How can i stretch my background over 2 monitors?

Anonymous
2009-11-21T23:14:34+00:00

I'm running 2 monitors (extended mode) and when i change my background it gets doubled. I was using win xp pro before and my background was extended on the other monitor but windows wont let me?

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Anonymous
2009-11-27T00:27:19+00:00

Hi lightningwolf71,

 I was going through some online resources and came across one workaround regarding this issue, hope this helps in resolving the issue.

Follow these steps to display a large image across multiple monitors:

  1. Right click on the Desktop background and select Personalize.
  2. Click on Desktop Background
  3. Select a background image that is at least as wide as the combined resolution of both of your monitors. For Example, I have two 19" monitors that have a resolution of 1280×1024. I need an image of 2560×1024 or greater so that it can be displayed across both monitors.
  4. Select Tile for picture positioning option. This is the only option that will display your background image across multiple monitors.
  5. Select Save Changes.

Your background image now should be displayed across both monitors instead of having the same image displayed on both monitors.

Hope this information was useful.

Naveen

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-12-23T21:35:13+00:00

    Werezwolf's solution worked. Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-12-25T10:22:05+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for sharing the update on your issue and good to hear that your issue is resolved. Feel free to post on the forum if you have any more concern related to Windows.

    Regards,

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-27T11:56:28+00:00

    I have been wondering about this and usually see answers that are either too technical or just wrong. Thanks for the easy to explain resolution to this issue!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-02-28T10:57:40+00:00

    Hi Ron,

    Thank you for the update on the issue.

    Good to hear that your issue is resolved and steps provided by Naveen was helpful. In addition to that feel free to post on the and we will be happy to assist you.

    Regards,

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