Recently I wrote an article about using multiple monitors for Microsoft on Windows XP. The good news is that the steps in that article still applies for Windows Vista (except for the screenshots).
The bad news is that Windows Vista doesn’t really improve how Windows works with multiple monitors. Here are some of the flaws: (after the jump)

• The taskbar still only shows up on the primary monitor
• Windows Vista won’t remember your settings when you dock or undock your computer.
• There’s still no easy way to move windows between monitors

The worse news is that Vista (or the Vista drivers) actually add some bugs.

Ultramon helps with all of those. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work perfectly with Vista. If you move a window from the main monitor to a secondary monitor with the smart taskbar, sometimes the taskbar button moves. Other times, it doesn’t. So, it gets really confusing when some taskbar buttons are on the wrong monitor.

Monitor detection seems to be a real problem. Often, when i start up my computer, it detects my monitors incorrectly and won’t let me put them into a normal resolution. It helps to put my computer in Sleep before docking or undocking, but sometimes I still need to restart the the computer to get the monitors detected correctly. I’ve assigned hotkeys to different monitor profiles in Ultramon. Sometimes, pressing the hotkeys configures the displays correctly. Other times, it just doesn’t work.
Just wanted to warn other users of multiple monitors, give the work-arounds I’ve found, and solicit advice for fixing these problems.