Windows 7, Multi-monitor, and Desktop Backgrounds
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From: Nathan Sokalski on 9 Feb 2010 00:29 I am using Windows 7 with a multi-monitor setup. I have the presentation display mode set to Extend, and am using the background from the Windows 7 Aero theme. Because my secondary monitor has a slightly different width to height ratio (My primary monitor is 1440 x 900 and my secondary monitor is 1280 x 1024), my secondary monitor has a little bit of black area above and below the background. Even though I can use this black area just like any other area on the monitor, I would like to have the background cover the whole thing. I have selected Fill as the Picture Position, which does what I want and expect on my primary monitor, but not on my secondary monitor. Is there any way (without using third-party software) to make it fill my secondary monitor, or to set the desktop background for the primary and secondary monitors separately? Thanks. -- Nathan Sokalski njsokalski(a)hotmail.com http://www.nathansokalski.com/
From: Charlie Russel - MVP on 9 Feb 2010 01:10 Because the aspect ratio is different, the answer is no. You can't set separate ones, and you can't set it to size based on the secondary monitor. This is why you get a black area. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:B98EAFC6-27CB-429D-8F48-AD7ED98D74DA(a)microsoft.com... >I am using Windows 7 with a multi-monitor setup. I have the presentation >display mode set to Extend, and am using the background from the Windows 7 >Aero theme. Because my secondary monitor has a slightly different width to >height ratio (My primary monitor is 1440 x 900 and my secondary monitor is >1280 x 1024), my secondary monitor has a little bit of black area above and >below the background. Even though I can use this black area just like any >other area on the monitor, I would like to have the background cover the >whole thing. I have selected Fill as the Picture Position, which does what >I want and expect on my primary monitor, but not on my secondary monitor. >Is there any way (without using third-party software) to make it fill my >secondary monitor, or to set the desktop background for the primary and >secondary monitors separately? Thanks. > -- > Nathan Sokalski > njsokalski(a)hotmail.com > http://www.nathansokalski.com/
From: Tom on 9 Feb 2010 07:43 "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:B98EAFC6-27CB-429D-8F48-AD7ED98D74DA(a)microsoft.com... > I am using Windows 7 with a multi-monitor setup. I have the presentation > display mode set to Extend, and am using the background from the Windows 7 > Aero theme. Because my secondary monitor has a slightly different width to > height ratio (My primary monitor is 1440 x 900 and my secondary monitor is > 1280 x 1024), my secondary monitor has a little bit of black area above > and below the background. Even though I can use this black area just like > any other area on the monitor, I would like to have the background cover > the whole thing. I have selected Fill as the Picture Position, which does > what I want and expect on my primary monitor, but not on my secondary > monitor. Is there any way (without using third-party software) to make it > fill my secondary monitor, or to set the desktop background for the > primary and secondary monitors separately? Thanks. > -- > Nathan Sokalski > njsokalski(a)hotmail.com > http://www.nathansokalski.com/ As far as I know, this can only be achieved if you have two video cards that are operating separately. For example two cards not set to Crossfire mode (ATI cards) or SLI mode (Nvidia cards). Otherwise, this is not possible with a single video card set-up.
From: Ghod Dhammit on 15 Feb 2010 17:51 "Tom" <noway(a)nothere.com> wrote in message news:%23S$kKWYqKHA.3848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:B98EAFC6-27CB-429D-8F48-AD7ED98D74DA(a)microsoft.com... >> I am using Windows 7 with a multi-monitor setup. I have the presentation >> display mode set to Extend, and am using the background from the Windows >> 7 Aero theme. Because my secondary monitor has a slightly different width >> to height ratio (My primary monitor is 1440 x 900 and my secondary >> monitor is 1280 x 1024), my secondary monitor has a little bit of black >> area above and below the background. Even though I can use this black >> area just like any other area on the monitor, I would like to have the >> background cover the whole thing. I have selected Fill as the Picture >> Position, which does what I want and expect on my primary monitor, but >> not on my secondary monitor. Is there any way (without using third-party >> software) to make it fill my secondary monitor, or to set the desktop >> background for the primary and secondary monitors separately? Thanks. Since there doesn't appear to be a solution, perhaps tiling might be of use? Not that I plan to, or anything. >> Nathan Sokalski >> njsokalski(a)hotmail.com >> http://www.nathansokalski.com/ > > As far as I know, this can only be achieved if you have two video cards > that are operating separately. For example two cards not set to Crossfire > mode (ATI cards) or SLI mode (Nvidia cards). Otherwise, this is not > possible with a single video card set-up. *sigh* And here I was, hoping there was an answer I liked. Bummer.
From: Nathan Sokalski on 15 Feb 2010 20:20
I had considered tiling, but that would not be appropriate for images that take up the entire (or at least most of) the screen. When I had XP about a month ago, there was an image that I used tiled for my Desktop background, but I felt like changing it since I had had the same background for 5 or 6 years. But that's just a personal preference thing, I'm more interested in knowing how to do things, regardless of whether I will actually be doing them or not. But it is definitely a logical suggestion, thanks. -- Nathan Sokalski njsokalski(a)hotmail.com http://www.nathansokalski.com/ "Ghod Dhammit" <ghod(a)att.net> wrote in message news:_7udnYiWoNmcTeTWnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d(a)supernews.com... > "Tom" <noway(a)nothere.com> wrote in message > news:%23S$kKWYqKHA.3848(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:B98EAFC6-27CB-429D-8F48-AD7ED98D74DA(a)microsoft.com... >>> I am using Windows 7 with a multi-monitor setup. I have the presentation >>> display mode set to Extend, and am using the background from the Windows >>> 7 Aero theme. Because my secondary monitor has a slightly different >>> width to height ratio (My primary monitor is 1440 x 900 and my secondary >>> monitor is 1280 x 1024), my secondary monitor has a little bit of black >>> area above and below the background. Even though I can use this black >>> area just like any other area on the monitor, I would like to have the >>> background cover the whole thing. I have selected Fill as the Picture >>> Position, which does what I want and expect on my primary monitor, but >>> not on my secondary monitor. Is there any way (without using third-party >>> software) to make it fill my secondary monitor, or to set the desktop >>> background for the primary and secondary monitors separately? Thanks. > > Since there doesn't appear to be a solution, perhaps tiling might be of > use? Not that I plan to, or anything. > >>> Nathan Sokalski >>> njsokalski(a)hotmail.com >>> http://www.nathansokalski.com/ >> >> As far as I know, this can only be achieved if you have two video cards >> that are operating separately. For example two cards not set to Crossfire >> mode (ATI cards) or SLI mode (Nvidia cards). Otherwise, this is not >> possible with a single video card set-up. > > *sigh* And here I was, hoping there was an answer I liked. Bummer. > |