Dual Monitors: Use a Different Wallpaper on Each Desktop in Vista or XP

One of the most popular articles around here has been the article I wrote a year ago about using different wallpapers on each desktop using Active Desktop in Windows XP. The problem with that article is that it didn't work in Windows Vista… but now we have a great solution that is also free.

Instead of paying money for software to use separate wallpapers, or creating a wallpaper in Photoshop, Jon Tackabury has created a Free piece of software that lets you easily set separate wallpapers for each desktop.

Once the software is installed, you'll notice a new tray icon. Clicking the Desktop Wallpaper item from the menu will open up the dialog where you can set the wallpaper.



You can click on each desktop in the display, and set display settings differently for each monitor, or span the wallpaper across the two.



Or you can even load wallpaper from Flickr, which is an incredibly cool feature. Type in "vista wallpaper" for some really nice images.



If you chose the Settings from the tray icon popup menu, you'll notice that this application also adds a set of shortcut keys that can be used to move windows from one monitor to the other.



This is now a must-have application for my multi-monitor configuration. This application is donationware, which means you don't have to donate anything, but you really should consider it.

Download DisplayFusion from Binaryfortress (Vista/XP)

Backup and Restore Firefox Passwords List

Somebody recently wrote in asking how to backup the list of saved passwords in Firefox into a spreadsheet, so I'm writing the solution here for everybody: All you need is the Password Exporter extension.

If you'd like to backup your entire profile including passwords, cookies, bookmarks, etc, you can use this method.

Open up the Add-ons screen and find Password Exporter in the list, where you can click the Options button to bring up the Import/Export Passwords dialog.



You can either import or export your passwords using this dialog, and you can choose to encrypt them if you want.



You can export in either XML or CSV format. If you are trying to create a spreadsheet with all your passwords the CSV file would be a better choice.



Just be very careful with the list of passwords you exported.

Download Password Exporter from Mozilla Add-ons