had the silver and when I went to buy the second one I couldn’t find the silver one anywhere so I ended up having to get a black one. This is the Monitor: – Note: Make sure you get one with a DVI video input if you have a video card that can support it.Anyway, now with the new dual monitor setup I wanted to find a way to extend my desktop to other desktop. By extend my desktop I mean instead of just having an extra monitor and being able to drag things over to it; I wanted to extend my taskbar over to the additional monitor.

So I looked in the desktop properties (where you change your resolution, etc.) and it had an option to ‘extend desktop’, so I ticked it. It didn’t workafter tinkering around a bit I gave up with that and went to Google and did some searching. After a bit of searching I stumbled across something called. This piece of software is exactly what I wanted. Not only does it allow you to extend your taskbar, but you can do so much more.

Windows Vista Extend Desktop Second Monitor

You can create hotkeys for many different functions such as moving one window to the other monitor without dragging it over, centering the mouse in a particular monitor, launch an application or script, and to disable/enable secondary monitors. The feature I use it for mostly is the Smart Taskbar which extends my taskbar. You can have it extend the taskbar and mirror it (so it has all the same windows/programs on it as the main monitor or you can have it act as another taskbar for totally separate windows/programs – that’s what I do. Talk about more screen real estate. Hello, I’m actually having trouble setting up my dual monitors right now. I was hoping you could help since you’ve already one it. I have Windows Vista installed, and a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE video card, along with an DFI 662-tmg motherboard.

Spyder2express Dual Monitor Vistas

OK, so I have two 22″ sceptre monitors I’m trying to use, but I can’t get windows to recognize the second. I think its because I’m connecting the second through the motherboard instead of the video card.

There is only one DVI on the video card. Please advise.

G’day, I’m trying to setup dual monitors with Vista Home Premium at the moment, and as soon as I try to extend my deskop to the second monitor, both monitors start to flicker and continue with that until I unplug the second one.The monitors are not identical, they’re both plugged in to the same gfx, Radeon x1700SE. I’ve tried using Vista’s built-in dual monitor support as well as the one from the ATI Catalyst Control Center, the same problem occurs, both screens start flashing.I’d appriciate if someone could post a guide or some support for this issue.//Jonathan C.

Windows Vista Duplicate Display

Great site, and exactly what I was looking for through Google. This page was the first result by the way.I am currently using a laptop with a VGA 17″ OPTIM. I have had no problems setting them up with my Vista Home Premium. My Linux partition is another story I am sure your comment box can’t hold.:)The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L45 with the Intel chipset GM965, and it has the options you have mentioned in your post as well. I am able to output to either monitor, both, and clone the main for presentations.

I prefer the extended for more real estate. I found a great windows freeware program called Desktop.exe from this link:so I am able to have 8 desktops. Great stuff, a nd with the program Dmitriy Zasyatkin suggested I am 100% happy now.Thanks for this article and the opportunity to find this information.