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Ok so I have two monitors on my XP Pro box. Main 1st (main) one is a CRT, which I like.

The 2nd is a widescreen LCD.

One in a while when playing a game, I would like to play it on the widescreen as opposed to the CRT.

Therefore, is there a way to get DirectX to use the secondary monitor as opposed to defaulting to the primary?
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    ʊchalkley3 (#19226)

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    Hmm... nVidia or ATi?

    If ATi is the flavor of choice, I'd check out hydravision. It might even work for nVidia cards as well.
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      ӝspot (#19257)

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      nvidia all the way!

      and I'll check it out... thanks.
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      ӝspot (#19335)

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      Ok it looks like that didn't work. :P
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    ӝNirach (#19336)

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    Hydravision is more gimmick than program, sadly.

    The other thought is Ultramon, I used to use it to manage my displays when I had 3 plugged in. Very nice little program, and it might be able to help, I know it has some "move to monitor #" commands in it.

    I'd have thought there would be an option in the nVidia drivers to determine which one was the primary monitor for 3d applications, though.
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      ӝspot (#19339)

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      Yeah it looks like a little POS app they threw together to sweeten their pot.

      I have been running Ultramon for years, but it doesn't have any specific Dx features.

      They may have, but I have not been able to find any in the nvidia control panel.
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        ӝNirach (#19340)

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        The only surefire way I can think of is switch the primary to the LCD rather than the CRT, but that's not really a fix. However, I don't know how to drive Forceware :B
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    ʊCei (#19781)

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    The only way I know of is to tell Windows what your main monitor is (ie: shifting your taskbar over). Games will then run in the one you assigned as the primary.
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      ӝspot (#19805)

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      Yeah that's what I've been doing. It's just quite annoying. :)

      Thanks for the response.
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    ɤDibol (#19844)

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    yea... i have been trying to get 2 montiors but it just hasnt been working... any help?
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      ӝspot (#19845)

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      You mean that you want a game to stretch across two monitors?
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    ɤDibol (#21286)

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    No i just cant get my computer to use 2 monitors... i was wondering if i did anything wrong...
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      ӝspot (#21567)

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      And what card are you running?
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      ӝspot (#21573)

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      Well I am an nvidia boy, so I don't know about ATI. But, in the nvidia control panel they have a dual-monitor setup wizard which lets you choose how you want it to work and sets it all up for you.

      I wouldn't be surprised if the ATI software has something like that.
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