I hope this forum is ok for this question or vice-versa!A friend of mine used to span its FS9 window across the 2560 pixel of 2 lcd monitors (full screen I assume).Is it possible to acheive the same with FSX?For me: In full screen, the second monitor goes black. Is there a way to reclaim this area so I could transfer some windows there as it is the case with FS9.Thanks for any input.Hugo

Hi Hugo,>I hope this forum is ok for this question or vice-versa!I'll have to let Tom and company decide on that one :->>A friend of mine used to span its FS9 window across the 2560>pixel of 2 lcd monitors (full screen I assume).>>Is it possible to acheive the same with FSX?>>For me: In full screen, the second monitor goes black. Is>there a way to reclaim this area so I could transfer some>windows there as it is the case with FS9.>>Thanks for any input.>>Hugo Your friend is probably doing one of 2 things:1 - Running in windowed mode with a maximized window (should be obvious by the fact that the title bar is still visible at the top of the window :-> ).2 - Running in full screen mode with a driver option set (Some video drivers (I know NVidia has this option, ATI probably does as well) have an option to combine both video monitors at the hardware/driver level and then report to windows/DirectX/FS that there is only 1 really wide screen). I'm running this way here at my house with 2 1600x1200 LCDs and can run FS fullscreen at 3200x1200x32.You can also use external boxes to achieve a result similar to #2 above. The new Matrox Triple Head to Go product will allow you to make 3 monitors look like one to the hardware (seems to have some issues with some ATI cards though, so check the Matrox web site for compatible cards before going this route :-> ). We had one machine setup using this at the AVSIM convention running on 3 screens.Tim

Thanks Tim. So for my friend there is still hope :-). He installed FSX last nite. Got stumpped by the low FR, 5, on a very good machine for FS9. He posted a message this morning mentionning the lack of spanning as well. But to comfort him, I will pass him your tips along with some tweeks to get him running. His machine is alot more performing than mine and I manage quite acceptable results here with the help of all the tips posted to this forum. But I'm retired and have time :-)Most probably he installed the prog after a hard day's work, was p....off by the results and just trew the towel.Ok. That should take care of him :-)But ME! What about ME? ;-)How can I reclaim my second monitor in full screen mode? If it's in the reply above, I haven't catched it ;-)Hugo

Yes, FSX does support spanned monitor setups, as long as your video driver allows such a span setting. nVidia cards seem to be more flexible when it comes to spanning setups. I have run FSX beta 3 at 3360 x 1050, but I warn you that FPS literally halves versus a single 1680 x 1050 display - it's just the intense graphics nature of the new sim.Re reclaiming second monitor real estate, try going to windowed mode, undock and move your desired panels to the second monitor, then go back to full screen. Gary

Great! Thanks alot. Just a point. What do you mean by undock? How is it done?Forgive me for my dummness but never been confronted by that one yet ;-)Hugo