Nview Users Guide

nView Desktop ManagerUsers Guide

Driver Release 177 for WindowsNVIDIA CorporationSeptember 2008

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1. Introduction About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 14About nView

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Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Table of Contentso r p o r a t i o n iii

Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . 14play Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14isplay Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15eed Desktop Management? . . . . . . 15ancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16d Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

-Management Features . . . . . . . . 17Management Features . . . . . . . . 17s Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17on Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 18eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 of Data Saved and Restored by a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

g Profiles for Different Operating Modes

rface Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20atures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21atures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 and Effects Features . . . . . . . . . 22eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23izard and Online Help . . . . . . . . . 23Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23s of Incompatible Applications . . . . 24 Utilities: Known Issues . . . . . . . . 24ature and Configuration Support. . . 25

Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25play Configuration: Tips and ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Support for Multi-Display Modes . . . 26Support GeForce vs. Quadro FX vs. NVS Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

m Requirements and Driver Installationnd Software Support . . . . . . . . . . 28d Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 29d NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . 29d Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29er Installation and Uninstallation . . . 30Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

About Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Uninstalling the NVIDIA Driver . . . . . . . . . 34Installing the NVIDIA Driver . . . . . . . . . . 34

3. NVIDIA Control Panel AccessNVIDIA Display Setup Wizards . . . . . . . . . . 35Accessing the nView Desktop Manager Control

Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Windows Control Panel Access Method . . . 37 Windows Taskbar Method . . . . . . . . . . . 37

The nView Desktop Manager Control Panel . . . 39Using Context Help and Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . 40

Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . 41Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4. Using the Desktop Manager Setup Wizard

About the Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41About Using the Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Display Wizard: Auto-Launch vs. Manual Launch43Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5. Working With ProfilesAbout Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

NVIDIA river Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 61nView Desktop Manager Information . . . . . 61

Open Application State . . . . . . . . . . . 61Desktop Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Benefits of Using Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Accessing the Profiles Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 64List of Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Current Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Loading a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Creating a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Saving a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Deleting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Importing a Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Exporting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6. Managing WindowsAbout Windows Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Accessing the Windows Page . . . . . . . . . . . 74Window Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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Show Active Desktop in the System Tray. . . 91Maximize Desktop Switching Speed . . . . . 92Show Command Prompt Windows on All

Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Force Desktop to Redraw in One Step . . . . 92Allow Desktops to Use Different Resolutions. 92Allow Displays to Show Different Desktops . 93N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n

n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75ng Taskbar to a Single Display . . . . 75ing the Taskbar to Span Multiple ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ling Window Spanning Across Multiple ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ling Child Window Spanning Across ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Windows On Display . . . . . . . . . 76 Window Edges By . . . . . . . . . . . 76Repositioning Settings . . . . . . . . . 77positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

to Display n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 to Cursor Display . . . . . . . . . . . 78 to Application Display . . . . . . . . . 79 to grid n.m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79r Dialog Box on Display . . . . . . . . 79fy Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

ing Desktopsesktops Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80e You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82sktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 the Add Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 83r Switching Desktops. . . . . . . . . . 84ting Desktops from the NVIDIA gs icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85ting Desktops From the Windows op Properties Menu . . . . . . . . . . 86ting Desktops from Desktop Explorer86ting Desktops With Hot Keys . . . . . 86esktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86esktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Changing Wallpaper and Desktop Icons

a Background for the Desktop. . . . 88 Separate Backgrounds Per Display 89 a Desktop Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

sktop Global Options . . . . . . . . . . 90sktop Name When Switching . . . . . 91sktops in Windows Explorer . . . . . 91

Reset Desktops to the Current Resolution . . 95Showing Desktops in Windows Explorer . . . 95

Using nView Desktop Explorer . . . . . . . 96Creating Desktops from Desktop Explorer 98Renaming, Deleting, and Activating Desktops from Desktop Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . 98Enhancing the Desktop Explorer Thumbnails View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Using the Thumbnail Styles . . . . . . . . .100Moving Applications Between Desktops or to a New Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100Accessing Other Application Settings from Desktop Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102Advanced Menu Options . . . . . . . . . .105

8. Using the User Interface SettingsAbout User Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . .106Accessing the User Interface Page . . . . . . . .107Enabling nView Options in the Windows Desktop

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108Accessing Desktops from the Desktop Menu 109Accessing NVKeystone Options From the

Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Showing Notification Messages on the Windows

Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Enabling the nView Task Switcher . . . . . . . . 112Enable nView Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using the New Display Toolbar . . . . . . . . 113Enabling and Using the nView Toolbar . . . . 118Enabling and Disabling Actions, Profiles,

Desktop, and Zoom Settings . . . . . . . . . 119Enabling Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Enabling Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Viewing the Descriptions of nView Toolbar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Removing, Adding, and Arranging Actions . .121Locking and Unlocking the nView Toolbar

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123Docking and Undocking the nView Toolbar. .124Auto-Hiding the nView Toolbar . . . . . . . . .125Keeping the nView Toolbar on Top of Other

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

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Enabling and Using Display Gridlines . . . . . . 125Adding Title Bar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

nView Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Full-Desktop Maximize. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Single-Display Maximize. . . . . . . . . . . . 130Next Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Collapse to Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131About th

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Transparency Level . . . . . . . . . . . . .150Windows Color Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Enabling Window Color Keying . . . . . .150Manipulating Color-Keyed Windows Using Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Automatically Assign Colors to Windows .151Colored Application Window Borders . . .152o r p o r a t i o n v

e Title Bar Buttons LED Status rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . 133 the nView Options Title Bar Button .

nView Options to Application System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 nView Menu Options . . . . . . . . 135

enu Options: Description . . . . . . 137 Maximize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

window to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 application to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138parent (alpha blended). . . . . . . . 138s on top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

e on All Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . 138se to This Desktop . . . . . . . . . 138

dual Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139l Applications Settings . . . . . . . . 140

le Window Spanning . . . . . . . . . 140 Title Bar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Transparency and Draw at n% . . . 141le Color Keying and Use . . . . . . . 141sition Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . 141h Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141l Settings: Clear all . . . . . . . . . . 143 Methods of Clearing Individual Settings

tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144is Application . . . . . . . . . . . . 144on-Specific nView Menu Options . . 145on-Specific nView Menu Options . . 145

Effectsts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147he Effects Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 148wing Enhancements. . . . . . . . . 148g Windows Minimize and Maximize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Windows Transparent When Dragged

ire Shift Key to be Held Down . . . . 149le Taskbar Transparency . . . . . . . 149

10. Using Zoom OptionsAbout Zoom Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154Accessing the Zoom Page . . . . . . . . . . . . .154Zoom Features: Display Properties vs. Desktop

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156Zoom Window Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Magnifying Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157Centered on Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157Fixed Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Using the Mouse Wheel to Change Zoom Levels .157

Showing the Cursor in a Zoom Window . . . . .158Automatically Moving Zoom Window to the Next

Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158Enabling Bi-Directional Editing . . . . . . . . . .158Inverting the Colors of the Zoomed Image . . . .159Zooming Video Playback (disables overlay) . . .159Showing the Zoom Window . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Zoom Window Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160Zoom Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160Zoom Refresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Zoom Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162Using Cursor Style Zoom . . . . . . . . . .162Using Magnifying Glass Style Zoom . . . .164Using Fixed Frame Zoom . . . . . . . . . .166

Full Screen Video Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169QuickZoom Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

11. Using Hot KeysAbout Hot Key Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171Accessing the Hot Keys Page . . . . . . . . . . .172Selecting an Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Windows and Applications Actions . . . . . .173Desktop Management Actions . . . . . . . . .174Window Management Actions . . . . . . . . .174Display Mode Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175Display Settings Actions . . . . . . . . . . . .175Miscellaneous Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Adding a Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178Examples of Actions Requiring Additional

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

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Move window to display . . . . . . . . . 179Toggle Color-Keyed Window . . . . . . . 180

