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Noobie to Dual Monitors

Mojo027

Member
I recently bought a new 19" LCD. And I decided to attach my old 17" Flat CRT to my computer as well, to have a dual monitor setup.

Working well so far, I have downloaded Ultramon, and I now have separate backgrounds on each monitor and the taskbar figured out pretty well. I was wondering if you can use two mice, one designated to each monitor. And if so what software should I use. I need this feature because the main reason I want this dual monitor setup is so I can play games while chatting/chaning music settings/surfing the web. And as you all know you need a mouse for both activities. Ultramon does have a hotkey feature that lets you press a key and your mouse will switch to the other monitor, but this won't work in my games (MOHAA is the only one I've tried thus far). It makes me minimize the window first which defeats the purpose all together.

Any other pointers concerning dual monitor setups will be greatly appreciated.
 
Gaming and dual monitor generally don't mix unless you're playing the game in windowed. If you're playing full screen, it will minimize when you ALT-tab out.

You want two mouse? Get another computer and run it as two single display.
 
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