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Zoom Into Screen on Windows Computer

Zoom into any screen area of a computer running Windows easily with Real Time Zoom Software Utility. The Real Time Zoom Software is available on a try before buy basis and can be tried for free. The Software Download allows you to define an area of the screen which you wish to zoom and then displays that selected rectangular area in another window.

Zoom into any specific part of Computer Screen

Zoom into Screen easily

The Rectangular Window in which zoomed screen area is displayed is a resizeable window and can be moved onto any monitor when running dual or multiple monitor windows computer. The Screenshot displayed above is the Settings screen of the Real Time Zoom Software Utility. The Settings screen allows to define Screen Co-Ordinates and Refresh Rate at which the Zoomed image must be displayed. Once you click on the OK button of the Settings Screen, the main window of Real Time Zoom will open up displaying the area captured by the Settings Screen.

The Main Window of the Real Time Zoom remembers it’s position and size and is also a resizeable window. You can even move any of the Window of the Software to external monitor and you can capture screen location of secondary monitor or alternatively move the main screen of Real Time Zoom to external display so that you can watch what’s happening on the primary monitor.

Download the Real Time Zoom Software utility now and give it a try. It is a really small and inexpensive software utility which can work fine on XP, Vista, Windows 7 or even on Windows 8 computer. This Software Utility can be used to view the specified location of computer screen in a resizable manner. In case you would like to view the contents of another Monitor in a resizeable window, you can use the Monitor View Utility which is a part of MurGeeMon software application.

Open Window on Second Monitor

Now you can open up any window on second or third or any other monitor really easily. All you need to do is place shortcut to launch the application on the desired monitor and use your mouse cursor to launch it. Many applications launch themselves on primary monitor by default and you have to move them to the desired monitor manually. Moreover many applications remember the last position of the application window and launch themselves on the last monitor with optionally last configured size irrespective of whether that specific monitor is turned on or off.

Let’s say you have a dual monitor windows computer and you use an application on second monitor. The desired application launches itself on second monitor or you manually move that application onto second monitor. Now if you have to always move that application window to second monitor manually then this post can be really useful to you, as a software is presented here which can be used to open an application window on second monitor automatically.

Consider another scenario where your second monitor has been turned off and when you launch the application window, it goes to the second monitor and you will be required to turn on that second monitor, move the window to first monitor and then turn off second monitor.

These small things can really hamper the benefits of having dual or multiple monitors connected to a windows computer. The Software presented can be used to automatically move or open up a window on second or any other monitor. The Multi Monitor Application helper is presented as a plugin for MurGeeMon and can be downloaded from here.

The Multi Monitor Software Utility presented above Monitors all windows and monitors the mouse cursor position. In case your Mouse Cursor is present on second monitor and a window opens up on first monitor, the software will move the window to second monitor automatically after getting a confirmation from you.

Change Wallpaper on Second Monitor

Whether you are using Windows 8 or Windows 7 or any other Windows version on a dual monitor computer, changing wallpaper on second monitor is just 2 clicks away. When having dual monitors connected to a windows computer, you can have the display to span both the monitors. The Monitor on which start menu is displayed is named as primary monitor and other one is called secondary monitor. Have a look at given below screenshot which displays how to change wallpaper on second monitor.

How to Change Wallpaper on Second Monitor

2 Clicks to Change Wallpaper on Second Monitor

The Screenshot above displays 2 step procedure to change wallpaper on second monitor. The Software displayed above is MurGeeMon and can be used to have 2 different wallpapers on two monitors. The user interface of the software is just like in Desktop Background of Personalisation settings of control panel of Windows 7 or Windows 8. The Software even provides an option to have single wallpaper on both the monitors. Download and try out the software for free now and change wallpaper on first or second monitor with flexibility and ease.

Windows 8 Multi Monitor

Yes Finally Windows 8 does provides better Multi Monitor Support even better than provided in Windows 7. Now Windows 8 provides the option of having TaskBar on every connected Monitor. The Start Menu Button is displayed on Primary Monitor and every other monitor has another quick button to Move the Start Screen to the selected Monitor. When author tested that functionality on Windows 8 with dual monitors connected to a Windows 8 computer, the start button was shifted to secondary monitor easily. So effectively you will be able to shift the start button to any monitor of your choice easily.