Removing a Hot Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Removing All Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Active Hot Keys List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Disabling an nView Desktop Manager Function .202Individual Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203Application Enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Internet Explorer Options . . . . . . . . . . . .204Add Internet Explorer Double Right-click and Shift-left-click Extension . . . . . . . . . . .205Add Internet Explorer Popup Preventer N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n

e Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183he Mouse Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 184ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184le Throw Window Actions . . . . . . 185 Dead Screen Areas . . . . . . . . . 185e Window Z-Order with Middle Mouse n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185atically Activating the Window Under

Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185ge Window Z-order When Activating 186 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186le Mouse Gestures . . . . . . . . . . 186re Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186te on Window Under Cursor . . . . 186 Mouse Horizontally . . . . . . . . . 186 Mouse Vertically . . . . . . . . . . 187

e Mouse Clockwise . . . . . . . . . . 187

g Tools Options Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188he Tools Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . 188ystone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189VKeystone Display Correction . . . 190 NVKeystone Option in Desktop Menu

g NVKeystone . . . . . . . . . . . . 191one Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191one Adjustment Screen . . . . . . . 191one Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192ibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194tilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

ging Applications: vanced Usershe Applications Page . . . . . . . . 195pplications Features . . . . . . . . . 196pplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198n Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199able Individual Settings and Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200ows Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200indow Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206Add PowerPoint Slide Show Extension . . . .208

A. NVIDIA Setup Wizard Pages

B. nView Desktop Manager Feature History

C. Glossaryanalog display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234child window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235Control Panel (Windows) . . . . . . . . . .235Control Panel (NVIDIA) . . . . . . . . . . .235 Control Panel (NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235digital display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236dual-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . .236GPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236keystoning (NVKeystone) . . . . . . . . . .236modal dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236modeless dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . .237multiple-graphics card configuration . . . .237multi-display configuration . . . . . . . . .237parent window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237single-display configuration . . . . . . . . .237skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238window class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

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Table 1.1 Multi-Display Mode and Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Table 1.2 Feature Support GeForce vs. Quadro FX vs. Quadro NVS Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Table 2.1 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Table B.1 Release 70 Graphics Driver Performance Improvement and New Features . . . . . . . .232

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Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Figure 2.2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Figure 3.1 Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Figure 3.2Figure 3.3Figure 4.1Figure 4.2Figure 4.3Figure 4.4Figure 4.5Figure 4.6Figure 4.7Figure 4.8Figure 4.9Figure 4.10Figure 4.11Figure 4.12Figure 4.13Figure 4.14Figure 4.15Figure 4.16Figure 4.17Figure 4.18Figure 4.19Figure 4.20Figure 4.21

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Windows Control Panel With NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Auto-Launch Wizard Welcome Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Option Typical Setup Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Option Display Settings for Typical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Options Custom Setup Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Dualview Mode Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Auto-Launch Wizard Settings Dualview Mode (2 CRT Example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Span Mode Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Clone Mode Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Clone Mode (2 CRT Example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Auto-Launch Wizard NOT Enabling Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Auto-Launch Wizard Completion Without Enabling nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 51Auto-Launch Wizard Enabling nView Desktop Manager l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Wizard Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52nView Desktop Manager Control Panel Launched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Welcome Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Selecting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Selecting a Profile When Using a Quadro-based Graphics

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management Options When Using a Quadro-based

cs Card (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management Page (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56nVIew Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Enabling the nView Desktop Manager Control Panel . . 57nVIew Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58nView Desktop Manager Control Panel Launched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Figure 5.1 Sample Profiles Page For NVIDIA Quadro-based Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Figure 5.2 Load Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Figure 5.3 Profiles Page After Loading the dcc Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Figure 5.4 New Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Figure 5.5 Save Profile Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Figure 5.6Figure 6.1Figure 6.2Figure 6.3Figure 7.1Figure 7.2Figure 7.3Figure 7.4Figure 7.5Figure 7.6Figure 7.7Figure 7.8Figure 7.9Figure 7.10Figure 7.11Figure 7.12Figure 7.13Figure 7.14Figure 7.15Figure 7.16Figure 7.17Figure 7.18Figure 7.19Figure 7.20Figure 7.21Figure 8.1Figure 8.2Figure 8.3Figure 8.4Figure 8.5Figure 8.6Figure 8.7Figure 8.8Figure 8.9o r p o r a t i o n ix

Deleting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Windows Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Snap Window Edges By Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Reposition Dialog Boxes On Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Desktops Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Creating a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Viewing the Added Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84NVIDIA Settings icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Accessing Desktops Using the NVIDIA Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Changing Properties for Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Multiple Desktop Global Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Desktop Icon for Current Active Desktop on the Windows Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Using the Windows Taskbar Desktop Icon to Access Desktops per Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92NVIDIA Display Indicating Connected Display Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Opening Separate Desktops on Separate Display Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Desktop Explorer Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Desktop Explorer Nodes in Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96nView Desktop Explorer Main Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Entering a Desktop Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98nView Desktop Explorer Desktop Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99nView Desktop Explorer nView Desktop Thumbnails Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 nVIew Desktop Explorer Send to Desktop n Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102nView Desktop Explorer After Setting Visible on all desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103nView Desktop Explorer Collapse to Desktop n Application Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104nView Desktop Explorer After Setting Collapse to Desktop n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

User Interface Settings nView Single, Clone, and Dualview Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 User Interface Settings nView Span Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108nView Properties and nView Desktops as Options on the Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Using nView Desktops to Activate Desktops on a Single Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Using nView Desktops to Activate Desktops Per Display in a Multi-Display Setup . . . . . . . . . . 111Using the NVKeystone Option From the Windows Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112nView Display 1 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Window View with Show Icons Enabled . . . . . . . . . . 114nView Toolbar Components Show Display Toolbars Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115nView Display 2 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Context Menu for Desktop Thumbnail Windows. . . . . . 116

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Figure 8.10 nView Toolbar Components Show Display Toolbars Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Figure 8.11 nView Display 2 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Background View with Show Icons Enabled . . . . . . . 117Figure 8.12 nView Display 2 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Background View with Show Icons Hidden . . . . . . . 117Figure 8.13 nView Display 2 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Window View with Show Icons Hidden . . . . . . . . . 117Figure 8.14 nView Display 2 (of 2) Toolbar Showing Window View with Show Icons Enabled . . . . . . . . . 118Figure 8.15Figure 8.16Figure 8.17Figure 8.18Figure 8.19Figure 8.20Figure 8.21Figure 8.22Figure 8.23Figure 8.24Figure 8.25Figure 8.26Figure 8.27Figure 8.28Figure 8.29Figure 8.30Figure 8.31Figure 8.32Figure 8.33Figure 8.34Figure 8.35Figure 8.36Figure 8.37Figure 8.38Figure 8.39

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nView Toolbar Actions and Desktops Components Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119nView Toolbar Profiles Component Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120nView Toolbar Components Zoom Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120nView Toolbar Zoom Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121nView Toolbar Show Title and Show Text Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122nView Toolbar Customize Option from the Actions Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122nView Toolbar Customize Toolbar Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123nView Toolbar Lock the Toolbars Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123nView Toolbar Docked to the Bottom of the Windows Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124Edit Display Gridlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Grid Settings Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Gridlines Drawn and Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Grid Names Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Grid Settings Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128nView Title Bar Button: Full Desktop/Single-Display Maximize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129nView Title Bar Button Next Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131nView Title Bar Button: Collapse to Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132nView Title Bar Button: LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133nView Title Bar Button nView Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134Accessing the nView (Desktop Manager) Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135nView Menu Options Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Individual Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139Individual Application Settings Dialog Box and Launch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142Prompt for Clearing Individual Settings for an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143Sample About this Application Information for Disabled and Enabled nView Desktop Manager

ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146Effects Page for NVIDIA GeForce-based Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148Effects Page for NVIDIA Quadro-based Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149Color Key Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151Sample Colored Application Window Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152Zoom Page for Magnifying Glass and Center on cursor Zoom Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Zoom Page for Fixed Frame Zoom Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156Zoom Level Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Zoom Refresh Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

