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08.27.2008 at 04:02PM PDT, ID: 23683877 | Points: 500
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Looking for software that can emulate multiple monitors (maybe like a virtual desktop)

Asked by troehm in LCD & Plasma, General Multi-Media Software, System Utilities

I have a very strange request guys. I can't seem to find anything anywhere. Let me give some background first.

Where I work we have many machines with dual or triple monitor setups that run off of matrox graphics cards. It seems to become a hassle when we have to make a repair to these and only have one monitor available at the time. Most of the time I don't really want to set it back to 1 screen, then set it back to 3 when i'm finished. Say I have it on the left most screen and I decide to install something and it comes up on the middle screen then I end up switching the cable on the back, back and forth multiple times.

So I was thinking there has to be something out there where even if I don't have all monitors hooked up, I can pan to the left or right within the screens. I'm pretty proficent in visual basic and recently tried starting to pick up .net but I havent been able to get started in the right direction.

I also know I can remote into the machine via VNC and it can display all 3 screens even though some aren't connected, but sometimes network connectivity isn't an option.

And if I rely on a program, i'd like it to be as light as possible. Something I can easily take off when i'm finished.

Thanks guys,
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