Multiple displays, with primary being HDMI
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Your BIOS settings should include things like "OnBoard" and "Auto" and the third option, all under VGA. Mine, set as OnBoard will not present any signal on the card video. Only the VGA hookup to the motherboard. When I release that default by specifying "Auto" (usually) the video card in the PCIe (double in this case) will kick in and even though the VGA of the motherboard is still allowing a signal, take over the boot splash screen and load under that. It's tricky but once you've got which setting in the BIOS handles which monitor(S), the hand-off to the Windows console for Display/Monitor settings will take everything plugged in into account.
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It's nonsense like this that led me to buying a large (55") 4k TV screen as my single monitor. It is 4 1080p screens all in one. I can put two VS Code instances side by side, each with side docs open, and see everything fine. Given my short term memory challenges it has paid for itself in spades in terms of my boosted productivity and I've not once had to deal with the monitor madness that comes from having more than one.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
Well...the problematic display is exactly that - an LG 4K 40" TV connected via HDMI. So I have the same resolution as you do, only, with smaller pixels. I do get the 4x1080p goodness. Combine that with additional monitors, and I'll bet you'll be seeing windows shift around when the TV powers back on.
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I don't think windows cares how a display is connected. You can configure it to show any way you want
Right, but what I suspect is happening is that - because I hear the "device connected" sound, just as if a new keyboard/mouse/printer/whatever device is connected, it gets added as a brand new device showing up dynamically in Device Manager, and then goes through this additional initialization phase that doesn't take place for VGA. And I think that's this extra initialization/reconfiguring of the desktop layout that messes up what goes where.
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Yeah, multiple monitors and windows is often a mystery. My previous setup was an ACER AIO with an external ACER HDMI monitor. Every now and again when the monitors switched off the external one did not switch on again. I had to power it off and on again to reactivate it. 2 months ago the AIO display died so I replaced it with a new desktop PC and a new display port monitor + the existing external HDMI monitor. Ever since both monitors have never missed a beat: both of them switch off and on exactly when they are supposed to. The previous setup worked OK with windows 10 but behaved erratically with windows 11. The new setup again uses windows 11 but this time it works OK: go figure?
I have a relative with a plain ol' desktop with a video card with two outputs, and once in a blue moon, one of the monitors won't get a signal. The solution is inconsistent. Powering off/back on, physically disconnecting/reconnecting exactly where everything was, *swapping* the connections and then back...it's never the same solution, but ultimately we've narrowed it down to these 3 options, so I stopped getting phonecalls...but I'm told it's still happening. Very strange. But, nothing to do with me in this case...
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The windows don't move when powering off. They move when powering it *back on*.
jschell wrote:
If you want it to switch you need to pop the display setup and set the other to be the primary.
That's exactly what I *don't* want it to do. Windows move on their own - I don't want them to, even if a monitor is not turned on. Specifically - I leave my system on 24/7, except for the monitors. First thing I do in the morning is power on the monitors. That's when windows shift around. And not just from primary to others, but windows that were on #3 switch to #1, and what was on #1 switch to #3 - that sort of thing.
Ah...I misunderstood the original post.
dandy72 wrote:
They move when powering it back on.
Double ah. I cannot ever have that specific problem because when I power down a computer it is actually powered down. There are no windows at all when it starts back up. ---------------------------------------------- Perhaps related or not I do know that when I close a window (especially browser and the editor I use) on my secondary display if that is the last window of the type that I close then next time when I start up then the app opens on that display. So maybe the problem is how it ends up closing windows when you power down?
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Ah...I misunderstood the original post.
dandy72 wrote:
They move when powering it back on.
Double ah. I cannot ever have that specific problem because when I power down a computer it is actually powered down. There are no windows at all when it starts back up. ---------------------------------------------- Perhaps related or not I do know that when I close a window (especially browser and the editor I use) on my secondary display if that is the last window of the type that I close then next time when I start up then the app opens on that display. So maybe the problem is how it ends up closing windows when you power down?
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It's nonsense like this that led me to buying a large (55") 4k TV screen as my single monitor. It is 4 1080p screens all in one. I can put two VS Code instances side by side, each with side docs open, and see everything fine. Given my short term memory challenges it has paid for itself in spades in terms of my boosted productivity and I've not once had to deal with the monitor madness that comes from having more than one.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
honey the codewitch wrote:
a large (55") 4k TV screen as my single monitor
You have a young person's visual acuity. I'm 62, my right eye is prosthetic, and I've had cataract surgery on the left. The largest practical monitor for me is 24" to have readable text without eyestrain or neck pain from swiveling.
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Worth looking for a BIOS setting, I guess. My system is a Beelink (equivalent to Intel's NUC), so it's only got onboard video and, being that form factor, not expecting an external video card to be connected to a separate slot.
dandy72 wrote:
Beelink
Yes, in the case of that hydra, the snakes are calling the shots. Visualize the end of the redbull commercial where the knot of serpents eventually chokes off the conversation due to constricted circulation; the last one thinking probably represents the pipe with the most bad news flowing through it. A BIOS setting which affords the option of AUTO, card or no card, would be overkill wouldn't it? Intel NUCs discourage groping while still in the display case of the brick and mortar in my neck of the woods. And, frankly, online they appear to be less of a mason's trowel and more of a spagetti chef's toque blanche. (all reasons reserved :())
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dandy72 wrote:
Beelink
Yes, in the case of that hydra, the snakes are calling the shots. Visualize the end of the redbull commercial where the knot of serpents eventually chokes off the conversation due to constricted circulation; the last one thinking probably represents the pipe with the most bad news flowing through it. A BIOS setting which affords the option of AUTO, card or no card, would be overkill wouldn't it? Intel NUCs discourage groping while still in the display case of the brick and mortar in my neck of the woods. And, frankly, online they appear to be less of a mason's trowel and more of a spagetti chef's toque blanche. (all reasons reserved :())
I'm...not entirely sure what to make of that. As much as I like having a big tower system that's fully customizable, at this point, nothing's ever coming back on my main desk that isn't in that form factor. Or a laptop, at worse. Heck, the instant there's one that can accommodate 64GB of RAM for reasonably cheap (they're out there, just not cheap) I'll seriously be taking a look at retiring my current VM host.
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Try powering down a monitor (not the computer), if you have a combination of HDMI/VGA (where the HDMI one is your primary). I'll bet windows move around when the HDMI monitor is re-detected.