Vista - Dual Monitor - Seperate Backgrounds

I'm wondering if the final version of Vista will allow for seperate desktop
backgrounds in a dual-monitor setting. If not, what 3rd party options are
out there?

"Jeff Daly" <jeff_daly (@) hotmail (dot) com> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering if the final version of Vista will allow for seperate
> desktop backgrounds in a dual-monitor setting. If not, what 3rd party
> options are out there?

I don't know if this will work in Vista, but here's a way to do it in XP
without 3rd party options:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-each-desktop/

Regards,

Dave

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

"Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Daly" <jeff_daly (@) hotmail (dot) com> wrote in message
> news:E03BEA84-A01D-4A77-A6E0-F68C7E7B0A5F@microsoft.com...
>> I'm wondering if the final version of Vista will allow for seperate
>> desktop backgrounds in a dual-monitor setting. If not, what 3rd party
>> options are out there?
>
> I don't know if this will work in Vista, but here's a way to do it in XP
> without 3rd party options:
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-each-desktop/
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>

How does it work with skinned applications? Do the caption bar buttons mess
up?

"James" <minorkeys@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/
>
> "Dave R." <dwragle at drbsystems dot com> wrote in message
> news:459ac771$0$97238$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>> "Jeff Daly" <jeff_daly (@) hotmail (dot) com> wrote in message
>> news:E03BEA84-A01D-4A77-A6E0-F68C7E7B0A5F@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm wondering if the final version of Vista will allow for seperate
>>> desktop backgrounds in a dual-monitor setting. If not, what 3rd party
>>> options are out there?
>>
>> I don't know if this will work in Vista, but here's a way to do it in XP
>> without 3rd party options:
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...-each-desktop/
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:41:04 -0800, Jeff Daly wrote:

> I'm wondering if the final version of Vista will allow for seperate desktop
> backgrounds in a dual-monitor setting. If not, what 3rd party options are
> out there?

Easy. You have always been able to do this. You need two different
wallpapers, preferrably of the correct size for your default resolution on
each screen. Open both of them in Photoshop or whatever paint program you
like and then join them together. Ie, if you want the right monitor to
have wallpaper 2 then join the two bitmaps so wallpaper 2 is on the right
side of wallpaper 1.

Save your newly joined wallpaper, then set it as the wallpaper for the
desktop, but make sure Poairion ia not set to stretch.

"Jeremy Chapman" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
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> How does it work with skinned applications? Do the caption bar buttons
> mess up?
>

That part of UltraMon isn't working properly in Vista. You have to wait for
the long-awaited v3 for that. I'm not bothered about that, as I always
disabled those buttons anyway.

ss.

For different wallpapers on dual monitors, try Display Fusion

DisplayFusion : Binary Fortress Software