some correction to the otherwise correct post of Adeptus
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Originally posted by Adeptus
Windows (without third party software) only gives you one taskbar, on the main monitor. That means many programs will start on the main monitor and you will have to drag them to the other. Some programs will remember it for the next time, but many won't.
The taskbar of Windows can, by default, be set to show up on whatever monitor you whish. Same with the programs, they will, by Windows' default, start up on your main screen (which can be set to whatever monitor you wish) (in the very rare occasion you do not run any 3rd party driver* and you are using a program which doesn't remember its position).
* In almost all cases where you have dual monitors, you also run the graphics driver from the card company. I have never seen a dual graphics card which does not use his own driver.
In other words, all that can be set in Windows without the use of any 3rd party driver; it is supported in Windows by default.
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Originally posted by lizard.boy
The first monitor I have were purchased christmas 04 and then my second was purchased in may 05 when i had more money. Because of this age difference (both were manufactured about 5 months apart) there is a color difference between the two panels.
Which can usually be corrected either on the monitor itself or either in the driver by altering the gamma correction and/or color temperature.
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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
My opinion is that UltraMon is GOD 
It's a nice tool with many options. But almost all options it has I can already do with my driver itself and/or with some small 'tricks' (eg: I have a different background for each monitor but in fact it is 1 big background with two different images spanned over the two monitors).
So, IMHO, Ultramon is not God, but more like 'a messiah' in that aspect
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Downsides of dual monitors: besides the electricial bill and desk space mentionned before: absolutely none (and if there were any they would be outweithed by all the benefits by a factor of 10 gazilion
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