Running One Screensaver On Two Monitors

#1 funnytim

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Posted 07 February 2007 - 11:59 PM

hi, i'd like to run ONE screensaver, & spread it between my 2 monitors

(not like ultramon, where u can run 2 different screensavers on 2 monitors, i'd like one screensaver on 2 monitors)

is that possible?, or any software which can do that?

thxs.

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Posted 08 February 2007 - 04:56 AM

It's been a while since I've run dual monitors, but you should be able to do this from within your video card settings (set it to have both monitors appear as a single desktop, or something to that effect).

I'm at work right now, so I'm limited in the sites I can check into, but I did find this site HERE that says it supports dual monitors for the screen saver that you'll download. If it doesnt' do what you want, just uninstall it and delete the file.

If you want to use your current screen saver, then you just might have to set up like I had first mentioned. Perhaps someone else can chime in that knows about a program that will do this for you!

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 05:34 PM

i'd like 2 use my current screensaver(s) if possible...if i use the 'one desktop on 2 monitors" option then it'll stretch my wallpaper all the way across and relli 'ugly'....
any software etc. that might be able 2 do it??

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Posted 12 February 2007 - 06:51 PM

funnytim, on Feb 7 2007, 11:59 PM, said:

funnytim, on Feb 11 2007, 05:34 PM, said:

Soooo......I'm a bit confused here....you don't want one picture spread across two screens, you want each image to show up on each screen.....? Have you tried downloading webshots? Read the tutorials/faq's on how to add your own photos to it to allow you to view your images. I *think* this has dual monitor support (check all the options and whatnot). Also, check the options in your graphic card settings, as there might be a setting in it for dual monitors and how it's displayed. I know that when I had dual monitors, I had to stretch the desktop across both monitors to get it to work....but that was a few years ago with a different system/gfx card.

Let me know if this helps. If not, then I'll get another monitor and attach it to my comp and see what I can figure out! :thumbsup: