Windows 8 on multiple monitors

Is there any way to make the windows 8 start screen STAY active on one of the monitors while working on the others? If not the start screen is just a horrible waste of space and time for me and countless other users who will have this same issue.
Also is there a way to make the start screen boot onto a monitor that is not my main? This needs to be implemented as it is an annoyance every time I boot up my computer.
I know this is an issue for many users already and I think this is a very needed addition to make any kind of use of the windows 8 start screen with multiple monitors.
Thanks for your time.

Actually, I do agree with that. I've adopted Windows 8.1 for use at my software company because I believe it has enough merit to warrant upgrading. But I did it only after having spent a LOT of effort to determine that it A) does everything
we need for an engineering workstation and is stable and B) can be augmented to be pretty much as pleasant and productive to use as Windows 7 was
on the desktop. Of course this keeps us "current", so that we keep up with security and device driver development.
My broad point above, which Bob refuted in the details, was that the Win32 interface isn't much different at all than from within Windows 7. We kind of expected Microsoft to further their work on all fronts - making the "legacy desktop" side
actually better AND implementing the new Metro/Modern side - as well as improving the kernel under the covers. Instead, Microsoft seems to have thrown ALL its attention to Metro/Modern, while all but neglecting the kernel and actually deleting
things from the desktop interface. This has folks understandably irritated. Icing that cake is the fact that the Metro/Modern interface has been pretty much a moving target, because clearly Microsoft didn't think through the design of everything
it needed to be before deciding to use it as a basket for all their eggs. They STILL haven't quite figured out how closing apps figures into it all.
So now they appear to be backsliding, and the market has responded - quite coldly.
But, as usual, the developers of the world, also feeling the loss of functionality, have already come through with their products - many of them free - to augment Windows.
The one thing that has me quite concerned is that there are parts of Windows now quite clearly being neglected. Backup is a good example. More and more warning and error messages are appearing in the event logs indicating Windows likes its own
backup facilities less and less. At some point it's going to just stop working. Bob seems to tout flexibility, but actually useful features being just
lost is benefiting only those who want to "drive the market" (to somewhere
else - presumably to power just toys), and not serious computer users. Where does that leave us? Looking for a completely different approach.
-Noel
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Finally I get fed up so I purchase a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapted and a DVI to HDMI adapter. I try again. Again in OSX it launches immediately, no problems. I go back into Windows, and immediately I'm dealing with the instant black screen.
I'm going crazy over here trying to figure this out. I know it's possible to do this because I've seen people on youtube doing this and again it works on OSX so why the heck won't it work? If anyone has any idea what's going on here please help me out. Thanks.

JonMarx... I'm having the exact same problem. I'm in the exact same situation as you are. I'm going mad, and it's only by divine providence that I've finally located the only other person who knows what I've been going through. I've spent at least 20 hours trying to get this started back up, to no avail.
I had the secondary display working peachy for a while, long enough to configure everything to be exactly how I wanted it. I unplugged the monitor from the computer just to see what would happen, and that's when the problems started. I managed to get it to work one last time for a brief period a few hours later, but the way it just clicked on made it feel too good to be true.
I've had a wierd problem with a phantom display as well. The display will frequently show up as being available in both the nVIDIA panel and the windows settings, but if I apply the settings, they won't go through. I got a few screenshots of it the last time it happened.
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Peggy,
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target with the UNIX links and separate fortedef.sh files for each
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multiple versions of Forte on a windows client machine, you will have to
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resources on the same server. When we have 3 environments running, we
notice a performance hit. Try to use as few resources as you can. For
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repository server, since we test deployed. So do not start these
processes.
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Robert Crisafulli
AMISYS
301-838-7540
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Hi,
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753881.aspx
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Windows 8.1. Update 1 DPI Settings Multiple Monitors

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Multiple Monitor support using RDP in Windows 10

Does anyone know if you can use multiple monitors when connecting through RDP in Windows 10? In Windows 7, you need to be using Windows 7 Ultimate in order for RDP to support more than one monitor.
For example, my home setup has (2) 22" monitors and I want to RDP to my work PC which also has (2) 22" monitors. We are running windows 7 Pro, so only one monitor would display on my home PC and I couldn't view my 2nd work monitor.
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Michalsm2000,
I can't test that due to the shortage of resources.
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How to Open Two Excel Files in Multiple Monitors in Windows 7

