I just recently bought a second monitor. I'm running 2 6800's in SLI (I decided not to utilize the SLI so I can connect 2). I want to be able to run BF2142 on one monitor and then just have like.. winamp or somethign on the other that I can change while still in the game. Currently through windows settings the best I can do is monitor what is going on in the 2nd monitor, but when I click on the 2nd monitor, the game minimizes. Any applications that will not do this?

Ultramon?

Thanks,
ME

 

full screen games = no outside contact.

 

You're positive? Because I've seen it done

 

well it depends on the game.
if the game absorbs the mouse... like in several 1st person shooters, then you cant do it...

check the settings , or ask someone who does it

 

that's when you alt+tab

 

Yea i never heard of this being done before. I know and get what you're saying but if that has been done id love to know how.

 

Ill try out ultramon and let you know

 

Yeah I still cant do it, but ultramon is very very slick.

It lets you have a taskbar on the other monitor, plus you can extend wallpaper to the other monitor or have different backgrounds, and theres a pleuthora of other features. You can have applicaitons load on a specified monitor (from cold start up) and you can switch em over back and forth too. Wicked sweet. You can also span the same thing across both if you want.

 

run your game windowed

 

yeah that I already knew.. but bf doesnt run windowed