[SOLVED] Dual Monitor with Firefox on one and Chrome on the other = How

[Flyswatter]

I did search and couldn't find an answer. I have the latest WIN10 16 gigs in an i7 770 with and AMD Firepro 2100 2gigs.
After much fumbling I was able to get both monitors to display the exact same screens. Depending on my fumbling, sometimes the mouse took a while to respond.

But I thought the purpose of dual screens was to be able to have different apps appear on each screen. Y/N?
If so, could someone explain how/

TIA

 

[USAFRet]

Right click on the desktop
Select Display settings
Scroll down until you see this:

Select Extend these displays

 

[Flyswatter]

Thanks USAFRet

I tried that but it displays the same desktop on both monitors and my mouse only moves to the side of the screen and won't respond like it's a different desktop. If I click an app or browser on the 'secondary monitor it opens on both screens and the displays kind of act funky. Like the browsers shrink, etc.

I'll give it one more try and post back but if you have a fix, I'm all ears.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Since you're running an AMD graphics card, take a look at this: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/dh-009

-Wolf sends

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks USAFRet

I tried that but it displays the same desktop on both monitors and my mouse only moves to the side of the screen and won't respond like it's a different desktop. If I click an app or browser on the 'secondary monitor it opens on both screens and the displays kind of act funky. Like the browsers shrink, etc.

I'll give it one more try and post back but if you have a fix, I'm all ears.

You have a different cable running from the GPU to each monitor?

 

[Flyswatter]

OK then!

Took a bit of coaxing; but I was able to drag the Brave browser to the second monitor and the mouse happily moves between.

Thanks all for the input

 

[Flyswatter]

You have a different cable running from the GPU to each monitor?

Yes