Dual Monitors - Using a different wallpaper per monitor

The ability to use two monitors at any one time, in my opinion, is a really good and gainful ability but what about feeling more comfortable with a different look per monitor? Maybe you'd like to use two different wallpapers or something... Which is what this tutorial about as I've seen it being posted on forums regularly.

So, you want to learn how?

March on down...

Usually the software to do this can cost. Nobody likes buying software! Well there is a free (FREE!!) program. A nice, kind and smart man who goes by the name of Jon Tackabury done this and can be found at

www.binaryfortress.com
or more specifically
http://www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/
to download the software. There is a pro version, but that costs. Its features aren't worth the costs. Well I don't think so anyway.

So anyway. Download the program. It's compatible with XP and Vista, which is good! I'll edit this or probably make a new post when it comes to using stuff like this on a Linux based computer, but Windows for now...

Once its been installed in the bottom right corner where the time, icons and everything else is, there should be a new icon. Guess what it is.. It's not that hard to get it right!

Go to:
Right click -> Desktop Wallpaper

You can click on each desktop in the display, and set display settings differently for each monitor, or span the wallpaper across the two. Quite neat.

This is what the program should look like once opened.




Another thing you may or may not notice; if you're on Flickr, you can even load wallpaper from there... Nice feature. All you do with that is enter in the text box what you want to search for and it'll find it.

Anyway.

If you chose the Settings from the tray icon popup menu, you'll notice that this application also adds a set of shortcut keys that can be used to move windows across monitors.

It should look like this.





If it doesn't, then you're somewhere else...

And you will know where to go from here. This wasn't much of a how to tutorial, but will do. You're not stupid. If you don't know what to do, you're not thinking properly.
(It helps)

So anyway. You can see the configuration windows. You can count from 1 to 10. This gives you all the mental capacity you need.

Enjoy.


Oh. And there's something else I should point out.
This software is "Donationware" apparently. It means that you don't have to pay for it, you don't have to make any donations, but consider it as its useful, and the designer wants a little something back. Which he deserves! But don't hesitate to avoid this if your pockets are thin.
I always do.