Jexel Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Is it possible to make windows media center full screen without having it capture the mouse? I have a dual screen setup so I would like to have it full screen on one screen and still want to be able to use the other screen. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 the only real way is to resize the media center window and run it that was, if you have it fullscreen you wont be able to do it... its sucks, and its been like this since Windows XP Media Center Edition, :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 wow that really sucks. The experience has been really seamless under Windows 7, this has been the only thing that's bugging me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmaji1 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 here mate i had the same problem until i found this program its called MCE Multi Mon http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/240939.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 no because media center uses directx full screen mode, which always captures the mouse (as a game would) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmaji1 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 MCE Multi Mon bypasses the fullscreen mouse lock XerXis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 MCE Multi Mon bypasses the fullscreen mouse lock XerXis sure, but that program just resizes mce to be as big as the screen and removes the windows frame without ever going to directx full screen mode. Which means you miss the performance of directx full screen mode. But anyway, thanks for pointing that out, didn't know it existed, good for the op ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 here mate i had the same problem until i found this programits called MCE Multi Mon http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/240939.aspx cheers mate, works really well :) sure, but that program just resizes mce to be as big as the screen and removes the windows frame without ever going to directx full screen mode. Which means you miss the performance of directx full screen mode. But anyway, thanks for pointing that out, didn't know it existed, good for the op ;) since you mentioned directx can you elaborate on what kind of performance it would bring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted June 14, 2009 Developer Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm sure I used to be able to fullscreen media center on one monitor, and then alt+tab to an app on the other, is that no longer possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'm sure I used to be able to fullscreen media center on one monitor, and then alt+tab to an app on the other, is that no longer possible? that's one workaround however the screen needs to adjust each time which can get annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 cheers mate, works really well :) since you mentioned directx can you elaborate on what kind of performance it would bring? normally a fullscreen mode application will perform better because it owns the primary surface. Wether or not this changes a lot for MCE in terms of performance and CPU/GPU usage is something I have not tested as my MCE computer is connected to a TV :) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/304669/...ull-screen-mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmaji1 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 i dont really notice a difference xerxis i have VMC open on one screen and i run counterstrike source and play a pug for about 40 minutes and it runs fine on my pc with no lag ive got a intel e8500 and an ati HD4850 and 4 gb ram so it works well for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 normally a fullscreen mode application will perform better because it owns the primary surface. Wether or not this changes a lot for MCE in terms of performance and CPU/GPU usage is something I have not tested as my MCE computer is connected to a TV :)http://stackoverflow.com/questions/304669/...ull-screen-mode thanks for that. I don't notice any performance differences on my pc, works fine either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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