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dual-monitor problem, please help

Tue Mar 20, 2007, 11:28 PM
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EDIT: IGNORE THIS
So I have my computer on a dual-monitor set-up. It used to be that whenever I played a movie, it would only play in one screen, whichever screen I opened it in, and from there I could drag it to the other screen, put it on full-screen, or whatever. Life was good. Then my computer suddenly inexplicably DIED. I sent it to Dell to be fixed. They replaced the video card, which apparently was the problem... and my computer worked again, righteously.

Except now for some reason, whenever I play a movie, it will open up the video on both screens, and it'll be full-screen on whichever screen I'm not using. It doesn't matter which application opens the movie, I've tried both BSplayer and Media Player Classic. I mean, that SOUNDS pretty neat that I get to watch a movie on both screens and stuff.... but it's super annoying to me because sometimes I like to watch movies on one screen while working on the other, and WORD WORD WORDS

FIXED IT! : D

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~Churcheh:iconChurcheh: Mar 20, 2007, 11:54:49 PM
Did you check your video player settings? I'd think that the nvidia control panel would be your best bet though. My laptop supports up to 3 screens or something, the main one and then two others that you plug in. Since I have curddy integrated I can't tell you what exactly you would have to do. Again check your media player settings just in case. =p Good luck. Oh, and google you questions if all else fails.

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*doven:icondoven: Mar 21, 2007, 12:02:55 AM
haha, been there done that, and google has failed me! ;_; but thank all the same. :)

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*lila-may-qt:iconlila-may-qt: Mar 21, 2007, 12:14:03 AM
Make sure that your video settings are to extend your windows desktop and not mirror it
When you're in your Display Properties, under Settings what options are checkmarked?

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*doven:icondoven: Mar 21, 2007, 1:13:58 AM
With the help of friends, I finally found it.

It was VID and TELEVISION Options - modify full-screen - uncheck autodetect.
It was so cryptic that I originally wrote it off as something unrelated. : P
thanks for your help!

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*doven:icondoven: Mar 21, 2007, 1:15:00 AM
Nevermind we found it.

It was VID and TELEVISION Options - modify full-screen - uncheck autodetect. huh duuurrr.
The "television" part of that threw me off.

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~Churcheh:iconChurcheh: Mar 21, 2007, 1:39:43 AM
Excellent, have fun with your movies.

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Mood: Joy =spasemann:iconspasemann: Mar 21, 2007, 4:40:13 AM
try reinstaling the software fore the dual screan on to the new video card.
tjek with dell if the video card is the same as the last wersion

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~Ernest-Blofeld:iconErnest-Blofeld: Mar 21, 2007, 8:33:00 AM
if you use multiple monitors...get Ultramon..
it makes everything nice...

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*doven:icondoven: Mar 21, 2007, 11:32:43 AM
I'm hesitant to mess with it now that I got it fixed. XD

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