jae99 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I just watched the second episode of hak tip on virtual desktops. I was just wondering if you can have two desktops side by side on the same screen at the same time. Like cutting the screen in half and have two desktops running? Is this possible in windows 7, and if so, how? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Not sure you can do side by side virtual desktops, kind of the point of virtual desktops is to have the full screen to play with for however many virtual desktops you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jae99 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Is there a way to this at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I'm going to say no... it defeats the whole point of virtual desktops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegin Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Virtualbox does have an option for multiple displays. When you set it for 2 monitors (it will go up to 8) another screen comes up. You can do it with some tinkering but like Mr-Protocol said "it defeats the whole point of virtual desktops" Was there some specific reason for it? Edited June 26, 2011 by elegin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 He is talking virtual desktops ( i think) like the bottom right corner of most linux distros... not Virtual machines multi monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegin Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Wow, got that wrong. Yeah, not sure I see the use of that. The only thing I could think would be to have a second workspace on a second monitor if your video card could not handle the screen resolution, which would infer that the card could not handle two monitors. I am curious about the nature of the need. .. Depending on distro, this can be done, found a few solutions. Google and ye shall find. who would have thought. not me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 but why would you want to shrink your screen by having 2 virtual desktops up when you could just have both windows you want to watch on the same desktop... lol makes no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I just watched the second episode of hak tip on virtual desktops. I was just wondering if you can have two desktops side by side on the same screen at the same time. Like cutting the screen in half and have two desktops running? Is this possible in windows 7, and if so, how? Thanks in advance. Check out Dexpot, it may be what you are after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jae99 Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 I have my computer hooked up to a 50 inch tv. I want to play videos on one half of the screen and have a web browser on the other. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 You can have what is called a dual screen set up. The first screen displays your desktop icons and the second is an extension to it. Follow this article, it should be straight forward. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976064 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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