Dual Monitor blacks out the second monitor in locked mode

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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

2014-05-21T15:54:06+00:00

any change to this?
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Anonymous

2013-10-09T15:57:03+00:00

Any update on a solution to this problem?
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Anonymous

2013-08-04T02:12:53+00:00

I have not tried it yet, but I seem to have found a solution to everyone's troubles!

http://www.dual-monitor.biz/2011/09/17/change-wallpaper-on-second-monitor/

The program is called "MurGeeMon".

I'll edit this when I can confirm it works

Nope, this software is about managing wallpaper, not the lock screen or screensaver on the external monitor which this thread is about. Dual monitor wallpaper management is a nice thing have, though.
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Anonymous

2013-08-04T01:34:17+00:00

I have not tried it yet, but I seem to have found a solution to everyone's troubles!

http://www.dual-monitor.biz/2011/09/17/change-wallpaper-on-second-monitor/

The program is called "MurGeeMon".

I'll edit this when I can confirm it works

edit :

Doesn't work, however, registered version of DisplayFusion has dual screensaver, but not dual wallpaper...I don't think there's any dual wallpaper for locking.
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