Problem when trying to make a dual monitor wallpaper.

[Trash Man]

I'm trying to make a dual monitor wallpaper so that I have different images on each monitor. I know there is no such function in Windows 7 to do this, and that you can get 3rd party software, but I don't really want to spend any money on it or install another piece of software on my machine just to make it happen.

I thought it would be just as easy as stitching 2 images together and tiling the wallpaper, but it comes out funny on the 2nd monitor.

I have this:



But this is how it come out when tiled across the monitors:



I have 2 x 1920 x 1200 res monitors, so I thought it would be easy to make an image of 3840 x 1200 and stick them together.

Does anyone know why when I tile the wallpaper, Windows makes it slightly bigger causing the issue or how to fix it?

Thanks for any help

 

[Trash Man]

Check to make sure the monitors are aligned perfectly in the display options.

Sorry, I'm new to dual monitor set-up's.

How do I check this? I have a GTX 580 but I can't see any options about monitor alignment.

Thanks again.

EDIT: Found it. Thanks for the help, all sorted now

 

[Trash Man]

I found it easier to just install Display Fusion (Free), I know you said you don't want to install any extra software, but it makes it soooo much easier, especially if you change your wallpaper(s) on a regular basis (Like I do when I get bored!), and DF doesn't take up much in resources!!

First time I've change it since Windows 7 came out

I read a lot of bad things about high CPU usage spikes with DF. There are a few people on their forums with the issue, so I just thought if I could avoid that then all the better.

It's all sorted now though

 

[Trash Man]

Glad it's sorted, but for future reference, right-click desktop and go to "Screen Resolution", you should be able to drag the screens so they are at the same height. May have just been that, but I guess there's no reason to have this information now

Yea, that's all I needed to do in the end.