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Figure 10.5 Zoom Style Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162Figure 10.6 Cursor Style Zoomed Area in Zoom Window (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163Figure 10.7 Cursor Style Zoomed Area in Zoom Window (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163Figure 10.8 Magnifying Glass Style Zoom Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164Figure 10.9 Magnifying Glass Style Zoom Window Over Zoom Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165Figure 10.10Figure 10.11Figure 10.12Figure 10.13Figure 10.14Figure 11.1Figure 11.2Figure 11.3Figure 11.4Figure 11.5Figure 11.6Figure 12.1Figure 13.1Figure 13.2Figure 13.3Figure 13.4Figure 14.1Figure 14.2Figure 14.3Figure 14.4Figure 14.5Figure 14.6Figure 14.7Figure 14.8Figure 14.9Figure 14.10Figure 14.11Figure 14.12Figure A.1Figure A.2Figure A.3Figure A.4Figure A.5Figure A.6o r p o r a t i o n xi

Magnifying Glass Style Zoomed Area in Zoom Window (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166Magnifying Glass Style Zoomed Area in Zoom Window (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166Zoom Window-Fixed Frame Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167Magnified Area in Zoom Window: Zoom Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168Hot Key Properties for the QuickZoom Hot Key Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Hot Keys Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172Display Schemes Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175Hot Keys Properties Dialog Box Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178Hot Keys Properties for Move window to display. . Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180Hot Key Properties Toggle Color-Keyed Window Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181Active Hot Keys List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182Mouse Page l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184Tools Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189NVKeystone Option in Windows Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190NVKeystone Adjustment Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192NVKeystone Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193Applications Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196Add Application Dialog Boxes (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198Add Application Dialog Boxes (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199Add Class Dialog Boxes (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201Disable nView Desktop Manager Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202Individual Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203Application Extensions Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204Internet Explorer-Specific nView Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Popup Prevention Settings: Settings and Allow Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Popup Prevention Settings History Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207Internet Explorer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208Microsoft PowerPoint-Specific nView Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

NVIDIA Display Wizard Typical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212NVIDIA Display Setup Wizard Custom Setup Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214NVIDIA TV Display Wizard HDTV Component Connection Page (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

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Figure A.7 NVIDIA Display WizardAnalog Display with HDTV/DVI Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218Figure A.8 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219Figure A.9 NVIDIA Display Wizard Various Types of TV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220Figure A.10 NVIDIA Display Wizard Digital Display with TV Pages (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n

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C H A P T E R

Aboutporation 13

INTRODUCTIONThefollowingmajortopicsarediscussedinthischapter:

AboutthisGuideonpage 13

AboutnViewDesktopManageronpage 14

WhyDoINeedDesktopManagement?onpage 15

CurrentEnhancementsonpage 16

FeaturesandBenefitsonpage 16

ApplicationCompatibilityonpage 23

NotesonFeatureandConfigurationSupportonpage 25

ExamplesinthisGuideonpage 27

this Guide

ThisusersguideisintendedforendusersoftheNVIDIAnViewDesktopManagerapplication,whichisacomponentoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver.nViewDesktopManagerisadesktopandapplicationmanagementtoolthatrunsonWindowsoperatingsystemsandgraphicscardsbasedonNVIDIAgraphicsprocessingunits(GPUs).

Note:FortechnicaldetailsonsupportedNVIDIAproductsandthefeaturesoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver,refertotheNVIDIAWebpage:www.nvidia.com.

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Other Related Documentation

NVIDIAControlPanelQuickStartGuide(DriverRelease160)

About

Multi-D Users Guide

AddressedtousersoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftware,thisquickstartguidefocusesongettingyouupandrunningwithyourNVIDIAsoftware.FortechnicaldetailsonthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheNVIDIAControlPanelsoftwareanddetailsaboutsupportedproducts,drivers,andothersoftware,refertotheNVIDIAWebsitewww.nvidia.com.

NVIDIAForceWareGraphicsDriver:Release160Notes

ThisdocumentdescribesperformanceimprovementsandsoftwarefixesintheForceWaregraphicsdrivers.Thesedocumentsenableaddincard(AIC)producersandoriginalequipmentmanufacturers(OEMs)tomonitorperformanceimprovementsandbugfixesinthedriver.

nView Desktop Manager

nView Desktop Manager isauserlevelapplicationthatfocusesonmakingyoumoreproductivewhenworkingonyourWindowsdesktop.DesktopManagerwasoriginallycreatedformultidisplaygraphicscardsbuthasgrowntoenhancesingledisplayuserdesktopsaswell.DesktopManagersupportsbothsingledisplayandmultidisplayconfigurationsrunningwithsingledisplay,multidisplay,ormultiplegraphicscardsbasedonNVIDIAGPUs.

nViewDesktopManagersupportsbothsingledisplayandmultidisplayconfigurationsrunningwithsingledisplay,multidisplay,ormultiplegraphicscardsbasedonNVIDIAGPUs.

isplay Support

ThenViewDesktopManagerfeaturesetprimarilyfocusesonmultidisplayusebyworkstationusersinfinance,corporate,digitalcontentcreation(DCC)andsimilarorganizationsaswellasinthemobile(laptop)markets.Therefore,totakeadvantageofthefullfeaturesetoftheDesktopManager,youneedamultidisplayconfiguration.Withmultipledisplays,youcanviewasingleapplicationasalargewindowstretchingacrossseveraldisplays,oryoucandisplaydifferentapplicationsoneachmonitor.Usingamultidisplayconfigurationisanefficientandcosteffective

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waytoincreasethesizeofyourcomputerdisplayarea,commonlycalledthedesktop.

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nViewDesktopManagerisdesignedforbroadapplicationsacrossthewiderangeofNVIDIAproductlinesandmarkets.Therefore,singledisplayuserscanalsotakeadvantageofmanyofitsfeatures.Althoughyoucannotusemultidisplayfeaturesinasingledisplayconfiguration,youcancreatemultipledesktopsandusehotkeys,NVKeystone,andwindowseffects.

o I Need Desktop Management?

Asusersrunmoreandmoreapplicationsandprocessevenmoreinformation,theirscreensizesaregettinglargerandlarger.Largerscreenareasimplymakesusersmoreproductive.

Oneofthemorecosteffectiveandcommonwaysofincreasingscreenareaistousemultipledisplaysand/ormultipledesktops(forsingledisplayusers),whichallowyoutoplaceyourapplicationsonmultipledisplayshavingreadyandimmediateaccesstotheinformationtheycontain.

Whilelargescreensandmultipledisplaysanddesktopsareagreatwayofincreasingyourvisibleworkarea,theselargerdesktopsstartbecomingmoredifficulttomanage.Oncesimpleoperationssuchasfindingyourmousecursororevenawindowcanbecomeverytimeconsumingwhenyouhavetohuntthroughseveralscreens.

Inaddition,usingmultipledisplaysresultsinadditionalissuessuchasthescreensplitbetweentwodisplayswindowsthatareplacedonthisscreensplitareextremelydifficulttoread.So,whilelargerdesktopareaspromisetodramaticallyincreaseyourproductivity,thereareuserinterfaceissuesthatcanmakeitdifficulttouseattimes.

Adesktopmanagermanagesyourlargedesktopandtakescareofmanyoftheuserinterfaceissuesthatresultfrommovingtoalargerdesktoparea.Youcanthinkofadesktopmanagerasbeinganextensionofthewindowsuserinterfacetailoredforlargedesktops.

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Current Enhancements

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Note:OpenGLreleasenotesareperiodicallypostedontheNVIDIAdeveloperWebsite:http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_ogl2_support.html.

OpenGL2.1andOpenGLShadingLanguageversion1.20arenowsupported.

