Multiple Desktops in Windows...

[zippy]

I was thinking how great that would be tonight...does anyone know of any programs that can do that?

If not...I suggest you get your ass in gear and make one! FOO!

 

[Killbat]

X-Desk (I think)

 

[nd]

That's been a standard feature in X Window Managers on UNIX systems for many years.

I've seen a utility for windows that sorta emulates virtual desktop behavior with a control on the system tray. Seemed sufficient enough. Just search tucows/download.com/etc for virtual desktop utilities.

 

[ElFenix]

thats one thing that doesn't really make sense to me. in win2k you shouldn't be admin all the time because you can really screw things up, just like you don't log in as root all the time in a unix system. but in a unix system you just open a new console or whatever and login as root when you need to do something that requires it. in win nt variants you have to close what you're doing, log out, log in as admin, do whats needed, then log out, then log in again, open your programs, etc. its tedious.

 

[nd]

ElFenix,

That's because the Windows design wasn't really multi-user oriented. However, Microsoft has been making efforts to hack more standard multiuser features into the NT-based "series". In Windows 2000 now, you can use the "runas" command to do sorta what "su" will let you do -- so you aren't forced to log out and back in now. It's kinda ugly though..

You still can't have multiple people logged in at the same time on multiple desktops on the same display though.

 

[duragezic]

Litestep can do that. You can do a bunch of customization with Litestep. I used it around 2 years ago and it was pretty cool but although they claimed it took less memory and was more stable, it was the exact opposite for me. And it was pretty far into development but if they continued all this time then I'm sure it's good by now

 

[chiwawa626]

Use winxp, u can switch users while running programs and leaving them open

 

[zippy]

I am using WinXP.

I guess I wasn't very clear. I'm talking about actual desktops...like, moving back one desktop has AIM and WinAmp open another has my IE windows another has photoshop another has my layout...something like that.

Sounds like a job for litestep, but I wasn't sure.

Thanks...keep the replies coming.

 

[randomlinh]

there was a freebie program for win95 way back... bigdesk or something..

i used it for a while.. but found it annoying. i'd rather have dual... or quad monitors

 

[nd]

<< I am using WinXP.

I guess I wasn't very clear. I'm talking about actual desktops...like, moving back one desktop has AIM and WinAmp open another has my IE windows another has photoshop another has my layout...something like that. >>

what you just described is what a virtual desktop is. granted, there are different ways to think of them (one way is to have a giant desktop where switching moves to different portions of it -- another way is to have a &quot;dimension&quot; aspect, almost as if they're on top of each other and you move one to the top). the effect is the same, and they're virtual desktops

 

[Lord Evermore]

Some video card drivers include a virtual desktop system. I know Matrox did, as well as STB (R.I.P.), but they may not do that anymore.