Dual Monitor blacks out the second monitor in locked mode

Anonymous

Hi There,

We work in support environment and use dual monitors setup. WIN7 heard to have very good support for such setup and easy to use functionalities. However at some point something which was great has gone troubled.

We can use both the monitors while working on it however just the time its locked it blacks out the second monitor background and screensavers set if any. I tried looking for any config changes but in vain. Looking out for answer to this here.

Thanking you in advance.

Kunal Pathak

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There is no built in way to change this functionality. **When locked, one screen will be black.**There may be some 3rd party software that may do this however it would not be supported by Microsoft.

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Anonymous

2012-01-21T13:46:11+00:00

i used my laptop with windows new. problem on xp i choose show desktop on monitor 2 ok it works monitor on. windows new leaves 1 screen black even on laptop also using both i cant adjust Resulotion. windows xp i can choose 2 diffrent resolution **** you man
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Anonymous

2012-01-21T04:23:19+00:00

The answer is simple when you are not allowed to use third party unapproved software. As an alternative to the solution, you may just enable a simple static screensaver, set it to lock on resume. When it enables, the screensaver will be your locked background now. Force people you use CTRL-ALT-DEL to login.

Both screens will be enabled when screensaver background is active.
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Anonymous

2012-01-21T04:21:58+00:00

The answer is simple when you are not allowed to use third party unapproved software. As an alternative to the solution, you may just enable a simple static screensaver, set it to lock on resume. When it enables, the screensaver will be your locked background now. Force people you use CTRL-ALT-DEL to login.
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Anonymous

2012-01-20T20:29:30+00:00

That's because you incorrectly believe everyone sees the world the same way you do. Customization is important. I constantly get bit by poor programmers that do not support larger fonts because they believe what they see is what everyone sees. No one has to justify to you why they want something; especially something that existed and was taken away.
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