Multiple Dualview configurations

[Ken Paul]

I've had no responses to this. Is anyone else using
multiple console support with more than one configuration?

>-----Original Message-----
>I use my laptop in two different offices, each with a
>secondary monitor available which I connect to the
>Dualview port of the laptop. In one office, the
>secondary monitor is on the left, and in the other, it's
>on the right. XP correctly identifies which
>configuration to use (probably based on monitor hardware
>differences) and correctly allows me to move
applications
>around between the two screens. However, there are two
>problems:
>
>1) When I first boot up in a different office, all of
the
>desktop icons are randomly rearranged on the primary
>screen, and I have to spend about 10 minutes putting
them
>back where I want them before I can be productive. All
>icons are on the primary screen. Is there any way to
>tell XP to keep the icons in the same position on the
>primary screen regardless of secondary monitor location?
>
>2) Applications that save window locations often open
>windows in a location that's not available in the
current
>configuration. For example, when the secondary monitor
>is to the left of the primary, an application might open
>a window in the virtual space to the right of the
>primary. In this case, I have to make sure the unseen
>window has the focus, hit Alt-Space and select Move, and
>use the arrow keys to slide the window to where it's
>visible again. Is there a way to tell XP to convert
>window coordinates to ensure that some part of a window
>is always in the currently available screen space?
>
>I find the Dualview support is a great boost to
>productivity, if only I could get by the above
problems.
>Thanks in advance for any help with this.
>
>Ken Paul
>.
>

[Walter Clayton]

Not that I'm aware of. That's a snake's nest however.

One thing you might be able to do is rely on the start panel rather than
desktop for accessing frequently used applications. That will remain
consistent regardless of how you have the monitors oriented.

As far as spatial location of applications, I have no idea how you can
handle it under the specific set of circumstances you have. The best
suggestion I can make is that you leave the secondary display in the same
relative area, even if that means physically rearranging one of your
locations. That or you disable multi-mon and stick with a single monitor
scenario. Part of the issue lies with where and how individual applications
track their last known position. Another possibility just occurred to me,
but odds are it's even less palatable. Each user has their own desktop. In
theory you can have a user ID for one configuration and a different user id
for the second configuration. That may work, but I have to way to prove or
disprove it.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Ken Paul" > wrote in message
...
> I've had no responses to this. Is anyone else using
> multiple console support with more than one configuration?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I use my laptop in two different offices, each with a
> >secondary monitor available which I connect to the
> >Dualview port of the laptop. In one office, the
> >secondary monitor is on the left, and in the other, it's
> >on the right. XP correctly identifies which
> >configuration to use (probably based on monitor hardware
> >differences) and correctly allows me to move
> applications
> >around between the two screens. However, there are two
> >problems:
> >
> >1) When I first boot up in a different office, all of
> the
> >desktop icons are randomly rearranged on the primary
> >screen, and I have to spend about 10 minutes putting
> them
> >back where I want them before I can be productive. All
> >icons are on the primary screen. Is there any way to
> >tell XP to keep the icons in the same position on the
> >primary screen regardless of secondary monitor location?
> >
> >2) Applications that save window locations often open
> >windows in a location that's not available in the
> current
> >configuration. For example, when the secondary monitor
> >is to the left of the primary, an application might open
> >a window in the virtual space to the right of the
> >primary. In this case, I have to make sure the unseen
> >window has the focus, hit Alt-Space and select Move, and
> >use the arrow keys to slide the window to where it's
> >visible again. Is there a way to tell XP to convert
> >window coordinates to ensure that some part of a window
> >is always in the currently available screen space?
> >
> >I find the Dualview support is a great boost to
> >productivity, if only I could get by the above
> problems.
> >Thanks in advance for any help with this.
> >
> >Ken Paul
> >.
> >

[Ken Paul]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll request a move to an
office that allows me to physically configure the
monitors on the same side. Meanwhile, please submit
these improvement suggestions.

>-----Original Message-----
>Not that I'm aware of. That's a snake's nest however.
>
>One thing you might be able to do is rely on the start
panel rather than
>desktop for accessing frequently used applications. That
will remain
>consistent regardless of how you have the monitors
oriented.
>
>As far as spatial location of applications, I have no
idea how you can
>handle it under the specific set of circumstances you
have. The best
>suggestion I can make is that you leave the secondary
display in the same
>relative area, even if that means physically rearranging
one of your
>locations. That or you disable multi-mon and stick with
a single monitor
>scenario. Part of the issue lies with where and how
individual applications
>track their last known position. Another possibility
just occurred to me,
>but odds are it's even less palatable. Each user has
their own desktop. In
>theory you can have a user ID for one configuration and
a different user id
>for the second configuration. That may work, but I have
to way to prove or
>disprove it.
>
>--
>Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Any technology distinguishable from magic is
insufficiently advanced.
>http://www.dts-l.org
>http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/def
ault.asp
>
>
>"Ken Paul" > wrote in message
...
>> I've had no responses to this. Is anyone else using
>> multiple console support with more than one
configuration?
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I use my laptop in two different offices, each with a
>> >secondary monitor available which I connect to the
>> >Dualview port of the laptop. In one office, the
>> >secondary monitor is on the left, and in the other,
it's
>> >on the right. XP correctly identifies which
>> >configuration to use (probably based on monitor
hardware
>> >differences) and correctly allows me to move
>> applications
>> >around between the two screens. However, there are
two
>> >problems:
>> >
>> >1) When I first boot up in a different office, all of
>> the
>> >desktop icons are randomly rearranged on the primary
>> >screen, and I have to spend about 10 minutes putting
>> them
>> >back where I want them before I can be productive.
All
>> >icons are on the primary screen. Is there any way to
>> >tell XP to keep the icons in the same position on the
>> >primary screen regardless of secondary monitor
location?
>> >
>> >2) Applications that save window locations often open
>> >windows in a location that's not available in the
>> current
>> >configuration. For example, when the secondary
monitor
>> >is to the left of the primary, an application might
open
>> >a window in the virtual space to the right of the
>> >primary. In this case, I have to make sure the unseen
>> >window has the focus, hit Alt-Space and select Move,
and
>> >use the arrow keys to slide the window to where it's
>> >visible again. Is there a way to tell XP to convert
>> >window coordinates to ensure that some part of a
window
>> >is always in the currently available screen space?
>> >
>> >I find the Dualview support is a great boost to
>> >productivity, if only I could get by the above
>> problems.
>> >Thanks in advance for any help with this.
>> >
>> >Ken Paul
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>