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Windows 7 - How to set different wallpapers on dual monitor setup? |
08-12-2009
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How to set different wallpapers on dual monitor setup?
Hi,
I have two monitors, and would like to setup a different wallpaper for each monitor while retaining the expanded screen option. How to go about that? I am using a Radeon 4770 HD if that helps.
Thanks
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own Build
OS Windows 7 64 bit HP
CPU Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad @3.2ghz with CM Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard Gigabyte EP43-DSL3R
Memory Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 Ram
Graphics Card Saphire 4770HD
Sound Card On board
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Monitor: Dell U2311H 23" monitor, LG M227WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080x2 (landscape)
Keyboard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mouse Logitech M 705
PSU Corsair CX400W
Case Antec 300
Cooling CM Hyper 212 Plus + 3xAntec trispeed fan
Hard Drives WD 500 GB
SG 400 GB
Internet Speed 10mb/1mb
Other Info Printer: HP F4180
Speakers: Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II
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08-12-2009
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#2 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit (Build 7600) |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit (Build 7600)
CPU Core2Quad Q6600 G0 3.60Ghz OC
Motherboard Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Memory 4x 1GB Corsair XMS2 800 PC2-6400
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512Bit
Sound Card Creative X-FI FATAL1TY Gamer Champion Edition
Monitor(s) Displays 2x Samsung SyncMaster 2053BWX
PSU Corsair HX-620
Case Antec Nine Hundred
Cooling XIGMATEK Dark Knight
Hard Drives 2x 150GB WD Raptor (RAID0)
4x 500GB SAMSUNG
2x 640GB WD Caviar
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08-12-2009
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
I also use DisplayFusion, its very good and does what your looking for. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU Intel E8400 3GHz
Motherboard Intel DX48BT2
Memory Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays 2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 on two monitors
Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case Thermaltake Armor
Cooling Scythe Mugen II
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
Internet Speed 8128/443
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08-13-2009
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Thanks for the info. Windows 7 should have this feature by default | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own Build
OS Windows 7 64 bit HP
CPU Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad @3.2ghz with CM Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard Gigabyte EP43-DSL3R
Memory Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 Ram
Graphics Card Saphire 4770HD
Sound Card On board
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Monitor: Dell U2311H 23" monitor, LG M227WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080x2 (landscape)
Keyboard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mouse Logitech M 705
PSU Corsair CX400W
Case Antec 300
Cooling CM Hyper 212 Plus + 3xAntec trispeed fan
Hard Drives WD 500 GB
SG 400 GB
Internet Speed 10mb/1mb
Other Info Printer: HP F4180
Speakers: Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II
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08-13-2009
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#5 | |
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The "sledgehammer approach" is to create a single image by joining the two images side by side. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom workstation /// Lenovo X61t tablet notebook
OS Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU Core i7 980X @ 4.04GHz OC /// Core Duo L7500 @ 1.6GHz
Motherboard Asus P6T6 WS Revolution ///
Memory 12GB G. Skill @ DDR-1600 OC /// 4GB
Graphics Card Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB /// Intel Mobile GMA X3100
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Eizo 24" SX2461W /// 12"
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 /// 1400x1050
Keyboard Logitech Edge ///
Mouse Logitech Wireless Optical Trackball
PSU Tagan ITZ 1100
Case GHS-1500 ///
Cooling Thermalright IFX-14 + a slew of stealth fans ///
Hard Drives Workstation:
5x 750GB Barracuda-11 on Areca ARC-1220;
4x 1.5TB Barracuda-11 on Intel ICH10R;
Volumes:
300GB RAID 0, 2.7TB RAID 10 on Intel;
100GB RAID 0, 1.4TB RAID 10 on Areca ///
Notebook: G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD
Internet Speed 5Mbps down / 820Kbps up
Other Info Main use: photography;
DVD Drive: L.G GGW-H20L Blu-Ray / DVD;
OC: QPI/DRAM @ 1.33v, CPU @ 1.293v, DRAM Bus @ 1.65v, CPU PLL @ 1.88v, CPU mult = 25x, BCLK = 160, DDR3-1604 @ 7-8-7-24
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08-14-2009
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode(VPC and VMLite), VM Player 4.02, W8 CPreview |
That can done here easy enough with the latest paint.NET on!  The other DisplayFusion will given a look as well since the second monitor here allows for monitoring what is running on the XP mode while sometimes reversing displays just to grab a screen or two.
