How to get dual monitor support w/ geforce r ti4200

[niwi7]

Hi...i have a geforce 4 ti4200 w/ 2 monitors hooked up.....i went into the nview setting and im able to clone the same thing on both monitors, and make it like 1 huge screen veritcally or horizontally....however my firend says he went to his cousins house adn he had 2 monitors and 1 computer--- and he said it was as if he had 2 computers like there was a seperate strart menu etc for each monitor and he was watching a dvd on 1 and was on internet explorer on the other....can i do this w/ my ti4200? maybe a driver or software download? thanks alot for ur help


btw i have windows xp

thanks

 

[Lonyo]

Go to display setting, and advanced prperties and go to the Geforce tab.
On the Desktop utilities section, check the box that says "enable dualview"
Then you'll have to reboot.
You'll have to have the displays both hooked up already before you reboot. Then the thing should come up on screen to guid you through the rest I think.

Piccies to help (probably an older driver version)
Newer drivers (probably more helpful for you)
That's the check box I mean (in green)

 

[niwi7]

thx alot...yea i have the newest drivers availible...and when i go to that advnaced thing it looks exactly like the second pic u gave me...except that third option u have cirlced in green is not there....but im pretty sure this thing supports it b/c it supports all those other modes like horizontal and stuff PLUS its only 1 model lower than the 1 u have...so any1 no wut to do? thanks ....btw wut drivers r u using maybe i shoudl try and get my hands on an older driver model or sompin

 

[niwi7]

hmmmmmm ok i was playin around with like every setting in the world on the video card thing and i have no idea how i did it but now i got on my left screen a non-distorted regular desktop....and then the ability to drag things onto my second monitor OR theres a little nview icon on the top of the screen and ic an tell it to send the program to second monitor...the only prob is that on the second monitor there is no start menu or any way to activate programs...how can i fix this? thanks

 

[Rankor]

There are two multi-display modes when using an nVidia nView-based video card. There is the standard Windows multi-display mode known as DualView.

And there is the nVidia one known as nView. ATI has their Hydravision and Matrox has their Dual-Head/Triple-Head/etc.

You enabled DualView Extended Desktop by disabling nView Clone and by Enabling or Attaching the secondary monitor under Display Properties/Settings Tab.

By design, Extended Desktop does not give you either a Start button or task bar on the secondary or subsequent displays.

Do a search online for Ultra-mon it's shareware. This is a great multi-display application that allows you to have different backgrounds for each display as well as the task bar on each display with the specific apps shown (on the taskbar) for that particular output.

Unfortunately, no Start button on the secondary and subsequent displays.