What software to make multi-monitor setup comfortable and efficient?

Posted by Piotr Dobrogost on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Piotr Dobrogost
Published on 2009-07-15T13:27:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 17:07 UTC
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Having more than one monitor is fun but... one needs some extra tools to make it comfortable and efficient setup.

Do you know any such for Windows?

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