I've been using two monitors for over a year now and most of my games don't seem to have a problem with that. Granted sometimes the resolution gets messed up on the second monitor or something minor like that, but nothing too bad. Lately I've noticed that the majority of GFWL games don't even start when I have my second monitor attached and only show a black screen. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to make games run without having to unplug my monitor?

@mscupcakes: i have to ask.

do you have your latest graphics drivers?

@piropeople13: I just installed the latest driver and now Microsoft Flight only opens in my second monitor, which I suppose isn't such a bad thing. But Red Faction Guerilla won't budge.. I'm starting to suspect it's a problem with Guerilla itself now, maybe someone should lock this thread so I can make one specifically for th game.

@mscupcakes: Oh, that's exactly the problem I was having, guess I'll have to double check my drivers!

Hrm... my drivers are up to date but I still get a black screen for Flight... Odd...

Did you have your heart set on watching as movie on the second screne while playing the game? WHy not just cut your losses on a flawed free to play game and just turn off the second monitor in Windows?

@ShadowSkill11: Microsoft Flight's Aerocaches require you to search using Bing (or google) to find clues as to where they are hidden in the world since they change daily. It's much easier to do so with a second monitor instead of alt tabbing between two windows on one.

How would you be able to use your cursor on the second monitor?

A lot of games let you move your cursor between windows when paused.

I have been using a triple monitor setup for a long time, and I have not had a problem with GFWL games. I recently played Gears of War and Fallout 3. The monitors work, although when the game is running, I can;t use my cursor on the other monitor.

Can you tell us what kind of graphics card, and what version of drivers you are using?

Are your monitors running the same resolution? In game, are you running the same resolution as you do when just sitting at the desktop?

These matter. I can use my secondary monitor IF the game is running the same resolution. This makes it quite difficult when playing older games that never supported widescreen.

if the game Microsoft Flight, runs on the wrong screen the solution is as follows, go to the in game setting > graphics, unmark the fullscreen mark, and accept. The game goes into windowed mode, now you can drag it to the correct screen, and then reapply the fullscreen setting, this will make it run on the screen you want in fullscreen.