You can see where you can get into a situation rather fast with the Display Fusion if you have anything centered in the particular wallpaper you decide on. That still has to be custom fitted for twin displays.
Last edited by Night Hawk; 08-14-2009 at 01:48 AM..
Reason: Adding images in
| | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode(VPC and VMLite), VM Player 4.02, W8 CPreview
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb 3.4
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 8gb 1.5v
Graphics Card MSI Radeon 5750 1gb
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer
PSU Corsair 750TX
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 15
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade
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08-14-2009
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#7 | |
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Both monitors are of different displays. Will that work as well? ONe is 19" and the other is 22" | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own Build
OS Windows 7 64 bit HP
CPU Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad @3.2ghz with CM Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard Gigabyte EP43-DSL3R
Memory Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 Ram
Graphics Card Saphire 4770HD
Sound Card On board
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Monitor: Dell U2311H 23" monitor, LG M227WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080x2 (landscape)
Keyboard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mouse Logitech M 705
PSU Corsair CX400W
Case Antec 300
Cooling CM Hyper 212 Plus + 3xAntec trispeed fan
Hard Drives WD 500 GB
SG 400 GB
Internet Speed 10mb/1mb
Other Info Printer: HP F4180
Speakers: Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II
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08-14-2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode(VPC and VMLite), VM Player 4.02, W8 CPreview |
The DisplayFusion has the "stretch" option while you saw the blue border on the first screen I posted there. I have another that shows a new wallpaper made up where the background is one wallpaper set at 2880x900 while the first were at 1440x900 the native for the monitors in use here.
You see how that looks with the 4th image here no longer seeing the 7 stretcheddddd outttt... into a mess while other backgrounds may not suffer the same fate. The second wallpaper will be adjust to fill the screen as long as the wallpaper's items don't suffer from the difference. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode(VPC and VMLite), VM Player 4.02, W8 CPreview
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb 3.4
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 8gb 1.5v
Graphics Card MSI Radeon 5750 1gb
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer
PSU Corsair 750TX
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 15
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade
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08-15-2009
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Thanks. I really hope Win 7 retail will have this function, then again, maybe not | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own Build
OS Windows 7 64 bit HP
CPU Intel Q6600 Core 2 Quad @3.2ghz with CM Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard Gigabyte EP43-DSL3R
Memory Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Performance 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 Ram
Graphics Card Saphire 4770HD
Sound Card On board
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Monitor: Dell U2311H 23" monitor, LG M227WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080x2 (landscape)
Keyboard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mouse Logitech M 705
PSU Corsair CX400W
Case Antec 300
Cooling CM Hyper 212 Plus + 3xAntec trispeed fan
Hard Drives WD 500 GB
SG 400 GB
Internet Speed 10mb/1mb
Other Info Printer: HP F4180
Speakers: Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II
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08-15-2009
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 RC |
Quote: Originally Posted by mystvearn  Thanks. I really hope Win 7 retail will have this function, then again, maybe not Win& has already hit "retail", so this function will not be included. We can always hope that it makes it into Win8 though. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Model #: BRMD10926
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 RC
CPU Core i5-750 2.66Ghz OC'd to 3.49
Motherboard Gigabyte H55M-USB3
Memory 8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 with thermal monitor
Graphics Card Geforce GTS 250 512MB HDMI
Sound Card On Board Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223HQ
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Gear Heads 2.4 Ghz wireless
Mouse Gear Heads 2.4 Ghz wireless
PSU Rosewill 700W
Case Thermaltake V9 Black Edition
Cooling Corsair H50
Hard Drives Samsung Spinpoint 7200 1TB
WD Raptor 7200 1TB
WD Raptor 7200 300GB
Internet Speed 30Mbps Cable
Other Info Asus EEE PC 1005HAB: Win7 Home Premium, Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz, 1GB DDR2, 160GB Hitachi HDD
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