Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpaper
http://live.pirillo.com/ – Afrothunder – who uses and abuses the chat room – asked how he could get two wallpapers on a dual monitor setup.
Well, the problem is that Windows doesn’t come with the tools to use two wallpapers on two monitors – no surprise there – but there is a way you can get two wallpapers on a dual monitor setup. It’s a bit of a hack, but with any decent image editing program (read as: not MS Paint) you should be able to do it.
- First, have the desktop in focus and press the "Print Screen" button (often labeled "PrtScn" and is usually next to the F12 and "Scroll Lock" keys). This copies your entire desktop into the clipboard.
- Open your favorite image editor.
- Paste the image into your editor.
- Play around with the file by adding other images, splicing two wallpapers together, etc …
- Once you’re done, save the file and set it as your desktop wallpaper.
If you’re looking for images to use as desktop wallpaper try these great sites:
Do you have any suggestions?
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9 Comments
Neil Martins
June 7th, 2007
at 12:39am
If you are using nVidia card/s, it is a standard feature with Desktop Manager>Desktops>Properties to “allow different backrounds per display” then select any 2 images….I assume this would apply to 2, 3 or more monitors, but not sure as I only have 2.
Neil from “Down Under” (Australia)
Matt
June 10th, 2007
at 8:05pm
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June 10th, 2007
at 8:05pm
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Ryan
June 10th, 2007
at 11:18pm
Actually, there IS a way to use two images as backgrounds in Windows XP.
Right click on your desktop and select Properties.
In the Dekstop tab, click Customize Desktop.
In the Web tab, click New.
In the New Desktop Item window, click Browse.
Browse to the image, select it and click OK.
Click OK all the way out of Display Properties.
The image will now be floating on your desktop (under all windows).
If you position your mouse towards the top of the image, you can drag, move and resize it. Just drag it to your other monitor, and click the maximize button to make it fit the screen! Much easier the slicing and dicing!
Ryan
June 10th, 2007
at 11:18pm
Actually, there IS a way to use two images as backgrounds in Windows XP.
Right click on your desktop and select Properties.
In the Dekstop tab, click Customize Desktop.
In the Web tab, click New.
In the New Desktop Item window, click Browse.
Browse to the image, select it and click OK.
Click OK all the way out of Display Properties.
The image will now be floating on your desktop (under all windows).
If you position your mouse towards the top of the image, you can drag, move and resize it. Just drag it to your other monitor, and click the maximize button to make it fit the screen! Much easier the slicing and dicing!
RY
July 14th, 2007
at 1:14am
Neil – Does nVidia’s Vista utilities allow multi-monitor different backgrounds? I installed nVidia’s app and doesn’t let it in Vista, although I do recall it allowing me different backgrounds in XP.
Tim Malloroy
December 6th, 2007
at 7:41am
Just found this post through Google. I have been looking around for dual monitor wallpapers for my new dual 20″ setup.
I found a free program called DisplayFusion that allows easy installation of dual monitor wallpapers — one on each monitor or one across both of them.
See:
http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/
I have been happy with it so far. I use it on Vista and have tested it on XP.
Lauren
August 10th, 2009
at 12:53pm
this stinks on ice
jlehew
September 1st, 2009
at 5:35pm
I got this to work in Vista but the instructions above left out something important… In Vista’s Control Panel -> Personalization -> Desktop Background; the option to “Tile” the selected picture must be selected.