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Forums -> UltraMon™ -> Problem with screensaver on second monitor
Kirin   2001-07-29 03:40
This is a great utility. It could be a little bit more user-friendly. It took me a little while to figure how to create a regular window shortcut and put it on my desktop.

Now to the problem:
I have windows ME.
My primary card is a ATI Radeon all-in-wonder.
My secondary is a ATI xpert 128 (with original windows ME drivers).

When I preview or actually use the screensaver on my second monitor. There is only a picture displayed on the upper left corner at a size of 1 inch by 1 inch and the rest of the screen is black. I noticed that the picture is the same as the one displayed in the screensaver setup window. The problem doesn't occur with multi-monitor screensavers. The primary is working fine. Any ideas?

By curiosity, at what interval do you release the versions of ultramon, every 3 to 4 months? I know that's the kind of questions programmer don't like to answer because it raise expectations (I know, I am one). From what I see in this forum, there seams to be so many interesting and practical things that could be added to the program.

Thanks
Christian Studer   2001-07-29 05:17
Screen savers on secondary monitors run in preview mode. The problem is that some screen savers just display a static image or blank window in preview mode, instead of a preview of the screen saver itself. The only workaround is to run these screen savers on the primary monitor.

See UltraMon Add-ons for a short list of screen savers that work fine on secondary monitors.

Regarding the release schedule: I'm always aiming for a release every 2 months, but it usually takes a bit longer. I hope to have Beta 5 ready by the end of August. Multiple taskbars will be the major new feature in this release.
I agree with you that the user interface needs improvement, and plan to implement changes in time for the 2.0 final release.

Christian Studer
www.realtimesoft.com
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