Windows 10: Using Screen Saver with two monitors

My setup uses two monitors. I am running a screen saver (a very old one by Firehand which works fine) but I can't get it to work the way I want with the two screens. At present when it kicks in, the displayed image alternates between the two monitors. One displays the new image and the previous one on the other monitor goes to blank screen and so on.
I am sure that when I used it with Windows 8.1 it worked as I want - each image remains on screen until it is replaced. i.e. I have the current image on one monitor the and past image on the other, then it switches and a new image appears on a monitor with the previous image remaining on the other one.

A possibly related issue is that although I have the desktop image set to change every few minutes it doesn't do so and I have a different image on each monitor (which is fine). But why won't they change?

Thanks

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Unable to access dual monitors after upgrade to Windows 10

I use two monitors on a desktop computer. I used to have the screen saver (gPhotoShowPro) running on monitor one while watching either a video or tv on monitor two. It worked great.

My problem only happened since Windows 10 was installed.

If I run gPhotoShowPro, it works properly for about half a minute before both screens flash a single color.

Or, when the Windows screen saver (Photos) starts on monitor one, monitor two just goes blank.

For your information and request a fix please.

Original title: Two Monitors

 

Windows 10 Screen Saver Dual Screen

I have a high-performance 64-bit Workstation with special NVIDIA Quadro 4000 drivers for the dual monitors designed for AutoCAD 3D. When I first upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the screen saver
displayed properly on only one screen while I was able to use both screens during normal operation. I recently had to re-install Windows 10 and discovered that the screen saver now uses the PC Display settings of Monitor 1 only, Monitor 2 only, Duplicate,
or Extended. In Extended mode, the screen saver displays on the crack between the two monitors. In Monitor 1 (or 2) Only or Duplicate mode, I cannot use the two monitors for work. The system recognizes the two monitors and the drivers and operates normally.
I re-installed all drivers for all hardware devices including the graphics card and the monitors, performed a hardware diagnostics and checked for updates to Windows 10: no joy. Any advice?

 

It sounds like you're using a third-party screensaver? There is a possibility it isn't compatible with the newer operating system. Have you checked the developers website for an updated version?

Also can you verify that Windows default screensavers work on both monitors.

 

I am using a 3rd part screen saver, one which dates back 10 years or more. It works better than any of the MS supplied ones.

3D text just appears on "screen 1", the main one, with nothing on screen 2 on the left. Mystify is mainly on 1 but some swirls go over to 2. In other words it treats the two screens as an expanded single screen. MS's Photo screen saver puts the image on the left screen (2) with a bit of overlap onto 1 - the opposite of Mystify.
So it does seem to be a driver issue which produces a different problem with all of them.

Unfortunately Firehand no longer exist - they (he!) produced a very good screen saver and image viewer which I still use today. This is the first issue I have had with either.

 

Has anyone been able to updated Firehand Ember for usage with Windows 10. I got it to sign in as an Administrator, but cannot get the Crop feature to work. If you know how I can solve this problem, please contact me at L: gennut3@gmail.com. I miss my Firehand program soooooo much. Thanks in advance.

 

Duplicate "cross-post" for this one here?

https://www.tenforums.com/general-sup...dows-10-a.html

If so, there's no need to create multiple posts for the same issue.
Doing so creates clutter and confusion for everyone.

Also, I suggest removing your email address from your posts, to avoid harvesting by spammers.

Cheers,
MM