Ultramon Alternative?

I’ve been on the look out for something to use for multiple monitor OTHER THAN Ultramon.  Whilst I like it, I kind of wanted to do something that wasn’t the de facto standard, and something that was preferably free.

After a bit of googling, I found :-

http://www.softsia.com/DynaDeskXP-download-npc5.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/displayfusion.html
http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm

I tried Display Fusion, but it didn’t seem to do the multiple task bar thing (one on each monitor) .. that’s something that I really wanted.  I then tried, and I am currently using the product from MediaChance, called Oscar’s Multi-Monitor TaskBar.

It’s good .. so far.

BatteryBar

I came across a little utility that I eventually installed on my Windows 7 laptop last night.  It’s called BatteryBar, and it’s from this site.  I saw it described on lifehacker.  I didn’t think it would work properly on Windows 7 — but it does, it works well.  I think I’ll keep it installed, as the standard icon you get in the system tray just isn’t that accurate, and doesn’t tell you that much information.

Previously when this laptop was running Windows XP it had a Lenovo / IBM utility that ran in the task bar area that showed battery life, but, since the laptop went to Vista, and now to Windows 7 I’ve been missing that visual clue of battery life.

Check out the utility – you just might like it too.