Dual Screen

[Runningkid]

Ok my Octigen 19" widescreen ahs arrived, so i want to set up dual screen with my old monitor, ive pluged everything in all working.

The thing is the set up i have now increaes my work space, but is there a set up where i can play games on the big monitor and use other programes ont he other without affecting the game? becasue atm i try talking on msn on the second monitor but it minimises my CSS on my 19" widescreen once i try and talk.

thanks in advnace

 

[El_Watcher]

Simplae answer is no you can't, unless you run the game in windowed mode not fullscreen. Because of the way Windows works, there can only be 1 active application (that you can control), and something that is running full screen will minimise when it is no longer the active app. There might be some software/hardware that would allow 2 people to use 1 PC on seperate screens, but you would need 2 mice/keyboards, and it would use more resources/HDD space.
The only other option is a second PC.
If it is just instant messaging you want, get you and your friends to get XFire, as it has a messaging overlay for most games.