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04-21-2009
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#1 | | 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 Charlotte |
Are You Using MC with more than 1 Monitor? A Must See If you are than your like me and most others,
You have multiple monitors and even a TV hooked up to you PC.
Again if your like me you hate that MC locks the mouse so that you cant use your PC while MC has the floor.
Well Not Anymore...
I have found the best and most important tool I have for MC
and its called The Maxifer and yes its FREE
It will launch MC to what ever screen you choose Full Screen with out the Lock Down.
So you will be able to use you PC and run MC full Screen!
It just runs in the taskbar and with a Rt Click will make all your dreams come true!
Last edited by DemonSeed; 04-22-2009 at 06:01 PM..
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby" OS 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC + BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth) Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth) PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply Case Game Master Cooling Thermotake Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB) Internet Speed Turbo Cable Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R |
04-21-2009
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#2 | | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Cambridge, UK |
What Id like is the ability to view MC extended on both monitors. | 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 Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 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 Tuniq Tower 120 Hard Drives Samsung F3 1Tb (OS)
3x Samsung F1 1Tb Internet Speed 8128/443 Other Info c-media multi-card reader
ocz atv 4gb flash for readyboost |
04-21-2009
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#3 | | 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 Charlotte |
Yea that would be cool.
I did a little research and cant find a way to pull that off.
But on the same hand it did take me quite a wile to get MC to stop locking the mouse too so ya never know it may be out there somewhere just waiting to be found! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby" OS 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC + BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth) Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth) PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply Case Game Master Cooling Thermotake Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB) Internet Speed Turbo Cable Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R |
04-22-2009
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#4 | | 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 Charlotte |

Quote: Originally Posted by swarfega What Id like is the ability to view MC extended on both monitors. I do know for sure that Nero Showtime will do a span view playback.
Just in case you didn't know! At least 8 & 9 will not sure about 7 and earlier versions of Nero | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby" OS 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC + BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth) Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth) PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply Case Game Master Cooling Thermotake Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB) Internet Speed Turbo Cable Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R |
05-27-2009
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#5 | | windows7 7600 x86 south side of the sky |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number dell optiplex - 2003 OS windows7 7600 x86 CPU itel pentium 4 Memory 3.00 GB Graphics Card diamond radion x1050 Sound Card SoundMax Monitor(s) Displays dell 2408wfp dell e172fp Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 1280 x 1024 Keyboard old logitech cordless Mouse logitech wireless Hard Drives 2 - 80 GB internals WD
1 - 01 TB ext
2 - 750 GB ext
1- 500 GB ext
all running on system no problems Internet Speed 16 / 4 Other Info networked into my sbs2003 server running sp1 still
it's a wonder I could even get windows 7 to connect to it |
05-27-2009
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 QLD, Cairns |
I found you can have it maximized and then just Alt+Tab to go to the other screen and MC stays maximized, so you don't need any 3rd party software really. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew OS Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 CPU Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Ghz @ 3.8Ghz Motherboard eVGA 750i FTW Memory 2x2Gigs Patriot PC2-6400 LL Graphics Card Inno3D GeForce GTX260 216 SP Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VW222U 22" 2ms Response time Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Mouse Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse PSU HYTEC 600W & Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Power Exp Case Thermaltake Armor LCS (Liquid Cooling System) Cooling Liquid Cooling System Hard Drives SATA 150GB
SATA II 250GB
USB IDE 750GB Ext. |
05-28-2009
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#7 | | 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 Charlotte |

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr GRiM I found you can have it maximized and then just Alt+Tab to go to the other screen and MC stays maximized, so you don't need any 3rd party software really.  Every time I tried that MC would randomly grab it back.
Besides I have a HDTV hooked up to the PC and now I never turn off MC and can always use my PC with out any aggravation and flashing of the screens.
I use the MCJoy plugin as well so to get around the thing with the remote following window focus. Any time I sit down a the couch and MC doesn't have focus all I need to do is bump the joystick on my X-Box controller (witch is by the couch anyway)and MC regains focus, and then the remote works again.
So long story short yea I do need the third party app to do it for me as it makes my life a lot easier.
Before I found this I could not stand MC and now, well like I said it never gets turned off. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby" OS 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC + BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth) Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth) PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply Case Game Master Cooling Thermotake Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB) Internet Speed Turbo Cable Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R |
05-28-2009
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 QLD, Cairns |
Fair enough, it should be the same as Media Player, you can have that maximized on one screen without having to do anything, why don't they do it with Media Center like that. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew OS Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64 CPU Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Ghz @ 3.8Ghz Motherboard eVGA 750i FTW Memory 2x2Gigs Patriot PC2-6400 LL Graphics Card Inno3D GeForce GTX260 216 SP Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VW222U 22" 2ms Response time Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Mouse Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse PSU HYTEC 600W & Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Power Exp Case Thermaltake Armor LCS (Liquid Cooling System) Cooling Liquid Cooling System Hard Drives SATA 150GB
SATA II 250GB
USB IDE 750GB Ext. |
05-28-2009
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#9 | | 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 Charlotte |
I think the reason is that MC was designed with a TV in mind and most don't have a tv and PC sitting side by side, more like PC in one room and tv on the other side of the wall and when MC is on the tv has control(Farly understandable). But I REALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE A OPTION at the very least.?! Don't ya think! AND THE DAMN REMOTE SHOULD NOT FOLLOW WINDOW FOCUS???? I mean what the hell were they thinking? Who is using the remote to nav Windows? It should be ported to and only to MC or at least the app of your choice! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built Rig BY ME "My Baby" OS 7 Ultimate x64(RC) & Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & XP Professional x32 Sp3 CPU AMD Athlon 64X2 4600+ 2.51Ghz Motherboard ASUS M2N-E SLI Memory 6GB DDR2 900 Kingston Graphics Card BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC + BFG Nvidia 9600 GT-OC Sound Card SoundBlaster XF-I Monitor(s) Displays 19"acer, 22"acer, 19"acer, 48" HITACHI HDTV Screen Resolution 1400x900, 1680x1050, 1400x900, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech (Bluetooth) Mouse Logitech (Bluetooth) PSU BFG 800 Watt SLI Power Supply Case Game Master Cooling Thermotake Hard Drives Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 500GB Sata
Seagate 320 Sata (Primary)
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 500GB IDE
Western Digital 300GB IDE
Maxter 720 Sata (USB) Internet Speed Turbo Cable Other Info ATI 650HD TV Tuner X2,
Samsung (Light scribe) DVD-R,
Sony (Dual Layer) DVD-R All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:09 AM. |  |