Anybody know a good, free, desktop manager. I have two monitors, an Asus 9600xt and xp. The "extend desktop to second monitor" thing is o.k. But a little limited. what I really want is my nview back - doubt this will work because it is only bundled in the detonator drivers.
And all the software I tried does not do what I want. I want 2 complete desktops. that are separate, and are assigned to different monitors.
Hydravision from ATI?
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mmm. Rude not to thank people that a) bothered to read b) bothered to post. Considered yourself thanked. I thought that the ATI Hydravision would be the solution. However, I couldn't get it to set a desktop to a monitor. So I wind up with 2 virtual desktops - with the problems I have with just xp - across both monitors. I want 2 desktops. 2 monitors.
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hmm didnt know you could have two seperate desktops... how does it work? i assume you dont need to mouses or keyboards, as that would be silleh...
might try it sometime.. for now though the 2nd input of my dual monitor stays on 2nd pc, though this is probaly fast enuf to do 2 things at once, hmmm.....
I assume you would have some kind of shortcut key on your keyboard to switch between two monitors...To switch between my monitor and Television on my Radeon 9200 I press Alt-F5
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well. This is how nview worked.... I had a geforce 4 be4 *sniggers to self with the alliteration pun* and had multiple "virtual" desktops that ran on the single monitor I had at the time. I recall an option to "set desktop to a monitor", and this is what is needed !
You set yourself a key, or key combination, and this jumps between the desktops.
two physical monitors, two desktops. One desk. assigned to each monitor. This should not be rocket science. Surely people want this.
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MICROSOFTS POEWRTOYS FOR WIN XP has a desktop manager search for tweakui or powertoys in google
i would consider it because the powertoys/tweak ui although made by microsoft are freeware
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