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I've posted quite a few threads in the last few weeks. I'm re-deploying or giving away some old Sandy Bridge systems. the give-away had a clean Windows 10 install, and the recipient needs some guidance about using the Win 7 downloaded driver files for the Intel storage and LAN controllers, among some other things. I sent my advice in an e-mail, and if he doesn't make those tweaks, I suppose he'll still be fine with it. I'm not going to fret about HIS computer anymore.
the system I'm keeping is a 2700K system with a Z68 motherboard. Instead of a clean install of Win 10, I chose to "upgrade" the old Win 7 OS with all the installed software. I was surprised -- it worked like a charm. No software issues, and all the drivers were shoe-horned from what had been in effect with Win 7.
This always was a system that doubled as an HTPC. I have a s***pile of recorded TV and movies on it -- some can only be played on that particular hardware, others from unencrypted sources have no such limitations.
The system under Win 7 had been set up with my BenQ gaming monitor on my desk, and then a 25-foot heavy-duty HDMI cable run around the room's baseboards to connect with my LG 42" HDTV on the other side of the room. I could probably upgrade that connection with some sort of Bluetooth dongle -- the one that came with the TV is sitting on my desk. I have four HDMI ports on the LG HDTV, and I"m refining the Home Theater setup. So I have a ROKU Ultra on another HDMI port, and my 2700K computer still connected to the first HDMI port.
Win 7 managed this very well, so that I "extended" my two monitors, such that the Windows toolbar with the "Start" button, one-click app icons and the system tray only appeared on the BenQ. The LG TV only showed my common desktop "theme" background. There were no icons, no toolbar with "Start" and system tray items.
Win 10 doesn't seem to have the means of tweaking the display setup to get that same result. Or -- those means are arcane, and I haven't been able to find them. So the toolbar with "Start", icons and system tray are cloned on the HDTV. I tried the multi-monitor "Surround" settings in the nVidia control panel. With that, the 1920x1080 display on my BenQ monitor becomes a 3840x 1080 display. Sure -- ;The Start button and all the stuff to left of the system tray only appears on the BenQ, but the system-tray items that would be on the right side of the BenQ desktop display are pushed all the way to the right side of the LG HDTV. That's no good, because I can't work with them unless I twist my head around like Meghan in "The Exorcist" while awkwardly manipulating the mouse on my desk
Anybody have insight as to how I can get back just the blank desktop with the theme wallpaper on the TV set? I don't want to access the start button on the TV, or any of the system tray items. It would seem that what you could do with two monitors in Windows 7, you should also be able to do precisely in Windows 10.
the system I'm keeping is a 2700K system with a Z68 motherboard. Instead of a clean install of Win 10, I chose to "upgrade" the old Win 7 OS with all the installed software. I was surprised -- it worked like a charm. No software issues, and all the drivers were shoe-horned from what had been in effect with Win 7.
This always was a system that doubled as an HTPC. I have a s***pile of recorded TV and movies on it -- some can only be played on that particular hardware, others from unencrypted sources have no such limitations.
The system under Win 7 had been set up with my BenQ gaming monitor on my desk, and then a 25-foot heavy-duty HDMI cable run around the room's baseboards to connect with my LG 42" HDTV on the other side of the room. I could probably upgrade that connection with some sort of Bluetooth dongle -- the one that came with the TV is sitting on my desk. I have four HDMI ports on the LG HDTV, and I"m refining the Home Theater setup. So I have a ROKU Ultra on another HDMI port, and my 2700K computer still connected to the first HDMI port.
Win 7 managed this very well, so that I "extended" my two monitors, such that the Windows toolbar with the "Start" button, one-click app icons and the system tray only appeared on the BenQ. The LG TV only showed my common desktop "theme" background. There were no icons, no toolbar with "Start" and system tray items.
Win 10 doesn't seem to have the means of tweaking the display setup to get that same result. Or -- those means are arcane, and I haven't been able to find them. So the toolbar with "Start", icons and system tray are cloned on the HDTV. I tried the multi-monitor "Surround" settings in the nVidia control panel. With that, the 1920x1080 display on my BenQ monitor becomes a 3840x 1080 display. Sure -- ;The Start button and all the stuff to left of the system tray only appears on the BenQ, but the system-tray items that would be on the right side of the BenQ desktop display are pushed all the way to the right side of the LG HDTV. That's no good, because I can't work with them unless I twist my head around like Meghan in "The Exorcist" while awkwardly manipulating the mouse on my desk
Anybody have insight as to how I can get back just the blank desktop with the theme wallpaper on the TV set? I don't want to access the start button on the TV, or any of the system tray items. It would seem that what you could do with two monitors in Windows 7, you should also be able to do precisely in Windows 10.
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