virtual graphic driver

[Guest]

I am trying to install virtual graphic driver on my vista bussiness version
but as soon as i install it disables the AERO feature. I know it is mention
in aero rules that vista is not supporting mirror driver but still there must
be some way to handle this. any suggesstion or idea regardig this.

thanx

 

[Andrew McLaren]

I am trying to install virtual graphic driver on my vista bussiness
version
but as soon as i install it disables the AERO feature. I know it is
mention

Aero is enabled by running a WDDM graphics driver ("Windows Display Driver
Model"). Likewwise, if you run a graphics driver which is not a WDDM driver,
you don't get Aero. (see
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/default.mspx for more
background info)

If your graphics driver is not a WDDM model (basically, updated to support
Vista) then you will not get Aero.

I'm not sure what you mean by "virtual graphics driver" or "mirror driver".
I'm guessing you want to have multiple virtual desktops, like a virtual
desktop manamager? That functionality is certainly possible, with Aero and a
WDDM driver. The virtual desktops could be implemented in the driver itself,
or as a user mode DirectX application. Here's one example (still beta) of a
virtual desktop project implemented up above the driver layer.
http://www.codeplex.com/vdm/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3638

There may be many other options, depending on your graphics hardware.

Hope it helps,

 

[Guest]

Thanx for reply, you guess right, I am talking about multiple virtual
desktop. I will go through the link sent by you.Thanx again.

 

[Guest]

I have gone through the link sent by you, but it is actully virtual desktom
manager i.e. display of more than one desktop on a single monitor. But what I
am looking for is multiple monitor i.e through virtual adapter I want to
connect more than one monitor to a single system which are going to act as
secondary monitor without losing Aero effect of vista on any of the monitor.
Hope so you understand the problem. Thanx

 

[Andrew McLaren]

manager i.e. display of more than one desktop on a single monitor. But
what I
am looking for is multiple monitor i.e through virtual adapter I want to
connect more than one monitor to a single system which are going to act as
secondary monitor without losing Aero effect of vista on any of the
monitor.

Hi Prashant,

I think I understand - you want to have 2 monitors attached to a single
graphics card; and you want one desktop, which spans the 2 monitors. Is that
right? So you could, for example, drag a window across from monitor 1 to
monitor 2?

If so then, Yes: you should be able to do that. Vista supports multiple
monitors, in the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM). In fact Vista claims
to support up to 10 monitors. There is one new restriction in Vista,
compared to XP: if you have multiple graphics cards, then all graphics cards
must run the same graphics driver.

See http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/multimonVista.mspx

With most current Nvidia and ATI graphics cards, multiple monitors should
"just work". But if your card doen't have enough graphics memory or video
performance, you won't get Aero in a dual monitor configuration.

So the question is: what graphics card(s) do you have? What specs?

Thanks,

 

[Andrew McLaren]

Oops. I meant to send you this link as well ... lots of good info, in this
Microsoft document!

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/aero_rules.doc