The Taskbars on non primary monitors are typically used to display the Windows minimized. Taskbar properties as displayed below can be used to configure what windows does the taskbars displays. As seen in the screenshot below, there are three options available to choose from. First of all you can enable or disable the taskbar on non primary monitors. Under Multiple Displays section in the screenshot below, note the checkbox which says Show Taskbar on all displays. Unchecking this checkbox will display extended multiple monitors similar to how the monitors or displays used to appear on Windows 7, Vista, etc. In case you do enable the option to display the taskbar on all displays, you can then configure what all those taskbars display ?

Multiple Monitor Taskbar on Windows 8

Enable or Disable Taskbars on Multiple Monitors in Windows 8

The options available for Windows displayed in the taskbar are to Duplicate Windows on all taskbars, Unique to each taskbar and on main taskbar, and Unique to each taskbar. Windows 8 also allows to selectively choose the option to combine the windows on taskbars in configurable 3 options.

Other things to note about Multi Monitor support of Windows 8 is that although the taskbars on other monitors can be displayed, they are not as sophisticated as the taskbar on Main Monitor. The Taskbar on secondary, ternary or other multiple monitors are limited to displaying minimized application windows only. You will be able to right click on any Window displayed on non primary taskbar and view the JumpList of the software, hover over the window icon in taskbar and preview the application window without restoring it and just like application icon on main taskbar, you will be able to close any application window on any taskbar by selecting the close option from the right click menu.

In case you would like to pin a shortcut to main taskbar, yes this will work as it used to work on Windows 7, however you will not be able to pin a shortcut specifically to any non primary taskbar. Applications launched from a shortcut on secondary monitor will not forcibly appear on secondary monitor. Application Windows will still hold the responsibility of starting up on an appropriate monitor. In case you would like to have seperate wallpaper on multiple monitors on Windows 8, you will still have to use 3rd party software application such as MurGeeMon. The MurGeeMon is a Dual Monitor Software and hence can be used only to set different wallpapers on dual monitor windows 8 computer, however developments are going on which would allow the MurMeeMon to support Multiple Monitor Windows 8 computer.

Clone Monitor on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, etc

Wanna Clone a monitor onto another monitor or into a specific Window? Yes there is a really easy solution to clone selected monitor for Windows 8, XP, Windows 7 and other Windows Versions. Let’s say you do have 3 Monitors and you want to clone Monitor 1′s contents onto Monitor 3, all you would need is to download and install the MurGeeMon Software. Once the software is installed, you can launch Monitor View from Start Menu as displayed below.

Clone Monitor with Monitor View

Launch Monitor View to Clone any selected Monitor

Once you launch Monitor View Software from MurGeeMon start menu folder, you can launch the Monitor View Software. The Software can be used to clone Monitor on Windows 7, Windows XP and any other version of Windows. Microsoft says that all the software applications that work on Windows 7 will work fine on Windows 8 and hence the Monitor View will work on Windows 8 as well, giving you the option to clone any selected monitor into a small window. The Monitor View’s Window will also provide a context menu to resize the monitor view window to be resized as per the size of the monitor that was cloned. You will even be able to select the display update interval in terms of milliseconds. Given below figure displays the Monitor View’s Window which can be used to Clone any Monitor. The Monitor View can be really useful when you want to clone any selected monitor in extended mode.

Clone any Monitor in Windows

Select Monitor and Click on OK to clone the selected Monitor

In the Screenshot above, the Monitor View is running on Windows 7 with 2 Monitors connected in extended mode. In the above screenshot of the software, Monitor number 2 has been selected to be cloned. Once OK is clicked in the above figure, a new Monitor Clone Window will be launched and will display the contents of Monitor 2. Cloning any Monitor was never so easy and manageable. You can even specify the display update interval and the software will work fine on Windows 8 and has been tested to be working fine on Windows 7, Windows XP, etc.

Multi Monitor Software needed on Windows 8 ?

Windows 8 is expected to provide taskbar on secondary Monitor. Whether Microsoft provides extra taskbar on Windows 8 or not will be uncovered soon. However an extra 3rd party Multi Monitor Software can provide you whatever microsoft does not provides. Yes Windows 7 provides many useful ways to control dual or multiple monitors with control panel, still there are many things that a Multi Monitor Software can provide and make using of Multiple Monitors on any version of Windows really easy and fun to have.

Having different wallpapers on dual monitors is something that Microsoft does not provides on Windows 7 and there are chances that Microsoft will continue not to provide way to set different background on different Monitors. In case you are using only 2 Monitors connected to your Windows 7 and plan to use same number of monitors on Windows 8, the Dual Monitor Software can be of help.

