Dual monitors

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by terminator69, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. #1
    This is hard to explain.. but I can't watch two things at once on my dual monitors. For example if I open up media player and then go full screen on a game, media player will be blacked out. Also if I want to have tv on one screen I get the same problem.

    Any ideas?
     
    terminator69, Feb 23, 2008 IP
  2. bob50963

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    Go buy a cheap windows 98 computer for all your music :). You might be able to find one for 10-20 bucks.
     
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  3. terminator69

    terminator69 Notable Member

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    I use iTunes for music.. I'm talking about watching movies/tv.
     
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    Austars Active Member

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    What kinda hardware are you running? Post your specs, perhaps your system is lacking in a certain area like RAM or video memory.
     
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    4gb ram and 7600GS graphics card, running XP.
     
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    If it's a full screen app, it's designed to black everything out.
     
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    So there's no way to get rid of that?
     
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    Some applications are poorly coded, and the programmers forgot that some users might use dual monitors. I have some same problem with some apps.
     
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    That's exactly what I was going to say :eek:
     
    ct2k7, Feb 24, 2008 IP