This is probably a stupid question, but is there a way to have two different pictures on the background (one on each screen
Good question. I don't think you can select two image files.
here's what you could do:
if you for example have two full HD monitors, you could make a single image at 3840*1080 px that consits of two pictures side by side (or one big one). then set it as your wallpaper, and select the "tiles" option
what are the pixel dimentions on your monitor?
I recently started using two monitors myself. one thing that's really annoying when using two monitors is that the cursor is drifting from one screen to the other when you're trying to scroll or close a window. I read some solutions on the internet which involved changing the position of the screen are. I didn't find this solution to be any good, but then I found this small program:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddmm/?source=dlp
omongst other things, it allows you to set a timedelay in which the cursor is alowed to migrate across screens.