OpenGLShadingLanguageshadersthatusethe"#version 110"or"#version 120"directivenowstrictlyadheretotheOpenGLShadingLanguagespecification.Asaconsequence,existingOpenGLShadingLanguageshadersthatusethe"#version 110"directivemayfailtocompileiftheyuselanguageconstructsthatareinvalidaccordingtotheOpenGLShadingLanguagespecification.ThisistrueeveniftheshadersdidcompileusingearlierNVIDIAdriverreleases.ExistingOpenGLShadingLanguageshadersthatdonotusethe"#version 110"directivearenotaffected.

Thefollowingextensionshavebeenadded:

GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage WGL_NV_gpu_affinity(NVIDIAQuadroonly)AlloftheNVIDIAOpenGLextensionscanbefoundontheNVIDIAdeveloperWebsite:

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_opengl_specs.html

Fordetailsonusingthisfeature,seeManagingApplications:ForAdvancedUsersonpage 195.

es and Benefits

TheDesktopManagerapplicationengineconsistsofseveralfeaturesthatmanagewindows,desktops,displays,applications,hotkeys,andwindoweffects.Thissectionprovidesanoverviewofthekeyfunctionsintermsofthesefeatures.

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Fordetailsonthesefeaturesandhowtousethem,refertoindividualchaptersinthisguide.

Note:AfewfeaturesmayberestrictedtouserswithSystemAdministratoraccessprivilegesandwillbenotedassuch,whereapplicableinthisguide.

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p-Management Features

WhenyoufirstlaunchnViewDesktopManager,theDesktopManagementpageappearsandprovidesthefollowinginformationandfeatures:

nViewDesktopManagerfilename,description,andversioninformation

LetsyoutogglebetweenenablinganddisablingnViewDesktopManager

GivesyouquickaccesstotheDesktopManagerSetupWizard

GivesyouquickaccesstotheWindowsDisplayPropertiesSettingspage

-Management Features

ThewindowmanagementfeaturesareavailableontheWindowspageofnViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel.

Multidisplayfeaturesallowyouto:

Configureyoursystemtopreventwindowsfromstretchingacross(spanning)displays

Configurewheredialogboxespopuponyourdesktop.Youcanhavethemappearcenteredonthedisplaydeviceonwhichyourcursorisdisplayed

andmuchmore...

ForcompletedetailsonusingWindowsManagementfeatures,seeManagingWindowsonpage 73.

ps Features

UsingtheDesktopspageofthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel,youcanperformthefollowingtasks:

Createupto32differentdesktops,eachwithitsownbackground.Usemultipledesktopstoreducetheclutteronyourdesktopyoucangroupsimilarapplicationsondifferentdesktopsandquicklyswitchbetweenthem.

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Openandmoveapplicationsbetweendifferentdesktopsandswitchbetweendesktopswithasinglekeystroke

Configuremultipledesktopoptions,including:

Applica Users Guide

Setperdesktopresolutions Showthedesktopnamewhileswitchingdesktops Showyourdesktops,includingagraphicalbirdseyeviewofeachdesktop

withinWindowsExplorer

Manageyourdesktopinseveralwaystosuiteyourstyle.Youcanaccessand,therefore,switchbetweendesktopsusingvariousmethods,including:

Hotkeys Rightclickingonadesktop DesktopExplorerafoldertreeinWindowsExplorer MenuoptionsfromanNVIDIASettingsicononyourWindowstaskbar AdesktopnViewtoolbar(enabledfromtheUserInterfacepage)thatcanbe

floatedordockedtoyourWindowstaskbar

nViewtaskswitcher(enabledfromtheUserInterfacepage)

ForcompletedetailsonusingDesktopsManagementfeatures,seeManagingDesktopsonpage 80.

tion Management

TheapplicationmanagementfunctionalityofnViewDesktopManagerisavailablefromtheApplicationspage.YoucanusetheoptionsontheApplicationspagetodothefollowingtasks:

Performoperationsonentireapplications,suchasmovinganentireapplicationtoadesktoportoamonitor.

SetupyourWindowManagertofunctiondifferentlyfordifferentapplications.Forexample,youmayneverwantaWordwindowtospanmultipledisplays;however,youmaywantaspreadsheet,suchasExcelwindows,tospanmultipledisplayssoyoucanseeallthecolumns.

SaveallyourcustomizedDesktopManagersettingsforanapplicationwhenyoucloseitandrestorethemwhenyoureopentheapplication.

Forexample,ifyouenabletheIndividualSettingsfeature,theapplicationmanagercanrememberifyouclosedtheMicrosoftWordapplicationonyourseconddesktopandwhetherornottheWordwindowwastransparentwhenyou

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closedit.WhenyoureopenWord,itautomaticallyopensonyourseconddesktopandhavetransparencyenabled.

Usingthisfeature,youcanalsospecifythatWordalwayslaunchesonaspecificdesktopwithaspecificstate(suchasTransparentorAlwaysontop).

Profiles

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Extendcertainapplications.WhileeverywindowunderDesktopManagerhasanextendedmenugivingoptionssuchastransparencyordesktopvisibility,certainapplicationssuchasInternetExplorer6.0haveadditionalnViewmenuoptionsallowingyoutobemoreproductivewiththeapplication.

Features

YoucanquicklysetuptheDesktopManagerusingtheProfilespageonthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel.

DesktopManagerletsyousaveasnapshotofalldesktopmanagementsettingstothedisk,includingallindividualapplication,NVKeystone,andothersettingstoadatafilecalledaprofile.Inaddition,profilescansaveandrestoredisplaymode,systempowerprofile,andWindowstaskbarlocation.Displaymodeinformationincludesthenumberandpositionofenableddisplaydevice,eachdisplaydevicesrefreshrate,resolution,colordepth,etc.Fordetails,seeTypesofDataSavedandRestoredbyaProfilebelow.

Note:BeginningwiththeNVIDIARelease50driver,underNVIDIAQuadrobasedgraphicscards,profilescanalsosaveandloadmorethaneightopenapplicationstates.ThisnumberislimitedtoeightunderNVIDIAnonQuadrobasedgraphicscards.

Youcanthenreloadyourprofileonanycomputeratanypointinthefuture.Ifyouswitchcomputers,upgradeyouroperatingsystem,orareconfiguringanoffice,youcansimplysaveallyoursettingstoaprofileandthenloadthosesettingsonanycomputerthatyouwant.

Note:IfyouareusinganNVIDIAQuadrobasedgraphicscard,thenViewDesktopManagerinstallationcomeswithseveralpredefinedprofilestogetyoustartedquickly.Theseprofilescontainthebasicsettingsfordifferentuserlevelsandindustries.Youcanstartwithoneofthesepredefinedprofilesandtailorittoyourownneeds.

pes of Data Saved and Restored by a Profile

SpecifictypesofNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriveranddisplaysettingsthatcanbesavedinaprofileare:

GraphicsDriverSettings

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Desktopcolors Performanceandqualitysettings,includingOpenGLandDirect3D Overlapandedgeblendingsettings(appliestoQuadroFXbasedgraphics

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cards)

Overlayandfullscreenvideosettings DesktopManagementSettingsinclude:

Openapplicationstate

DesktopManagement

Displaymodeinformation

Taskbarposition Computerpowerstate

ving Profiles for Different Operating Modes

Ifyouuseanotebook(laptop)computer,youmaywantDesktopManagertobesetupdifferentlywhenyouaredockedthanwhenyouarenotdocked.Usingprofiles,youcancreateadockedandundockedprofileandswitchbetweenthem.Youcanevensetupahotkeytoloadaprofilesoyoucanswitchwithasinglekeystroke.

