How To Use 2 different Wallpapers with Dual Monitors

[tw33k2514]

Ok this Guide will show you how to use Multiple Wallpapers On Dual Monitors. I will be showing you without any additional Software needed. (Note this will work with Both ATI and nVidia Cards) So that is why i am not going to be showing any nVidia or ATI Specific Ways of doing this.

Ok so After your Dual Monitors Are Setup and you have the View Spanned across both Monitors we can begin.

Note: Read rockdude14's Dual Monitor Guide for more info on getting everything setup.

Ok lets begin .

Step One: Right click your desktop, then select Properties.

Step Two: Locate the Desktop Tab and click On it. (Pic Below)



Step Three: At Tthe bottom of the Desktop Tab Select the Customize Desktop Button.(Pic Below)


Step Four: Now in the Desktop Items window that just poped up go to the Web Tab.


Step Five: Click the New Button on the right of the window and select your second wallpapers location.


Step Six: select ok, then select Ok again on the Web Window and Apply on the Desktop Window. now your pic should be on your main screen.


Step Seven: Now Drag the Image over to the other Screen, and select Cover Desktop at the top left of the image.


Right click and select Arrange By and "Lock web items on desktop." Now you can select a standard desktop for your primary display and use the web object to cover the standard desktop image on your second desktop with the image of your choice."

Note: This Article is thanks to Maximum PC

Also a thanks to rockdude14 and his awesome Dual Monitor Guide

All images were hosted by ImageShack

Plz PM me with any suggestions. and know that the point of this guide is for people AKA me, that dont like To use Software if un necessary. and this will work on all video cards.

Hope this was helpful.
tw33k2514

[tw33k2514]

thanks man, took me awile cuz i had to get all the pictures to match the steps . so i had to start from scratch lol

[wooley]

Brilliant ! Just what I have been looking for without paying for expensive
(for me) software many thanks
wooley uk

[Killer Beans]

I love you!
I have been looking for a way to do this for months.

[MJR]

Very nice!!!

[Mighty Dutch]

WOW, I'm now the envy of all my mates. Also got Google without a taskbar item too. It just gets better. Can do as many as you like. Awesome!!!
Just the ultimate in cool

[Ogre]

i was making a dual screen wallapaper last night after drinking too much and i came out with a good design that my gal didnt like ..

it contains someone's .....ya know ...and i had to remove it in the morning ..LOL

but this one rocks, i am going to do this at work where i have triple screen !

[vai0]

i dont think i can do it w/ vista =(

[garyvdh]

There is also a way to span one nice wide picture across both screens, it's pretty simple.



First, you choose a nice picture from one of the wallpaper sites that have wide-screen or dual monitor wallpaper.

To find out what the double sized resolution of your screen is, go to your Display Properties System Tab and click on settings. Take note of what your current resolution is (Note: Both of your monitors should be set to the same resolution or this will not look as nice). The bigger number is the width of your monitor. for example mine is... 1280 by 1024 pixels.

Multiply that bigger number by two (or by however many monitors you have side by side).

So the resolution for my two monitors together is 2560 by 1024 pixels.

When I do a search on Google for "2560x1024 wallpaper"... I get the following...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...24&btnG=Search

One of the first sites listed is "Big Desktop Images" which has some nice widescreen Space Images!

When you have found and download a few widescreen wallpapers that you like and saved them to a folder on your hard disk, then go back into your Display Properties System Tab and click on the Desktop Tab.

Then click on the Browse button and find the wallpaper you have just downloaded. Open the new wallpaper, but you will see it squashed up in one window because the wallpaper defaults to "Stretch". Change the Stretch Option to "Tile" and your new wallpaper will span across both of your monitors! Very Nice!!!

If you want a taskbar on your second screen as well, try this little utility...

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

Unfortunately it's not free

[PeP Brasil]

i use http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ its easy and very useful!
indispensable for who use 2 monitors

[xuxi]

How Sweet is that!! Thank You! Works great.

[xuxi]

Originally Posted by vai0

i dont think i can do it w/ vista =(

I was successful with XP. I’ll be trying it tonight with three monitors running Vista. Have you tried yet with Vista?

[traveling]

thanks man. I think that my desk of computer will beautiful.

[garyvdh]

Some more Free Software for handling Multiple Display Monitors!

http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/

[ecksean]

i use ultramon to span my wallpaper across my desktop it works great
only problem is getting 3 1680x1050 wallpapers or a 5040 x 1050 wallpaper

http://w.ecksean.com:8080/images/trimonitor.jpg

http://w.ecksean.com:8080/computermonitors.jpg

[abi.allan]

hi...

pics are awsom

try to add more...

its interesting... and much enjoying

[Valdeam]

Originally Posted by xuxi

How Sweet is that!! Thank You! Works great.

That is EXACTLY what I'm going for with my current set-up!! I love those Samsung monitors.

Valdeam

[leftoverjack]

how do you get rid of it???


Nevermind!

i just deleted it under the web tab.

[someonelse]

i would love to thank you for this terrible piece of advice. the idea worked like crap, and now that i want to revert my desktop to the way it was, it puts the same image that failed to cover one of the desktops. in fact, i cant even stop it from doing it anytime i put a new wallpaper on. really, thanks a bunch god forbid i ever wanted to change my wallpaper again.

[HedoTiem73]

I use dual 19" LCDs for my display..how can I use 1 wallpaper across both monitors?I dont want the same image displayed on both.. Ive seen wallpapers1560x2048 in size and larger but they display the same image on both monitors.AARRGGHHTIA,Papaman