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Old 06-09-2006   #8 (permalink)
John Jay Smith


 
 

Re: Screen Saver Won't Span Dual Monitors

ohh yes.. that one probably needs some special technology.. I have not seen
it because I have vista on vmware
and it does not support hardware accelaration...

can you describe what its like?


"sc123" <sc123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:310EA57C-D4BD-480F-A118-E955C26C6B3D@microsoft.com...
> Wow - you know ALL of them work on both monitors EXCEPT the one I tried -
> "Windows Energy". Strange. Thanks for the tip.
> -SC
>
> "John Jay Smith" wrote:
>
>> it should work normally with the simple flag vista screensaver.. it works
>> on
>> xp
>>
>> "sc123" <sc123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8CDCD61F-076C-43AD-9720-95706A36AC5F@microsoft.com...
>> > John:
>> > Thanks, but I'm looking for a way to do it within Vista itself..if
>> > there
>> > is one.
>> > -SC
>> >
>> > "John Jay Smith" wrote:
>> >
>> >> try ultramon then www.ultramon.com it has options for having
>> >> screensavers
>> >> on any monitor even different screensavers on each.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "sc123" <sc123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:83F783F6-ED0A-4C22-B759-8581C4999165@microsoft.com...
>> >> > John:
>> >> > No, it does not.
>> >> > -SC
>> >> >
>> >> > "John Jay Smith" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I have a question for you. Does the taskbar extend to the secondary
>> >> >> monitor
>> >> >> too?
>> >> >> Vista was supposed to have this feature, without using a third
>> >> >> party
>> >> >> application
>> >> >> (like the nvidia drivers that give this function or ultramon)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "sc123" <sc123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:E24F65BA-3690-45C4-B0BB-13F84ADBBB19@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > Using Vista Beta 2 and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with WDDM drivers I
>> >> >> > have
>> >> >> > monitors connect to the DVI and VGA ports. The VGA is an
>> >> >> > extended
>> >> >> > desktop
>> >> >> > and the DVI is primary. When the screen saver activates it
>> >> >> > blanks
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > DVI
>> >> >> > monitor and shows up fine on the VGA. Any idea how I can make
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > saver
>> >> >> > appear on both screens? Power settings are all disabled.
>> >> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >> > SC
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

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