Second Screen to act as seperate computer.

[KieranRogers]

Hello, is there a way to make my second screen act as a different pc. I am currently running windows 8.1 with no applications which affect how the desktop works and a AMD 7870 (in case I can do this in the graphics card software) 

 

For example,

  At the moment, when I press show desktop it shows the desktop on all the monitors instead of just the one which is annoying.

 

Thanks for any help.

[ShadowCaptain]

nope unless you run a second windows virtual machine on your second screen

[Enderman]

no

[DigitalHermit]

If you have a separate computer...

 

Or you can try something like this:

 

http://www.encore-usa.com/mz/product/ENTC-1000

 

Still, I think it would be better to have another low/mid power machine to do this...

[KieranRogers]

If you have a separate computer...

 

Or you can try something like this:

 

http://www.encore-usa.com/mz/product/ENTC-1000

 

Still, I think it would be better to have another low/mid power machine to do this...

That would be nice but I cannot drag windows between them.

 

nope unless you run a second windows virtual machine on your second screen

I'll try that but I am afraid that will take up too much resources or be too slow.

 

Thanks for replying so fast. 

[DigitalHermit]

That would be nice but I cannot drag windows between them.

 

I'll try that but I am afraid that will take up too much resources or be too slow.

 

Thanks for replying so fast. 

 

Maybe you're thinking of using the second monitor as an auxiliary monitor...

 

I don't know of any existing way for one to drag windows between 2 machines unless it's using a workspace-sharing program like Google Docs... Even then, it's not fully possible...