ProfilesmanagementfeaturesarediscussedinWorkingWithProfilesonpage 60

terface Features

ThenViewDesktopManagerUserInterfaceoptionsletyoucustomizetheuserinterfacethatisusedonyourdesktop.UsingtheUserInterfacefeatures,youcandothefollowing:

ControlnViewDesktopManageraccessandnotificationmessages

Switchbetweendesktops

Dockprofiles,actions,anddesktopsonannViewtoolbar.

Definegridlinesoneachofyourmonitors,whichdividesyourdisplayareaofunctionassubmonitorsforeasilyperformingtasksinvolvingdialogboxrepositioning,windowspanningandwindowmaximizeoperations,etc.

AddapplicationtitlebarbuttonsthatgiveyouquickandeasyaccesstonViewfeaturesandalsoprovidefeedbackabouttheapplicationstate.

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Forexample,theapplicationtitlebarmaximizebuttonmaximizesanapplicationwindowtofulldesktopinDualview,Clone,andSingleDisplaymodeorasingledisplayscreeninnViewHorizontalorVerticalSpanmode.

ThenViewoptionsmenuoneachapplicationwindowletyouaccessnView

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options(features),whichcanalsobecustomizedforindividualapplications.

TheUserInterfacefeaturesarediscussedinUsingtheUserInterfaceSettingsonpage 106.

eatures

FordetailsonusingtheToolsfeatures,seeUsingToolsOptionsonpage 188.

ThenViewDesktopManagertoolboxincludesseveralutilitiesdesignedtosolvespecificuserproblems.Youcanusetools,suchasNVKeystoneandflatpanelcalibrationtoimproveyourdisplayquality.Utilitiesincludeantikeystoningsupportandflatpanelmonitorcalibrationscreensaredesignedtoimprovewindowsmultidisplayfeatures.

TheToolspagecontainsthefollowingkeyfeatures:

NVKeystonecanbesettocompensateforkeystoningeffectsonyourwindowsdisplay,allowingyoutofixdistortedprojectionimages.Thisfeatureisprimarilyforlaptop(mobile)computers.

Analogflatpanelcalibrationdisplaysascreenonyourdisplayoptimizedforyourflatpanelsautocalibratefeatureallowingforimprovedimagequalityduringtheautosyncprocess.

Automaticallyaligndisplayswillsnapmultipledisplaysintoalignmentiftheyareslightlymisaligned.ThisalsofixescertainWindowsissueswhereWindowscansometimesleavesmallgapsbetweendisplays.

eatures

TheZoompageshowsyouauserdefinablezoomareaofyourdesktop.BasicZoomstylesinclude

Cursorwindowshowsareaaroundcursor.

MagnifyingGlassyoucandragthezoomwindowaroundtozoomtheareaofthedesktoponwhichyouplacethezoomwindow.

FixedFrameletsyoudefineafixedzoomsourceforthewindow.

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Otherzoomfeaturesinclude:

AbilitytoconfigureaQuickZoomhotkey.Fordetails,seeQuickZoomHotKeyonpage 169.

Hot Ke Users Guide

Usingthemousewheeltodynamicallychangezoomlevels

Usingtheautomovefeaturetokeepthezoomwindowoutofyourway.

Usingbidirectionalzoomeditingtoeditthroughyourzoomwindow.

Invertingcolorsofthezoomedimageforbettervisibility.

Foradditionaldetails,seeUsingZoomOptionsonpage 153.

ys and Effects Features

TheEffectsandHotKeypageoptionsofferadditionalenhancements,including:

AbilitytoconfigureaQuickZoomhotkey.Fordetails,seeQuickZoomHotKeyonpage 169.

Fasteropeningandclosingofwindows

Makingwindowstransparentwhendraggedandmakingthetaskbartransparent

Note:Thetransparencylevelisagloballevelaffectingallapplications.Notethatthisvalueisonewhichcanbeindividualizedforanapplication

Azoomtoolthatletsyouseeazoomedviewoftheareaaroundthecursor.Youcanevenusethezoomtoollikeamagnifyingglassanddropitontopofwhatyouwanttomagnifyonthedesktop

Afullsetofhotkeys.Virtuallyeveryactionfromtogglingawindowtobetransparenttojumpingtoadifferentdesktopcanbeassignedtoahotkey.

ForNVIDIAQuadrobasedcards,thecolorkeyingfeatureallowsyoutocolorwindowswithdifferentborders,whichismostusefulwithindividualapplicationsettingsandhotkeys

Fordetailsonusingtheabovefeatures,seethefollowingchapters,asappropriate:

UsingZoomOptionsonpage 153 UsingEffectsonpage 147 UsingHotKeysonpage 171.

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Mouse Features

TheMousepageofthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelletsyouconfigureavarietyofmouserelatedactionsforeasiernavigation.

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Afewkeyfeaturesaredescribedhere:

Thethrowwindowactionallowsyouthethrowawindowtoascreenedgeusingyourmouse.

ThrowSensitivitycanbeadjustedusingaslider

TheJumpdeadscreenareasoptionwillcausethemousetojumpdeadareasinnonrectangularmultidisplayconfigurationsaslongasyouaremovingyourmouseatareasonablespeed.

TogglewindowZorderwithmiddlemousebuttonoptiondoesthesameasthehotkeyonlywiththemouseandtothewindowthatcontainsthecursor.

Autoactivatewindowsundercursordoesjustthat

Kinematicsandgesturesfeaturesallowyouto

Assignmousemovementstotriggerdifferentactions(sameactionsashotkeys) AdjustthegestureswithaGestureSensitivityslider Useakeypresstocontroltheseactions

izard and Online Help

ASetupWizardhelpsyougetstartedwithDesktopManager.

OnlineHelpdisplayscontextsensitivehelpwhenusingDesktopManagerconfigurationoptions.

ation Compatibility

Whilethevastmajorityofapplicationsarecompatiblewithdesktopandwindowsmanagement,therearesomeapplicationsthatarenot.IfDesktopManagerdetectsthesetypesofapplications,itwillnotattempttomanagethem.Dependinguponthelevelofcompatibilityoftheapplication,DesktopManagermayoffervaryinglevelsoffunctionality.

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FunctionalitythatmaybedisabledfortheseapplicationsincludessupportforTransparencyandIndividualSettingsfeatures,windowpositionmanagement,nViewDesktopMangermenuoptions,and/ormultipledesktopsupport.

Examp

Skinnin Users Guide

IfanapplicationwindowsupportsthenViewOptionsMenu,butdoesnotsupportcertainDesktopManagerfunctions,amenuitemcalledAboutthisapp...isaddedtotheapplicationsnViewoptionmenu.Inthiscase,youcanclickonthismenuitemtodisplayinformationaboutthefeaturesthathavebeendisabledfortheapplication.

IfyouhaveanynViewtitlebarbuttonsenabled,thenannViewapplicationstatusindicatorappearstotheleftofthenViewbuttons.IftheapplicationdoesnotsupportcertainnViewfunctions,thisindicatorwillbered;otherwiseitwillbeblack.Iftheindicatorisred,youcanclickittodisplayinformationaboutthefeaturesthathavebeendisabledforthisapplication.Forfurtherdetails,seeUsingtheUserInterfaceSettingsonpage 106.

les of Incompatible Applications

ExamplesofapplicationwindowsthatdonotsupportcertainDesktopManagerfeaturesinclude:

Commandprompt(DOSwindow)underalloperatingsystems.(Alldesktopmanagementfeaturesaredisabled.)

SolitaireandFreecellunderWindowsMe.(Allwindowmanagementfeaturesaredisabled.)

MicrosoftPowerPoint.(Thetransparencyfeatureisdisabled.)

g Utilities: Known Issues

Ifyouuseskins,DesktopManagerhasbeentestedwithseveralcommonlyavailableskinningutilitieswithnoknowncompatibilityissuesotherthanthoselistedbelow.

