Dual Monitor Issue

Infam0us

Infam0us

Infam0us

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Hey guys, recently got another monitor to my setup and loving how much more productive I can be.

However, I have found it annoying how whenever you have a full screen application running in one monitor, and access a program on another it automatically minimised the full screen application.

Is there anyway to force the full screen application to stay full screen while I work on the other monitor bar running the program, stream in windowed mode?
 
Not come across that before. What graphics card have you got? May be worth downloading the latest drivers if you're just using the standard Win7 ones.
 
If you look around you will find that it's possible to either replace 1 of the flash plugin .dll's or edit 1 line of code to keep flash video in fullscreen. I use this method and it works well.
The only problem there is is that whenever a new version of flash plugin is released (which is quite often) you will be back to square 1 and have to search for a new altered .dll or the new code change needed.
I'm not sure Infam0us is strictly talking about just keeping flash video from minimizing tho. If your apps are minmizing then that is a strange one. That shouldnt happen. I'd be looking at trying different drivers.
 
Defunkt said:
If you look around you will find that it's possible to either replace 1 of the flash plugin .dll's or edit 1 line of code to keep flash video in fullscreen. I use this method and it works well.
The only problem there is is that whenever a new version of flash plugin is released (which is quite often) you will be back to square 1 and have to search for a new altered .dll or the new code change needed.
I'm not sure Infam0us is strictly talking about just keeping flash video from minimizing tho. If your apps are minmizing then that is a strange one. That shouldnt happen. I'd be looking at trying different drivers.
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I have managed to do this using Google Chrome :) Works a treat! Now I'm able to watch BBC iPlayer in full screen mode, and keep on using my primary monitor for other stuff! Testing dual monitor setup with a wee one I borrowed off a friend, before I commit to duals.
 
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macfanuk said:
Just out of interest, madindehead, what else do you use the 2nd screen for?
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Currently, I'm using it watch movies and iPlayer while I game and do other stuff :p It's amazing!

When I get back to uni, I am hoping to be able to use it for work (circuit simulations on one screen, Excel spreadsheet on the other etc), and revision etc :)

I do a lot of work with multiple programs, including programming in Visual Studio, and I know that can support dual monitors very well with different windows etc.
 
madindehead said:
I have managed to do this using Google Chrome :) Works a treat! Now I'm able to watch BBC iPlayer in full screen mode, and keep on using my primary monitor for other stuff! Testing dual monitor setup with a wee one I borrowed off a friend, before I commit to duals.
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Curious to know, how did you do this? Mate of mine wants to know :) (And me... :D)
 
Orcvader said:
Curious to know, how did you do this? Mate of mine wants to know :) (And me... :D)
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Make sure that your Google Chrome is updated to the latest stable release, and I will post it in a bit :p

Need to find the exact hex string that needs to be edited again. You will need a hex editor to edit your .dll file. Also, please note, this will stop working when the next Chrome update happens (most probably).
 
Hey guys, I'm back from a short vacation :)

I'm using 10.6 Cats for my 4870 Sapphire ATI. If I have a fullscreen game going in my primary monitor, and say MSN in my secondary. Clicking MSN will cause the game to minimise, I thought that this was standard behaviour but posts here suggest otherwise?

Also is hacking flash the only way to force fullscreen? Is there no applications or Windows settings that can force it to be fullscreen other than running it in windowed mode?
 
Infam0us said:
Hey guys, I'm back from a short vacation :)

I'm using 10.6 Cats for my 4870 Sapphire ATI. If I have a fullscreen game going in my primary monitor, and say MSN in my secondary. Clicking MSN will cause the game to minimise, I thought that this was standard behaviour but posts here suggest otherwise?

Also is hacking flash the only way to force fullscreen? Is there no applications or Windows settings that can force it to be fullscreen other than running it in windowed mode?
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If you run a game in windowed mode, then it won't minimise. But you will need to either set it, or force it in the game options.

As for flash, you have to hack the .dll for it to work :) That's the only way you can have it fullscreen and not minimise when working on the non-focused window.
 
madindehead said:
If you run a game in windowed mode, then it won't minimise. But you will need to either set it, or force it in the game options.

As for flash, you have to hack the .dll for it to work :) That's the only way you can have it fullscreen and not minimise when working on the non-focused window.
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Seems like so much effort for something that Microfail should have been promoting through the use of dual monitors! Don't you have to use a hex editor or whatever it is? :)
 
Infam0us said:
Seems like so much effort for something that Microfail should have been promoting through the use of dual monitors! Don't you have to use a hex editor or whatever it is? :)
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Yes, you need to use a hex editor. The flash thing is actually a security thing for Flash, so not Microsoft's fault. Probably to prevent exploitation of Flash when in full screen mode :p

As for the game thing, that's just how the games are coded. Again, not the fault of Microsoft :p

It's not actually that much effort. Which version of flash do you use? IE flash, non-IE flash, or built into Google Chrome?
 
In that case I blame Adobe and Developers :P

I'm using the latest version Firefox3 and latest flash. How hard is it to edit?
 
It's pretty easy mate :)

Get yourself a hex editor. Open the flash.dll file with the hex editor (that will be non-IE flash). Make a backup of the Flash .dll before editing of course. Search for this hex string:

74 39 83 E8 07 74 11 83 E8 05 75 13 8B (It has to be exact)

When you find this exact string, replace the "74 39" with "90 90". Has to be hex values of course. Save it. Then you should be able to watch BBC iPlayer etc on full screen on your secondary monitor, and use the primary for other stuff :)

Enjoy :D And let me know if it does/doesn't work.


Orcvader said:
Did a quick google, and worked out how to do it for Firefox. Decided not to do it as apparantly Flash 10.2 will solve this problem :eek:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3042340?tstart=0
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I think that is referring to something else mate. Flash not running in full screen mode is a security feature. But let's wait and see.
 
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