Shortcut Keys, Desktop Shortcuts, System Tray Menu in comprehensive software with all Monitor control features can be really of use. You can even submit a feature request to the provider and the software provider can try to implement the feature for your version of Windows. Even if an extra taskbar is provided in Windows 8, an additional Multi Monitor Software can still be of use & worth giving a try.

Monitor Control Software

Whether you are using single, dual or multiple monitors with your windows computer, the MurGeeMon Monitor Control Software can be of real help. This Monitor Control Software will work fine with Windows 8, it does works already well with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, etc. The Monitor Control Software can be downloaded for free and tried. In order to download and try out, there are no charges or complex registration procedure to be followed.

Control Single, Dual or Multiple Monitors with this Monitor Control Software

Control almost every aspect of your Monitor

Changing Monitor Orientation, Changing Monitor Resolution, Select Desktop Background on Windows XP, Windows Vista and other Windows version in style of Windows 7. Monitor is used as a visual device to communicate with Windows Operating System and applications running on it and hence this Monitor Control Software allows to play around with other Windows Settings really easily. Get finest control over your connected monitors, even if you do have only one monitor connected to your windows , even then lots of features of this software can be really helpful. There are inbuilt tutorial videos scattered all over the application and hence, whatever you want to do, you will find appropriate software tutorial embedded in the Monitor Control Software itself.

Download the Monitor Control Software on your Windows Computer and control your Monitor(s) from a single software. Change Desktop background, Change Login Screen background (on both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows), Change Screen Saver with only few clicks, Change Login ScreenSaver easily. Turn Off or On the Secondary Monitors, Change the Main Monitor with Shortcut Key Combination, Customize the System tray menu to move the menu commands as you would like them to be. Run SlideShow on any Monitor, get the finest control over your dual monitors, change monitor resolution or orientation of any of the monitors with desktop shortcut and in case you do have Windows 7 or Windows 8, you can enjoy few extra features to control your Monitors. The extra features for Windows 8 and Windows 7 include useful JumpList to easily control the monitors and inbuilt mode controller to switch from extended mode to clone mode or even enable / disable the extra monitors connected to the computer. Irrespective of the number of monitors you are using, you will find this Monitor Control Software to control your monitors really easily and as you would want them to be controlled.

Shortcut to Change Resolution Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2000

Shortcut to change resolution of any monitor connected to a windows computer can be created easily with MurGeeMon. In order to create the shortcut to change display resolution, please do follow given below steps with MurGeeMon and you will be able to change Monitor Resolution easily and quickly. The Shortcut to change resolution takes care of the Monitor selection and hence you can change resolution of any monitor connected to a Windows 8, Windows 7 or other versions of Windows easily. Monitor selection for creating the shortcut will be available for all the monitors connected in extended mode only.

Step 1 would be to open up System tray Menu of MurGeeMon and select the option labelled as Resolution Controller. This action will invoke the main screen of Resolution controller which will allow you to create a shortcut to change Resolution of any Monitor on a Multi Monitor Windows computer.

Use Resolution Controller to create a shortcut to change monitor resolution

Resolution Controller for creating Shortcut to change Monitor Resolution

 

In order to proceed ahead for creating the shortcut to change monitor resolution, please carefully review all the default settings of the Resolution Controller and click on Create Shortcut button which is at the bottom right corner of the software. The Software allows you to select the Monitor of which you want to change the resolution. Note that the monitors listed in the selection box will be the monitors connected in extended mode only. You may also wish to filter out other frequencies of the Monitor. In the Screenshot displayed below, please note that the option to filter out other frequencies has been checked and 8 bits per pixel and 16 bits per pixel have been removed as well.

Create Shortcut to Change Monitor Resolution of Single, Dual or Multiple Monitor Windows Computer

Change Monitor Resolution with Shortcut on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP, etc

Once you are happy with all the settings, click on the Create Shortcut button and a new shortcut will be placed on your desktop. The Shortcut to change Resolution will also be labelled appropriately so that just by reading the name of the shortcut, you will be able to remember what that particular shortcut is going to do. Create Shortcut to Change Resolution of any of the Monitors connected to your windows pc easily. The Software has been tested on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, etc and will be tested on Windows 8 as well.

 

 

 

Dual Monitors or one Big Monitor ?