Someskinsdonotexposetheapplicationwindowssystemmenuonitswindowframe(titlebar).Asaresult,thenViewoptionsmenucanonlybeaccessedfromeitheratitlebarbutton(seeAddingTitleBarButtonsonpage 128)orahotkeybutnotfromtheapplicationwindowssystemmenu.

However,youcanstillaccessthenViewoptionsmenubyrightclickingtheapplicationonthetaskbar.Fordetailsonthemethodsavailableforaccessinganapplicationssystemmenu,seeAddingnViewOptionstoApplicationSystemMenusonpage 134.

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Support

ToaccessNVIDIAnViewbasedfeaturesusingthenViewDesktopManagerdriver,youneed

amultidisplaygraphicscardbasedonanyoftheNVIDIAGPUsthatsupportmultipledisplaysonasinglegraphicscardand

atleasttwodisplaydevicesconnectedtothecard. OthernonnViewfeaturesaresupportedbyeithersingledisplayormultidisplay

NVIDIAGPUbasedcards;i.e.,youcanconnectonlyonedisplaydevice,suchasamonitor,andaccessthesefeatures,providedtheNVIDIAGPUsupportsthesefeatures.

TheoptionsshowninthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelmayvarydependingonthespecificNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardsyouareusing.Forexample,oneormoreoptionsthatareavailableforaspecificGPUbasedcard,suchasaGeForceFX,maynotbeavailableonaGeForce4,andsoon.

isplay Configuration: Tips and Requirements

Note:YoucanconfigureNVIDIAmultidisplaymodesfromtheNVIDIAControlPanel.

WhenrunningWindowsXPorWindows2000withmorethantwoactivedisplays,settingtheDualviewNVIDIAdisplaymodeisstronglyrecommended.

WhenrunningWindowswithmultiplecards(i.e.,twoormoreNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscardareinstalledinyourcomputer),notethefollowing:

UsingcardsbasedonthesameNVDIAGPUisstronglyrecommended. ThesameNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver(version)mustbeinstalledfor

eachcard.

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Feature Support for Multi-Display Modes

FeatureProduc

Table 1.1SupporteIs there nViedevices?Is nView CloAre nView SNote: In SpDoes switchmode requirAre all nViewHardware AcDirectX opermonitor otheOpenGL sup

Table 1.2SupporteVirtual desktNVKeystoneColor-keyedTaskbar spaPer-monitor ApplicationsGridlines assMaximized wDesktop lock Users Guide

Support GeForce vs. Quadro FX vs. Quadro NVS ts

Multi-Display Mode and Feature Support

d Modes and Features Windows XP Windows 2000w Dualview support (default) for up to nine (9) display Yes Yes

ne mode supported? Yes Yespan (Horizontal/Vertical) modes supported? an mode, a maximum of two (2) display devices are supported.

Yes Yes

ing between nView Span/Clone mode and nView Dualview e restarting your computer?

No Yes

Desktop Manager features supported? Yes Yesceleration?ations are accelerated if window is constrained to a single rwise operation is redirected to the software.port

Yes Yes

Feature Support GeForce vs. Quadro FX vs. Quadro NVS Products

d Features GeForce Quadro FX Quadro NVSops supported 32 32 32 Yes Yes Yes windows NA Yes Yesnning in Dualview mode/limiting in Span mode NA Yes Yesdesktops including VERN-like UI NA Yes Yes saved in workspace/application states 8 More than 8 More than 8 ignable per display 4 10 10 indow dragging between displays NA Yes Yes hot key NA Yes Yes

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Forexamplepurposes,thenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelpagesmayshowaspecificNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard.YoumaybeusingadifferentNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard,inwhichcaseyouwillseetheexactnameoftheGPUthatyourgraphicscardusesontheNVIDIAdisplaymenuandontheNVIDIAGPUnamedtabthatappearsfromtheWindowsDisplayProperties>Settings>Advancedoption.

TheWindowsXPpagesshowninthisdocumentapplyalsotoWindows2000functionality,unlessnotedotherwise.

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Chapter 2System Requirements and NVIDIA Driver Installation

C H A P T E R

Hardw Users Guide

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND NVIDIADRIVER INSTALLATION

ThischapterliststhesystemrequirementsforinstallingtheNVIDIAForceWareRelease160graphicsdriverandprovidesinstallationinstructions.Itcontainsthefollowingmajorsections:

HardwareandSoftwareSupportonpage 28

NVIDIADriverInstallationandUninstallationonpage 30

are and Software Support

SupportedOperatingSystemsonpage 29

SupportedNVIDIAProductsonpage 29

SupportedLanguagesonpage 29

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Supported Operating Systems

ThisRelease160driverincludesdriversdesignedforthefollowingMicrosoftoperatingsystems:

Suppor

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WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005UpdateRollup2

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2005

WindowsXPMediaCenterEdition2004

WindowsXPProfessional

WindowsXPHomeEdition

WindowsXPProfessionalx64Edition

WindowsServer2003x64Edition

Note:ForupdatedinformationonMicrosoftoperatingsystemsupport,refertotheReleaseNotesdocumentforthecurrentNVIDIAdriverrelease.

ted NVIDIA Products

RefertotheReleaseNotesdocumentandtheNVIDIAdriverdownloadsite(www.nvidia.com)forthelistofproductssupportedbytheRelease160driverversionthatisinstalledonyourcomputer.

ted Languages

TheRelease160nViewDesktopManagersupportsthefollowinglanguagesintheNVIDIAControlPanel:

English(USA) German Portuguese(Euro/Iberian)English(UK) Greek RussianArabic Hebrew SlovakChinese(Simplified) Hungarian SlovenianChinese(Traditional) Italian SpanishCzech Japanese Spanish(LatinAmerica)Danish Korean SwedishDutch Norwegian ThaiFinnish Polish TurkishFrench Portuguese(Brazil)

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NVIDIA Driver Installation and Uninstallation

System Users Guide

SystemRequirementsonpage 30

BeforeYouBeginonpage 31

UninstallingtheNVIDIADriveronpage 34

InstallingtheNVIDIADriveronpage 34

Requirements

NVIDIAControlPanelrequiresthefollowingminimumsystemconfiguration:

A600megahertz(MHz)processor,suchasanIntelPentiumIII,AdvancedMicroDevices(AMD)Athlon,orequivalentprocessor

128megabytes(MB)ofRAM

TheminimumharddiskspacerequirementforeachoperatingsystemarelistedinTable2.1,Table2.2,andTable2.3:

TooptimizetheperformanceoftheNVIDIAControlPanel,thefollowingsystemrequirementsarerecommended:

A1.5gigahertz(GHz)processor,suchasanIntelPentium4,anAMDAthlonXP1500+,orequivalentprocessor

Table 2.1 Hard Disk Space RequirementsEnglishOperating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(32biteditions) 43.6MBWindowsXP(64biteditions) 51.4MB

Table 2.2 Hard Disk Space RequirementsNon-English Languages

Operating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(32biteditions) 25.2MBWindowsXP(64biteditions) 20.4MB

Table 2.3 Hard Disk Space RequirementsFull International PackageOperating System Minimum Hard Disk SpaceWindowsXP(32biteditions) 68.8MBWindowsXP(64biteditions) 71.8MB

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AnInternetconnection

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You Begin

IfyoudonothaveSystemAdministratoraccessprivileges,itisassumedthattheappropriatepersonwithSystemAdministratoraccessinyourorganizationwillsetupandinstalltheNVIDIAdriversoftwareonyourcomputer.

Theinstallationprocesscopiesallnecessaryfilesforoperationintotheappropriatedirectories.

TheNVIDIAControlPanelsystemfilesandthenViewDesktopManagersystemfilesarecopiedtoyourWindows\Systemdirectory.

nViewDesktopManagerProfilefiles(*.tvp)aresavedintheWindows\Nviewdirectory.

