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    Dual monitors: done. making Primary right Secondary left? help

    I just finished setting up dual monitors but one thing bothers me.
    I really don't know how to word this well... so here goes. The way my desk is setup I have the main(nicer) screen in front of my keyboard while the secondary screen(crappy) can only fit on my left is there a way to configure the screens so that it can be used on the left because dragging shit to the right to look at the left is annoying as fuck.

    either that or a way to make my mouse wrap around the screen. (like if i was using one screen the mouse would go from one side to the other)

    Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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    use catalyst if you have ATI, or just use screen resolution and click and drag on win7

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    Going to partially depend on OS but you should always be able to find a screen to drag one monitor to the left or right such as
    http://askbobrankin.com/dual-monitor-setup.jpg

    On Win7 it's at

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    Fixed it I'm an idiot all i had to do was switch the display order in display properties.
    Edit: wow thanks for all the fast replies. Much appreciated.

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    ^ What he said, or swap the cables?

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    All I had to do was click and drag ><
    Spent 3 hours searching for that shit D:

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    incase noone has yet to mention it to you, you should look up a program called ultramon for dual monitors. it has a lot of nice options that makes using dual monitors even nicer.

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    I use Display Fusion to make my dual monitor setup better, my favorite feature is being able to click on the title bar with the middle mouse button to swap a window between the 2 screens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrf View Post
    I use Display Fusion to make my dual monitor setup better, my favorite feature is being able to click on the title bar with the middle mouse button to swap a window between the 2 screens.
    I tried display fusion, but preferred ultramon after trying them both. Ultramon also has a button next to the minimize / maximize / close buttons on windows to swap the app-window to the other monitor. It also adds one to extend it across the monitors as well. It also has a bunch of other options to manage your setup, even one to switch your primary monitor :D.

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    Windows 7 comes with those hotkeyed already. Windows+D minimizes everything. Shaking a window back and forth minimizes everything. Windows +left/right will move a window between monitors as long as snap them into place at the monitor halves. Windows+up with maximize the window. Windows+numberkey will start that program from your taskbar or switch to it if it's already open. etc.

    I used ultramon for a few weeks, and then god rid of it because it wasn't really any use to me.

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    +1 for ultramon, whenever I reinstall windows it's usually the first thing I install after drivers etc. Just wished it played nicer with chrome/firefox 4 beta

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krandor View Post
    ^ What he said, or swap the cables?
    mind blown

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shibo View Post
    incase noone has yet to mention it to you, you should look up a program called ultramon for dual monitors. it has a lot of nice options that makes using dual monitors even nicer.
    cool fucking shit man, thanks for the heads up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadgye View Post
    Shaking a window back and forth minimizes everything.
    Mind= blown.

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    ultramon also allows for different wallpaper per screen, idk if the other program does, but just throwing this out there

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerberoz View Post
    Mind= blown.
    this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishstix View Post
    ultramon also allows for different wallpaper per screen, idk if the other program does, but just throwing this out there
    displayfusion does it but don't really know any of its other features

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deadgye View Post
    Windows 7 comes with those hotkeyed already. Windows+D minimizes everything. Shaking a window back and forth minimizes everything. Windows +left/right will move a window between monitors as long as snap them into place at the monitor halves. Windows+up with maximize the window. Windows+numberkey will start that program from your taskbar or switch to it if it's already open. etc.
    I love you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishstix View Post
    ultramon also allows for different wallpaper per screen, idk if the other program does, but just throwing this out there
    Don't need to install any programs to do that, just make a huge image with both screens on it and tile.

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