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no more taskbar spanning on dual monitors?
There used to be a check box to span the taskbar across both my
Windows XP monitors. Now I downloaded the newest nVidia driver, and both the option, as well as my spanned taskbar, are gone. how do I get the taskbar back across both monitors? This is an XP system with a GeForce2 GTS AGP card and a GeForce2 MX400 PCI card. |
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Hi HamNCheese
There used to be a check box to span the taskbar across both my Windows XP monitors. Now I downloaded the newest nVidia driver, and both the option, as well as my spanned taskbar, are gone. I just downloaded the newest nVidia driver today, and noticed the same thing. Aaarrggh. Is there any word from nVidia on why they made this change ? There's a thread here [warning: long URL coming up ....] http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...%26scoring%3Dd that provides a sorta-workaround: you change nVidia display mode from dualview to horizontal span. I tried it, but it changes too much other stuff. Anyone got a better workaround ? nVidia: please: bring back taskbar spanning in dualview mode. It worked quite well, and was much loved by many of us. stan |
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In this regard: there is absolutely no mention of this
change in the driver release notes. |
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Googled around, searched the nVidia site some more.
Found no way around this mess. So: thank you Windows XP: I used the System Restore function to back off the driver update. I'm now happily back with a monitor-spanning taskbar. Coupla notes to nVidia: [1] Folks who run multiple monitors tend to be non-trivial users. Non-trivial users tend to have crowded taskbars. Thus, taskbar spanning is an important feature. It's a BAD THING to just take it away with no word about it. Makes users DISTRUST any future driver updates. [2] Please bring this feature back. Stan |
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One more recovery detail:
Windows XP System Restore was imperfect. Although I got the spanning taskbar back, certain nVidia functionality was hosed -- e.g., right-clicking on the background, then selecting nView Properties from the popup menu, resulted in ... nothing. So I reinstalled the 45.23 (August 8th) drivers. All is now back as it was. Lovely morning detour. Stan ps -- here's a snapshot showing the missing functionality's checkbox item: http://sodamountain.com/aaarghs/nVid...r_spanning.png |
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