Monitor Resolution is one of the important things whenever you plan to upgrade to extra monitor space. Decision of whether to go with dual monitors or just get a one big monitor will depend on number of factors. There are numerous benefits of having dual monitors as compared to having a single monitor, however monitor resolution, monitor size and ofcourse your intended work play an important role in deciding whether to do for a big monitor or get two monitors connected to your laptop or desktop.

Let’s analyze hardware part first for having a single big monitor. A single big monitor can give you good viewing area and can be really useful if you do work with complex applications such as graphics designing, trading software, video editing etc. Before going ahead for buying a big monitor, be sure to check the maximum resolution it supports and also what’s the maximum resolution your graphics card of your laptop or desktop will support. In case the new big monitor will be able to support bigger resolution as compared to that supported by your graphics card, your display will be limited to the maximum resolution supported by your graphics card and you might wish to upgrade your graphics card.

From the usability perspective, a big monitor is needed in case you frequently need to scroll with scrollbars. In case you do not have to scroll and are comfortable with the current monitor, then going for extra monitor might be a good option. However if you do have to scroll frequently, do go ahead and get a bigger monitor after analysing whether it will be supported by your graphics card or not.

For having dual monitors, you would need an extra monitor and probably a new graphics card. In case your desktop or laptop already has an extra port available for connecting the other monitor, then you might not need to buy another graphics card. In case you do go ahead with an extra monitor option, remember that it will be supported technically by your computer and hence would require more efforts by the CPU, memory etc. In case you do plan to buy another graphics card for driving dual monitor, remember that the price range is very much varied depending on the dual monitor graphics card you choose. Do spend some time comparing technical details of the graphics cards, review technical details of your extra monitor and ofcourse the price range as well.

Few of things that you will be able to do with an extra monitor are as enumerated below:

  • Change Display Orientation of any of the monitors independently. (Provided your Graphics Card and Monitor Supports it)
  • Have Dual Wallpapers for Dual Monitors using 3rd party software named as MurGeeMon.
  • Rotate the other Monitor Physically depending on your requirements with probably a dual monitor stand.
  • Let Two Applications run simultaneously in full screen, one on each monitor.
  • Work on One Monitor and let the other monitor display some video in full screen mode.
  • Move Application Windows to any of the Monitors when both monitors are connected in Extended Mode.
  • Display the same content on both Monitors (termed as Clone Mode, supported in Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8, etc.)
  • Interchange Primary (The Monitor on which Start menu will be displayed) and Secondary Monitor (Monitor on which no Start menu will be displayed).

In a nutshell, decision of whether to go ahead with dual monitors or one big monitor depends on requirements, available hardware, and many other such related things. Do explore this blog to know more about what all dual monitors can give you. Do understand the concept of dual monitors fully before making any purchase and making any decision.

Dual Monitor Windows 7

Yes Windows 7 does supports connecting dual monitors to the PC really easily. All you would need is appropriate hardware which might include two monitors, laptop with VGA / DVI / DisplayPort or other appropriate port to connect the monitor to Laptop, Desktop with dual monitor graphics card, connecting cables and ofcourse a PC running Windows 7. Once you have connected dual monitors to your windows 7 pc, there are good chances that when you power up your computer, you would not need to install any display drivers and windows 7 will recognize your dual monitors and will allow you to configure the monitors using the control panel’s Screen Resolution option.

Screen Resolution Option in Windows 7 to Configure Dual Monitors

Configure Dual Monitors on Windows 7

On Windows 7, you can right click on Desktop and select the Screen Resolution Option to configure your dual monitors. Screen Resolution of control panel in Windows 7 is displayed above in which two monitors are connected in extended mode. In Windows 7 , the dual monitors can also be configured to display the screen in clone mode (The Display Mode in which both the Monitors will display the same Stuff). Windows 7 also allows to enable or disable the monitors at will and also allows to move Monitor position in the virtual screen space. In order to move the Monitor position just drag the appropriate monitor in the Screen Resolution panel to your desired location and save your settings.

Windows 7 has provided significantly better support for dual or even multiple monitors. The MurGeeMon Software provides added features to the dual monitor experience in Windows 7. To start with Windows 7 does not allows to specify different wallpapers for dual monitors and you are forced to select only single image file. The MurGeeMon software allows to configure different background images for dual monitors, provides System Tray Menu and Icon to configure dual monitors really easily. The Monitor Control Software even allows to enable or disable monitors at will with desktop shortcut, system tray menu or even with system wide shortcut keys. Windows 8 is rumoured to provide better support for dual monitors and expected to be launched in 2012.

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