This is so important to you, to have different wallpaper on two monitors,
that you'd spend an entire weekend working on it?
Wishing I had that much leisure time,
Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting
"ajm786" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I think I've found a bug with the way Vista handles dual screens and
> wallpapers.
>
> I'm sure there are PLENTY of us who have dual monitors. For those of
> you who do, try this:
>
> 1. Make sure Aero is enabled, and that your taskbar is always
> transparent.
> 2. Download any dual screen capable wallpaper program. For instance,
> Ultramon, DisplayFusion, etc.
> 3. Set a DIFFERENT WALLPAPER PER MONITOR. Make sure to do this.
> 4. Observe?
>
> You'll see THROUGH the transparency of the taskbar that the wallpaper
> schema is screwed up. There is a small part of the wallpaper that is cut
> off at the bottom right, around the system tray icons, and looks like
> the wallpaper repeating, or is confused with the wallpaper on the
> secondary monitor.
>
> Here is the only way to work around this that I've found out so far:
>
> 1. Setting the taskbar to Autohide solves the problem (wallpapers
> display behind taskbar properly).
> 2. Changing the schema of monitors within the display properties. If
> Monitor 1 is on your right and Monitor 2 is on your left, you will have
> this problem. If Monitor 1 is on your LEFT and Monitor 2 is on your
> RIGHT, the problem will be solved.
> 3. Disable dual screen (not feasible).
> 4. Disable dual wallpaper ability (again not feasible).
>
> Let me know what you think! If there is a way around this, I'd love to
> hear this. I've been literally fighting with this all weekend. Not
> having transparency in Vista sorta takes the life out of it.
>
>
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> ajm786