OT dual-head on Windows, was Re: [clue-tech] two monitors - the new fad

[David L. Willson]

On app-window location:
  If a window presents itself in an inaccessible location, try <alt>+<space>, m, and
then use the arrow keys to move the Window someplace where you can get to it.
  Also, make ~sure~ that second monitor is turned ~off~.  Rebooting should do it, but in
the case it doesn't, or you don't want to reboot, go to Display, Settings tab, click the
second screen, and un-check "Extend..."

David L. Willson
Windows Expert, Linux Admin, Integration Specialist,  Happy Engineer

On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:03:26 -0600, Nate Duehr wrote
> Jack Parker wrote:
> > I've used a dual head setup for much the same reasons and with much the same
> > success.  My only beef with the setup is that I move from client(s), to
> > hotel, to office, to home.  The physical side of the laptop that the monitor
> > is on varies from place to place - if one is available.  If I'm in a
> > situation where I don't have the second monitor hooked up, and I foolishly
> > opened something like Winzip on the other screen when I last had it hooked
> > up - W2KPro cheerfully keeps it on the screen which is not hooked up.  In
> > other words I have no access to that app until I find a monitor and hook
> > back up to it and drag it back to the right screen.  Hard to do in a hotel.
> > Since I keep moving around like this, it's obnoxious to try to remember when
> > shutting down/hibernating - to drag everything back to the main screen -
> > especially when you've worked with a dozen different applications and you
> > have to remember to do each one.
> >
> > In other words, not something I'd recommend for the road warrior.