Locked computer dual monitor

Kirsch said:

Zepher said:

Win XP did it properly. I can't remember if Vista does the same as 7. But I want it to lock and just show a password box and keep the wallpapers showing.

I know what the OP wants and I want it to.

Thank you for understanding hah.

To clarify, I do not care if its the desktop wallpaper OR if its my custom logon screen background. Just want to be able to set a picture on the 2nd monitor :)

kirsch, i dont know if this is of any use to you ? Make the Most of Your Dual Monitors

pebbly said:

kirsch, i dont know if this is of any use to you ? Make the Most of Your Dual Monitors

Thanks pebbly,

Unfortunately none of those options have anything to do with the lock screen

I don't have dual monitors, so this is just pure conjecture. With dual monitors, you have a Primary and a Secondary. Is it the secondary monitor that is blanking out when you lock your computer? This might be for security reasons - to obscure what might be displayed on it. I take it that your primary one is showing the standard lock screen.

I'm going to request some advice from users that have dual (and multi) monitor setups to see what they have to say on the matter.

I have dual monitors.

The secondary monitor will turn off when the machine is locked. There is no way to change that, at least using Windows.

There may be a third-party hack somewhere, but none that I am aware of.

Jonathan_King said:

I have dual monitors.

The secondary monitor will turn off when the machine is locked.

Thats the thing, it doesnt "turn off".

It DISPLAYS a black screen. You can move your cursor onto it and see it clearly when the computer is locked.

Kirsch said:

Jonathan_King said:

I have dual monitors.

The secondary monitor will turn off when the machine is locked.

Thats the thing, it doesnt "turn off".

It DISPLAYS a black screen. You can move your cursor onto it and see it clearly when the computer is locked.

You're right, I wasn't recalling correctly.

Same deal, though. You may be able to find a hack somewhere, but there is no setting in Windows to do that.

I have been looking and searching this since Vista, and I believe I'm right when I'm saying what you want is not possible. It seems Welcome, logon, logoff, lock, switch user and the screen you get when hitting CTRL + SHIFT + DEL are shown only on display 1, when using extended desktop. When desktop is duplicated, these screens are shown on all displays.

I've also not found any third party software that can show these screens on multiple displays.

Thanks, Kari.

Sigh.. well thanks for the input everyone. I suppose I can hope Windows 8 has this capability :)

Dwarf said:

I don't have dual monitors, so this is just pure conjecture. With dual monitors, you have a Primary and a Secondary. Is it the secondary monitor that is blanking out when you lock your computer? This might be for security reasons - to obscure what might be displayed on it. I take it that your primary one is showing the standard lock screen.

I'm going to request some advice from users that have dual (and multi) monitor setups to see what they have to say on the matter.

In XP when you locked the machine, all you would see are the wallpapers on the screens, you don't see anything else on the screen, no open programs no icons on the desktop, etc.... The Primary screen would have the password dialog box, but that box moves around every few minutes.