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ForceWare Graphics Driver
nView Desktop Manager User’s Guide
Driver Release 90 for Windows
NVIDIA Corporation
September 2006
2nd Edition
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NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager
User’s Guide
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Other Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . 15
NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Why Do I Need Desktop Management? . . . . . . 16
About nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . 17
Multi-Display Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single-Display Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
nView Desktop Manager Control Panel Access
18
Release 90 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Video Processing Improvements . . . . . . 20
New Features—Available Only in the New
NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Key Terms and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
child window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Control Panel (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
control panel (NVIDIA Display Properties) .22
control panel (nView Desktop Manager) . . 22
desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
dual-card configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
GPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
keystoning (NVKeystone) . . . . . . . . . . 23
modal dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
modeless dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
multiple-graphics card configuration . . . . 24
multi-display configuration . . . . . . . . . . 24
parent window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
single-display configuration . . . . . . . . . 24
skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
window class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Desktop-Management Features . . . . . . . . 25
Window-Management Features . . . . . . . . 26
Desktops Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Application Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Profiles Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Types of Data Saved and Restored by a
Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saving Profiles for Different Operating Modes
29
User Interface Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tools Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Zoom Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hot Keys and Effects Features . . . . . . . . . 31
Mouse Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setup Wizard and Online Help . . . . . . . . . 32
Application Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Examples of Incompatible Applications . . . . 33
Skinning Utilities: Known Issues . . . . . . . . 33
Notes on Feature and Configuration Support . . 34
Feature Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Multi-Display Configuration: Tips and
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Feature Support for Multi-Display Modes . . 35
Feature Support — GeForce vs. Quadro FX vs.
Quadro NVS Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Examples in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2. nView Desktop Manager Feature
History
Driver Release History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Release 90 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Release 80 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
New Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
NVIDIA SLITM Technology Enhancements 39
NVIDIA PureVideoTM Enhancements . . . 39
Support for the Next Generation of NVIDIA
GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Additional Details by Driver Module . . . . . . 40
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . 40
Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
DirectX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
OpenGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
NVIDIA Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Release 75 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
OpenGL Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SLI Technology Support Improvements . . . . 42
Control Panel Interface Changes . . . . . . . 42
Additional Details by Driver Module . . . . . . 43
Display Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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DirectX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
NVIDIA Display Control Panel . . . . . . . . 44
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Release 70 New Features and Enhancements . . 44
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Details by Driver Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . 45
Display Driver, DirectX, and OpenGL . . 46
NVIDIA Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Release 60 Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
nView Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
QuickZoom Hot Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Release 55 Features and Support . . . . . . . . . 49
nView Desktop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Release 50 Features and Support . . . . . . . . . 50
Release 50 Performance Improvements and
Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Release 40 Features and Enhancements . . . . . 51
Feature Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . 51
New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Accessing the NVIDIA Display and Desktop
Manager Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Desktop Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Windows Taskbar Access . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Windows Display Properties Setting Access 71
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . . 71
The NVIDIA GPU Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Desktop Management Page . . . . . . . 74
Other NVIDIA Display Menu Items . . . . . . 74
Using the NVIDIA Display Menu Help and Tool Tips
77
Context Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tool Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings . . . . . . . 78
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5. Using the Desktop Manager
Setup Wizard
About the Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
About Using the Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Display Wizard: Auto-Launch vs. Manual Launch 82
Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
3. System Requirements and
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics
Driver Installation
Hardware and Software Support . . . . . . . . . . 53
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 53
Supported NVIDIA Products . . . . . . . . . . 54
Supported Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Driver Installation .58