How to open two excel files in two excel windows using multiple monitors in Windows 7.
Currently it opens multiple files on top of each other on the same one monitor.
I found this article in a blog it says
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In Excel 2007, Click the Office button ->
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or
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Option B) and manage wisely to view in both the monitors.
Note: If you are having issues like Excel opens without displaying a workbook, then you may have to
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Option B:
They key here is, the application has to be loaded as separate instances. Lets say you have opened an Excel file in
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Start Menu -> Programs -> Microsoft Office ->
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XFCE window buttons (tasklist) and multiple monitors

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How do I operate multiple monitors on my HP Pavilion Slimline Pavilion s3600t?

Hello HP Forum,
I am looking to operate 2 monitors on my HP Pavilion Slimline Pavilion s3600t that currently has GeForce 7100/NVIDIA nForce 630i. I am not a computer technician and only semi-tech saavy (less than more). I was told I needed a video card; however, I don't know what I need nor how to install it. Can anyone tell me what I type of video card I need to purchase (and why) and then point me to a video or instructions on install?
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QuickTime.qts!6685f5a5()
QuickTime.qts!6685f739()
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Feature Request - Better Multiple Monitor Support

Lightroom's support for a second display has definitely helped my workflow. I hope the team will consider adding more flexible multiple monitor support in version 4. Here's why.
I've recently experimented with running one of my three screens in portrait mode. When this screen hosts Lightroom's secondary display window in Loupe view, my verticals finally get equal real estate for editing. While I've not done hard statistics on my library, I know more than 50% of my imagery is in portrait orientation.
I'd like to see LR V4 support three or more screens so I could set up as follow:
Screen 1 - main lightroom interface, would not need to be calibrated, for controls and navigation
Screen 2 - Portrait orientation, loupe view - this would be a calibrated display, all develop changes to verticals would be judged on this screen
Screen 3 - Landscape orientation, loupe view - another calibrated display, all develop changes to horizontals would be judged on this screen
If Adobe could make the app intelligent enough to route the image to the correct screen based on orientation (recognizing and respecting cropping that could change orientation) my edit sessions would certainly speed up and I could maximize the productivity of multiple screens.
I'd be happy with this, but I'm also stymied by the need to switch back to Library mode to tag images when my primary workflow has me in develop. Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the image. Before I invest in image-specific meta data, I have to process or at least "test-process" an image. IMO the Quick Develop panel is useless, once you become accustomed to the granular control of the develop sliders, it just doesn't cut it.
In the three monitor setup I described above I'd love to be able to configure screen 1, with a combination of panels from Library and Develop, so I could stay "develop centric" with immediate access to keywording and meta. The two additional screens would intelligently handle image display.
I think this might speed my workflow by 33% and having just returned from a Tour de France project that generated 23,000 images I need all the productivity help I can get.

VeloDramatic wrote:
Thanks for all those votes Rob. Now we just need to get the other 999,999 on board.
Actually, this topic has come up a lot on this forum. At this point, I think we just need to get Adobe on board.
VeloDramatic wrote:
There may be another thread for this one additional thought. If Adobe does improve multiple monitor support, we should be able to optimize our previews for those screens. Even after prerendering 1:1 previews there are issues with DEVELOP doing its own thing (I believe) each time a new image is loaded. I make extensive use of the PREVIOUS button moving through my shoots and there's always a lag of one or two seconds while the develop preview loads before the button is active. In a desktop environment where multiple screens allow landscape and portrait images to be displayed full screen I'd argue that 100% of the host screen resolution would be the ideal preview. Hope that made sense.
Yes, faster switching would be nice. I'm not sure what that would take. As it stands, there's like "9" previews generated when you do 1:1s - 100% down to tiny thumbnails. Still, one at exact monitor size that does not need to be resized at all does seem like it would be the fastest - I'm a bit on a limb though at this point.
Rob

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