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cyrus
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      04-23-2008
I have a Vista Ultimate laptop connected to two monitors. I can extend my
desktop to the second monitor just fine. But when I come back from a
meeting, and my screen saver has been on, my desktop is no longer extended.
Both monitors show the display for monitor 1.

The setting is still correct under Display settings and I can fix the issue
by changing Monitor 2 to be the main monitor and then switching it back to
Monitor 1 being the main monitor.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a known fix?

 
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Colin Barnhorst
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      04-23-2008
Have you checked to be sure you have the latest video drivers installed?

"cyrus" <> wrote in message
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>I have a Vista Ultimate laptop connected to two monitors. I can extend my
>desktop to the second monitor just fine. But when I come back from a
>meeting, and my screen saver has been on, my desktop is no longer extended.
>Both monitors show the display for monitor 1.
>
> The setting is still correct under Display settings and I can fix the
> issue by changing Monitor 2 to be the main monitor and then switching it
> back to Monitor 1 being the main monitor.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a known fix?


 
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      04-23-2008
"cyrus" <> wrote in message
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>I have a Vista Ultimate laptop connected to two monitors. I can extend my
>desktop to the second monitor just fine. But when I come back from a
>meeting, and my screen saver has been on, my desktop is no longer extended.
>Both monitors show the display for monitor 1.
>
> The setting is still correct under Display settings and I can fix the
> issue by changing Monitor 2 to be the main monitor and then switching it
> back to Monitor 1 being the main monitor.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a known fix?



I have noticed that I have do swap the monitors over depending on what OS
installation I am using. It seems to happen randomly, and has really
annoyed me. I use desktop monitors, with UltraMon, which allows you to turn
off the secondary monitor, or swap them around very quickly.
www.ultramon.com

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cyrus
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      04-24-2008
It does seem to be working better after upgrading the drivers. Thanks for
the idea.

Cyrus

"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
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> Have you checked to be sure you have the latest video drivers installed?
>
> "cyrus" <> wrote in message
> news:09541E3B-9203-4FCA-8D51-...
>>I have a Vista Ultimate laptop connected to two monitors. I can extend my
>>desktop to the second monitor just fine. But when I come back from a
>>meeting, and my screen saver has been on, my desktop is no longer
>>extended. Both monitors show the display for monitor 1.
>>
>> The setting is still correct under Display settings and I can fix the
>> issue by changing Monitor 2 to be the main monitor and then switching it
>> back to Monitor 1 being the main monitor.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a known fix?

>


 
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