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
About the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver Installation
59
Preserving Settings Before Upgrading Your
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
About Using Saved Profiles in Another
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Uninstalling the NVIDIA ForceWare Driver
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6. Working With Profiles
About Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
NVIDIA Graphics Display Driver Information .100
nView Desktop Manager Information . . . . .100
Open Application State . . . . . . . . . . .100
Desktop Management . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Benefits of Using Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Accessing the Profiles Page . . . . . . . . . . . .103
List of Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Current Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Loading a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Creating a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Saving a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Deleting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Importing a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Exporting a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
4. NVIDIA Control Panel Access
NVIDIA Display Setup Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Accessing nView Desktop Manager from the
Windows Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Accessing Desktop Manager Settings from the
NVIDIA Display Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7. Managing Windows
About Windows Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Accessing the Windows Page . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Window Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Preventing Windows from Opening Off-
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Limiting Taskbar to a Single Display . . . . 114
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Allowing the Taskbar to Span Multiple
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Enabling Window Spanning Across Multiple
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Enabling Child Window Spanning Across
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Open Windows On Display . . . . . . . . 115
Snap Window Edges By . . . . . . . . . . 115
Dialog Box Repositioning Settings . . . . . . . . 116
No Repositioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Move to Display n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Move to Cursor Display . . . . . . . . . . 117
Move to Application Display . . . . . . . . 118
Move to grid n.m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Center Dialog Box on Display . . . . . . . 118
Identify Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Reset Desktops to the Current Resolution . .134
Showing Desktops in Windows Explorer . . .134
Using nView Desktop Explorer . . . . . . .135
Creating Desktops from Desktop Explorer 137
Renaming, Deleting, and Activating Desktops
from Desktop Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Enhancing the Desktop Explorer
“Thumbnails” View . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Using the Thumbnail Styles . . . . . . . . .139
Moving Applications Between Desktops or to
a New Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Accessing Other Application Settings from
Desktop Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Advanced Menu Options . . . . . . . . . .144
8. Using the User Interface Settings
About User Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . .145
Accessing the User Interface Page . . . . . . . .146
Enabling nView Options in the Windows Desktop
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Accessing Desktops from the Desktop Menu 148
Accessing NVKeystone Options From the
Desktop Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Showing Notification Messages on the Windows
Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Enabling the nView Task Switcher . . . . . . . .151
Enable nView Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Using the New Display Toolbar . . . . . . . .152
Enabling and Using the nView Toolbar . . . .157
Enabling and Disabling Actions, Profiles,
Desktop, and Zoom Settings . . . . . . . . .158
Enabling Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Enabling Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Viewing the Descriptions of nView Toolbar
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Removing, Adding, and Arranging Actions . .160
Locking and Unlocking the nView Toolbar
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Docking and Undocking the nView Toolbar . .163
Auto-Hiding the nView Toolbar . . . . . . . . .164
Keeping the nView Toolbar on Top of Other
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Enabling and Using Display Gridlines . . . . . .164
Adding Title Bar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
nView Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Full-Desktop Maximize . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Single-Display Maximize . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Next Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Collapse to Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
8. Managing Desktops
About the Desktops Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Notes Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Desktops List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using the “Add” Option . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Activating or Switching Desktops . . . . . . . . . 123
Activating Desktops from the NVIDIA
Settings icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Activating Desktops From the Windows
Desktop Properties Menu . . . . . . . . . 125
Activating Desktops from Desktop Explorer
125
Activating Desktops With Hot Keys . . . . 125
Renaming Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Removing Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Properties: Changing Wallpaper and Desktop Icons
126
Selecting a Background for the Desktop . . . 127
Selecting Separate Backgrounds Per Display .
128
Selecting a Desktop Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Multiple Desktop Global Options . . . . . . . . . 129
Show Desktop Name When Switching . . . . 130
Show Desktops in Windows Explorer . . . . 130
Show Active Desktop in the System Tray . . 130
Maximize Desktop Switching Speed . . . . . 131
Show Command Prompt Windows on All
Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Force Desktop to Redraw in One Step . . . . 131
Allow Desktops to Use Different Resolutions 131
Allow Displays to Show Different Desktops . 132
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