split dialog boxes on extended monitor

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Wil

Hi all,
I added a second monitor, enabled the horizontal extended desktop, and now
all my dialog boxes, and especially the logon UI are annoyingly split in the
middle of both screens. Is there a way to fix this?
thanks in advance!
 
Wil said:
Hi all,
I added a second monitor, enabled the horizontal extended desktop, and now
all my dialog boxes, and especially the logon UI are annoyingly split in
the
middle of both screens. Is there a way to fix this?
thanks in advance!
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Depending on your video hardware/driver, check under advanced settings.
There should be an option to force the dialog boxes to one monitor. Mine is
under Desktop Management/Windows (nVidia 93.71 driver 'classic display').

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This is good once inside your session but it doesn't take care of the
ctrl-alt-del dialog box...
 
Wil said:
This is good once inside your session but it doesn't take care of the
ctrl-alt-del dialog box...
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Don't know if this would work, but you could use TweakUI to clone your
desktop settings to the logon screen (maybe).

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Wil said:
I added a second monitor, enabled the horizontal extended desktop,
and now all my dialog boxes, and especially the logon UI are
annoyingly split in the middle of both screens. Is there a way to
fix this?
Click to expand...
Depending on your video hardware/driver, check under advanced
settings. There should be an option to force the dialog boxes to
one monitor. Mine is under Desktop Management/Windows (nVidia
93.71 driver 'classic display').
Click to expand...
This is good once inside your session but it doesn't take care of
the ctrl-alt-del dialog box...
Click to expand...

Actually - the driver should handle that as well. Does on the manby pcs I
have it installed upon (both ATI and NVidia drivers seem to do this -
putting the logon prompt on the primary screen only.)

My suggestion is to download/install and look into the advanced options of
your video driver. Do not get/use the driver provided by Microsoft - go
directly to the hardware manufacturer's support web page for your video card
manufacturer.
 
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