Re: Two monitors, two wallpaper?

Rich Pasco wrote:
I think this is probably a Windows issue, or perhaps a display driver
issue. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 display card with two
monitors configured to work side by side: a built-in LCD at 1920 x 1200
pixels and an external LCD panel at 1440 x 900 pixels.

I've noticed that the same wallpaper is displayed on both monitors.
Since they are of different resolutions, depending on the image size
either there is a black surround on the built-in monitor or the image
extends beyond the edges of the external monitor. If I set my
wallpaper to "stretch" it is always stretched to fit the built-in LCD
exactly--whicb leaves it extending beyond the edges of the external one.

That is, the wallpaper is sized to fit the high-res monitor, and thus is
"too big" to fit the external low-res one.

Ideally I'd like to set a separate wallpaper for each monitor, but
apparently Windows does not support this. Alternately could the
wallpaper be scaled differently for the two monitors?

You need third-party software to do this. UltraMon works well but is not free (around $30). Recently I found a reference to DisplayFusion on one of my favorite sites, Lifehacker.com. I haven't tried it but it looks good. Here's the Lifehacker link TinyURL'd:

http://tinyurl.com/29j2zs

Malke
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