DependingontheversionoftheNVIDIAdriverpreviouslyinstalled,profilesmayalsobelocatedintheDocuments and Settings\All Users\Application Data\nView_Profilesdirectory.

Aspartoftheinstallprocess,anuninstallisregisteredinyoursystem.

UnderWindowsXP,theNVIDIAdriverisinstalledinDualviewmodedisplay.However,notethattheseconddisplayisnotactivatedbydefault,butmustbeenabled.

eserving Settings Before Upgrading Your Software

Beforeuninstallingorinstallingsoftware,yourcanpreserveyournViewDesktopManagerand/orNVIDIAdisplaysettingsbyusingthenViewDesktopManagerProfilesfeatures.

1 OpenthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage(Figure2.1).

2 Topreserveyourcurrentsettings,youcanuseeithertheSaveortheNewoptionfromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespage:

Ifyouwanttooverwritethecurrentlyloadedprofilewithyourchangedsettings,usetheSaveoption.Noticethatawarningmessageindicatesthatyouareabouttooverwritetheselectedprofile.

Ifyouwanttoretainthecurrentlyloadedprofileandwanttosaveyourchangedsettingstoanewfile,clicktheNewoption.EnteranameanddescriptionoftheprofileintheNewProfiledialogbox.Forexample,youcan

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namethisprofileMy Settings.Figure 2.1 nView Desktop Manager Sample Profiles Page Users Guide

3 Ifyouareanadvanceduserandwanttocustomizecertainsettingsinthesavedprofile,clickAdvanced

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Figure 2.2 nView Desktop Manager Save Profile Settings

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6 Nowyoucanuninstallyourcurrentdriverforadriverupgrade.

7 AfteryourestartyourcomputerfollowinganNVIDIAnewdriverinstall,youcaneasilyloadthesavedprofilefromtheProfilespageofnViewDesktopManager.

out Using Saved Profiles in Another Computer

Youcaneasilyuseanysavedprofile(.tvp fileintheWindows\nView directory)fromonecomputeranduseitinanothercomputer,ifyouwant.YoullneedtocopyittotheWindows\nViewdirectoryofacomputerthathastheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver,etc.installedproperly.ThenthisprofilecanbeloadedfromanothercomputerfromthenViewDesktopManagerProfilespagejustasitcanfromyouroriginalcomputer.

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Uninstalling the NVIDIA Driver

Note:ItishighlyrecommendedthatyoufollowthestepsinthissectiontocompletelyuninstalltheNVIDIAdriversoftwarebeforeupdatingtoanewversionofthesoftware.

Installi Users Guide

TouninstallthenViewsoftware,followthesesteps:

1 FromtheWindowstaskbar,clickStart>Settings>ControlPaneltoopentheControlPanelwindow.

2 DoubleclicktheAdd/RemoveProgramsitem.

3 ClicktheNVIDIADisplayDriveritemfromthelist.

4 ClickChange/Remove.

5 ClickYestocontinue.ApromptappearsaskingwhetheryouwanttodeleteallofthesavednViewprofiles.

IfyouclickYes,allofthenViewsoftwareandallofyoursavedprofileswillbedeleted.

IfyouclickNo,thenViewsoftwareisremoved,buttheprofilefilesaresavedinthe Windows\nViewdirectoryonyourharddisk.

Yoursystemnowrestarts.

ng the NVIDIA Driver

1 FollowtheinstructionsontheNVIDIA.comWebsitedriverdownloadpagetolocatetheappropriatedrivertodownload,basedonyourhardwareandoperatingsystem.

2 Clickthedriverdownloadlink.Thelicenseagreementdialogboxappears.

3 ClickAcceptifyouacceptthetermsoftheagreement,theneitheropenthefileorsavethefiletoyourPCandopenitlater.

OpeningtheEXEfilelaunchestheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizard.

4 FollowtheinstructionsintheNVIDIAInstallShieldWizardtocompletetheinstallation.

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Chapter 3NVIDIA Control Panel Access

C H A P T E R

NVIDIporation 35

NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL ACCESSThischaptercontainsthefollowingmajortopics:

NVIDIADisplaySetupWizardsonpage 35

AccessingthenViewDesktopManagerControlPanelonpage 37

WindowsTaskbarMethodonpage 37

ThenViewDesktopManagerControlPanelonpage 39

UsingContextHelpandToolTipsonpage 40

Troubleshootingonpage 41

A Display Setup Wizards

AfterafreshinstallationoftheNVIDIARelease160graphicsdriverandrestartingyourcomputer,oneorbothoftheNVIDIAdisplaywizards(DisplayWizardorTVWizard)areautomaticallyinvoked,dependingonthetypesofdisplaysthatareconnectedtoyourgraphicscardi.e.,analogordigitaldisplay,television,orHDTV.ThewizardshelpsetupthemostcommonlyusednViewdisplaymodes,includingscreenresolutionandoutput.

OnsubsequentsessionusingtheNVIDIAgraphicsdriver,youcanmanuallystartanyoneofthesewizardsbyclickingeithertheDisplayWizardortheTVWizardbuttonfromtheDesktopManagementpage(Figure3.1).

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FordetailsonusingtheDesktopManagerSetupWizard(Figure3.1),seeUsingtheDesktopManagerSetupWizardonpage 41

ToseesampleWizardpages,seeAppendixA,NVIDIASetupWizardPageson Users Guide

page 210.

Figure 3.1 Manually Starting the NVIDIA Display Wizard

ClickTVWizardforhelpinsettingupyourtelevisionorHDTVdisplay.

ClickDisplayWizardforhelpinsettingupyouranalogordigital

displays.

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s Control Panel Access Method

ToaccessthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelfromtheWindowsControlPanel,followthesesteps:

1 FromyourWindowsdesktop,clickStart>Settings>ControlPanel.

2 FromtheNamecolumn,doubleclickNVIDIAnViewDesktopManager(Figure3.2)todisplaythenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel(Figure3.5).

Figure 3.2 Windows Control Panel With NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager Program

ws Taskbar Method

ToaccessthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanelfromtheWindowstaskbararea,followthesesteps:

1 FromyourWindowstaskbar,clicktheNVIDIASettingsmenuicon(Figure3.3)todisplaythemenushowninFigure3.4.

Figure 3.3 NVIDIA Settings Menu Icon in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area

NVIDIASettingsmenuicon

Windowstaskbarnotificationarea

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Figure 3.4 NVIDIA Settings Sample Menu Users Guide

2 Doeitherofthefollowing: ToopenthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel,clicknViewProperties

(Figure3.4)OR

ToquicklyaccessnViewprofiles,clicknViewProfilesandthenthespecificprofileyouwant.Fordetailsonusingprofiles,seeWorkingWithProfilesonpage 60.

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WhenyoufirstopenthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel,itopensontheDesktopManagementtabbedpage.

Toenableallthetabbedpages,clickEnable(Figure3.5)

Figure 3.5 nView Desktop Manager Control Panel.

letoenableallofthetabs.

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Figure 3.6 Desktop Management Page nView Desktop Manager Version Information

Using

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Users Guide

Context Help and Tool Tips

t Help

YoucanobtaincontextHelpforanyofthesettingsandoptionsonanyofthenViewDesktopManagerpagebyusinganyoneofthesemethods:

SelectormoveyourmousepointertotheoptionorbuttonforwhichyouwanthelpandthenpressF1,or

Clickthe?iconlocatedonthetoprightcornerofthenViewDesktopManagerpageyouhaveopen,movethe?iconovertheoptionorbuttonforwhichyouwanthelp,thenclickyourmouseagaintodisplaythehelp.

