Default monitor

I connected a secondary monitor to my laptop and designated it as the default
monitor. When changing to higher resolution I selected one which now displays
a dialogue box "input not supported" on the default monitor. Now I cannot
reset the resolution as the laptop displays only the desktop when cable is
connected to the other monitor, and when the cable is not connected I cannot
change the default. It seems to be a catch 22 as Windows automatically
identifies the primary display and applies the previous settings. Can anyone
advise how to change the primary display on the laptop without connecting to
the secondary monitor.

connect it, make the one you want the default power down and disconnect the
other one.

"mpe" <> wrote in message
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>I connected a secondary monitor to my laptop and designated it as the
>default
> monitor. When changing to higher resolution I selected one which now
> displays
> a dialogue box "input not supported" on the default monitor. Now I cannot
> reset the resolution as the laptop displays only the desktop when cable is
> connected to the other monitor, and when the cable is not connected I
> cannot
> change the default. It seems to be a catch 22 as Windows automatically
> identifies the primary display and applies the previous settings. Can
> anyone
> advise how to change the primary display on the laptop without connecting
> to
> the secondary monitor.

"mpe" <> wrote in message
news:FE5FB3DD-D1CD-4DAB-AB95-...
>I connected a secondary monitor to my laptop and designated it as the
>default
> monitor. When changing to higher resolution I selected one which now
> displays
> a dialogue box "input not supported" on the default monitor. Now I cannot
> reset the resolution as the laptop displays only the desktop when cable is
> connected to the other monitor, and when the cable is not connected I
> cannot
> change the default. It seems to be a catch 22 as Windows automatically
> identifies the primary display and applies the previous settings. Can
> anyone
> advise how to change the primary display on the laptop without connecting
> to
> the secondary monitor.

Yes, it's a very annoying problem.

You can configure UltraMon to swap primary/secondary using the system tray
(notification area) icon.

www.ultramon.com

ss.