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Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:10 pm
by kfmiller41
I am thinking of setting up dual monitors and wanted to know if i can run WITP on one and Tracker in the other? I have no idea if i can so i wanted to see if anyone else is before I do something silly[:D]
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:24 pm
by floydg
ORIGINAL: miller41
I am thinking of setting up dual monitors and wanted to know if i can run WITP on one and Tracker in the other? I have no idea if i can so i wanted to see if anyone else is before I do something silly[:D]
As long as your PC can handle it, there is nothing preventing that. I run both at the same time on my laptop and where it's displayed shouldn't matter.
But this is the theory, which is about all you can say with Windows...[;)]
Floyd
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 5:23 pm
by OldCoot
ORIGINAL: miller41
I am thinking of setting up dual monitors and wanted to know if i can run WITP on one and Tracker in the other? I have no idea if i can so i wanted to see if anyone else is before I do something silly[:D]
It works for me.You have to run witp in windows mode so the mouse can access the 2nd monitor.
There's a free utility called MultiMon taskbar which puts a taskbar on the 2nd monitor and shows only those apps being used there.
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 6:13 pm
by herwin
ORIGINAL: miller41
I am thinking of setting up dual monitors and wanted to know if i can run WITP on one and Tracker in the other? I have no idea if i can so i wanted to see if anyone else is before I do something silly[:D]
I do that on a single monitor. You have to run WiTP in windowed mode.
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 7:22 pm
by Roger Neilson II
I used to run two monitors on a PC and had no problem with this... now I run two monitors off a Mac and have even less problems, I use Parallels to run witp and witp tracker in Coherence mode - but I'm just kinda showing that I can now.....
Seriously there's no problem, but its best to run WITP in windowed mode on a PC dual monitor set up.
Roger
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 9:39 pm
by kfmiller41
how do you run WIPT in windowed mode? Never tried it and I have a 30" monitor
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:27 pm
by OldCoot
You have to change the command line. Here's how to do that:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1667347
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:46 pm
by kfmiller41
thanks that worked well[&o]
RE: Using WITP and Tracker with dual monitors?
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 12:43 am
by OldCoot
Your welcome.
If I couldn't have a 2nd monitor I think I'd junk my rig and take up tinkertoys.