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Tool Tips

Windowsstyletooltip(popup)Helpappearswhenyouhoveryourmousepointeronanitemthatispartiallyobscured.Forexample,youcanplaceyoumouseonany

To

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ofthelongNVIDIAmenunamesthatmaybepartiallyobscured(suchasPerformanceandQualitySettings)andbeabletoviewthenameinitsentirety.

ol Tips for Disabled Settings

Whenanoptionorsettingisdisabled(grayed)onanynViewDesktopManagerpage,youcanplacethemousepointeronthedisabledoptionforacoupleofsecondstoseetooltiphelpdescribingthereasonitisdisabled.

eshooting

IfyouhavetroubleaccessingthenViewDesktopManagercontrolpanel,youcanfollowthesestepstoverifythatacurrentversionoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriverisinstalledonyoursystem.

1 FromyourWindowsdesktop,rightclicktodisplaythepropertiesmenuandthenselectProperties>SettingstabtoaccesstheDisplayPropertiesSettingspage.

TheDisplayfieldshowsthenameofyourNVIDIAGPUbasedgraphicscard;forexample,MonitornameonNVIDIAQuadro2MXR/EX.

2 ClickAdvancedandtheNVIDIAGPUtab.

3 VerifythattheDriverVersionInformationboxliststhemostrecentversionsoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriverfiles.Scrolldowntoconfirmthatallfileshavethesameversionnumber.Iftheresanydiscrepancy,makesureyouoryoursystemadministratoruninstallstheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriversoftwareaccordingtotheinstructionsinUninstallingtheNVIDIADriveronpage 34andthenreinstallthesoftware.

Note:Makesurethatthefilenvdesk32.dlldoesnotappearontheDriverVersionInformationlistoffiles.Thisfileisnowobsoleteandcanresultininconsistencies.Ifyouseethisfile,uninstalltheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriverandthenreinstallacurrentversion.

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Chapter 4Using the Desktop Manager Setup Wizard

C H A P T E R

About Users Guide

USING THE DESKTOP MANAGERSETUP WIZARD

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingmajorsections:

AbouttheWizardsonpage 41

AboutUsingtheWizardsonpage 42

DisplayWizard:AutoLaunchvs.ManualLaunchonpage 43

SetupWizardonpage 53

the Wizards

ThenViewDesktopManagerSetupWizardisaseriesofdialogboxesthatguidesyouinsettingthemostcommonglobalsettingsforwindow,desktop,andapplicationmanagement.

EachWizardpage(window)containsdescriptivetextforaspecificoptionand,insomecases,anillustrationthatshowstheeffectoftheoption;forexample,windowrepositioningorspanning.Youcanalsochoosetoskipmajoroptiongroups.

TherearetwokindsofWizards:DisplayWizardandSetupWizard

TheDisplayWizardhelpsenableandcustomizeyourmultidisplaysetup.SeeDisplayWizard:AutoLaunchvs.ManualLaunchonpage 43forsampleWizardpages.

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TheSetupWizardhelpssetupnViewDesktopManagerfeatures.SeeSetupWizardonpage 53forsampleWizardpages.

About

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Using the Wizards

ThefiguresinthissectionshowafewexamplesofthestepbystepWizardpagesyouwillseewhenrunningtheDesktopManagerWizard.

UsethefollowingguidelineswhenusingtheWizard:

UsetheBackandNextoptionstonavigatethroughthewindows.

CarefullyreadthecontentofeachWizardpage,whichservesasaquickoverviewofkeyDesktopManagerfeaturesandletsyouenable/disablecertainkeyfeaturesbyclickinganoption.

Ifyouenableafeature,notethatyoucanchangethissettinglaterthroughtheDesktopManagercontrolpaneltabsormenuoptions,

Ifyoudonotwanttoenableoneormorefeaturesinagivenwindow,clickNexttogotothenextwindow.

efore You Begin

TheremaybesomevariationinthenumberandtypeofWizardpagesthatappear,dependingonyourconfiguration;i.e.,whetheryouarerunningWindowsMe/9x(limitedDesktopManagerfeatures),multipledisplaysorsingledisplayconnected,andsoon.

Forexample,ifyoursystemonlyhasonedisplaydeviceconnectedandnogridlinesdefined,WindowManagementWizardpages(e.g,Figure4.22throughFigure4.25)willnotappear.

AlsonotethatbecausetransparencyisnotasupportedfeatureunderWindows9xorWindowsNT4.0,theWizardpagecontainingthisoption(Figure4.27)willnotbeavailableunderthoseoperatingsystems.

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Display Wizard: Auto-Launch vs. Manual Launch Users Guide

Ifyouaresetupwithamultidisplayconfiguration(i.e.,youhavemorethanonedisplaydeviceconnected),thefirsttimeyoustartWindowsonyourcomputerafterinstallingtheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriver,theWizardstartsautomatically.

UsetheseDisplayWizardpagestoenableandcustomizeyourmultidisplaysetup.

Autolaunch.AfterafirsttimeinstallationoftheNVIDIAForceWaregraphicsdriverwhenthereareatleasttwodisplaydevicesconnectedtoyourcomputer,thisDisplayWizardwilllaunchautomatically.

Note:ThisWizardwillnotstartautomaticallyifyouhaveonlyonedisplaydeviceconnectedtoyourcomputer.

Manuallaunch.Onsubsequentsessions,tomanuallylaunchthisWizard,clickDisplayWizardfromtheDesktopManagementpanel.

Note:BasedonyourdisplaydeviceconfigurationandtheoptionsyouchooseonaWizardpage,thesubsequentWizardpagesyouwillseemaydifferslightlyfromtheexamplesgiveninthissection.

Figure 4.1 Auto-Launch Wizard Welcome Page

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Figure 4.2 Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Option Typical Setup Selected poration 44

Figure 4.3 Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Option Display Settings for Typical Setup

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Figure 4.4 Auto-Launch Wizard Setup Options Custom Setup Selected Users Guide

Figure 4.5 Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Dualview Mode Selected

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Figure 4.6 Auto-Launch Wizard Settings Dualview Mode (2 CRT Example) poration 46

Figure 4.7 Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Span Mode Selected

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Figure 4.8 Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 1) Users Guide

Figure 4.9 Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 2)

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Figure 4.10 Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 3)poration 48

Figure 4.11 Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Span Mode (Example 4)

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Figure 4.12 Auto-Launch Wizard Multi-Display Mode Clone Mode Selected Users Guide

Figure 4.13 Auto-Launch Wizard Display Settings Clone Mode (2 CRT Example)

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Figure 4.14 Auto-Launch Wizard NOT Enabling Desktop Manager poration 50

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Figure 4.15 Auto-Launch Wizard Completion Without Enabling nView Desktop Manager Users Guide

Figure 4.16 Auto-Launch Wizard Enabling nView Desktop Manager l

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Figure 4.17 Wizard Completion poration 52

Figure 4.18 nView Desktop Manager Control Panel Launched

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Setup Wizard Users Guide

TheWizardpagesinthissectionareavailablewhenyouclicktheSetupWizardoptionfromtheDesktopManagementpanel(Figure4.18).

Note:IftheSetupWizardoptionisdisabled(grayed),clickEnableandApplytoenablenViewDesktopManager.TheSetupWizardwillnowbeenabledforuse.

Note:BasedonyourdisplaydeviceconfigurationandtheoptionsyouchooseonaWizardpage,theWizardpagesyouwillseemaydifferfromtheexamplesgiveninthissection.

Figure 4.19 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Welcome Page

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Figure 4.20 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Selecting a Profile poration 54

Figure 4.21 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Selecting a Profile When Using a Quadro-based Graphics Card

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Figure 4.22 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management (1) Users Guide

Figure 4.23 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management Options When Using a Quadro-based Graphics Card (1)

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Figure 4.24 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management (2) poration 56

Figure 4.25 nView Desktop Manager Setup Wizard Window Management Page (3)

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