Dual Monitor blacks out the second monitor in locked mode

Anonymous
2010-06-25T15:36:04+00:00

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

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility

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Anonymous
2010-10-02T20:28:13+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-18T04:23:27+00:00

    This seems strange because during the preview builds it did do this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-14T09:33:33+00:00

    I had this running with both monitors running a slideshow in win 81 - so don't tell, that this function was not implemented in  any windows-version yet. I did NOT use any 3rd-party-software for that function. But for all who miss that: I think, DisplayFusion can help out and light up both monitors :-) OK, it's not freeware.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-14T02:11:57+00:00

    it used to work in windows 8

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-27T15:06:41+00:00

    Did a solution for Win7 appeared in the meantime? I'm using Win7 Enterprise.

    None yet that I heard of.

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