dual monitor mode not sticky

[mbkelly]

MS Windows XP Pro, SP 3

After every reboot, the dual monitor mode must be re-enabled. The computer does not remember.

I right click on the background, Select Properties, then Settings. The option:
Extend my Windows desktop on to this montior.
is selected, but the monitor is not active.

To make it active, I disable that option (turn off the check box as it is always checked), then select apply. After the screen recycles, I enable that option, back to where it was, select Apply, the monitors flash a bit, and both are functional. The extra monitor is above the first rather than to the right or left, and Windows remembers that, meaning it does remember something about dual monitors.

But after every reboot, I must go through the same procedure.

What can I do to make the dual monitor setting remain effective thorugh a reboot cycle?

Thank you.

 

[vacunita]

Sounds like a driver issue. Try updating your Video card drivers to the latest ones.

Have you tried this with another user see if it sticks then?
May be be the beginnings of a corrupted profile.





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[mbkelly]

I just tried that. Even created a new account. If dual mode is working, when I log off and back on to another acount, it is still working. After every reboot, it turns off and must be re-enabled.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.

 

[vacunita]

In that case try updating the Video card Drivers.

Since you haven;t mentioned it, what is the make and model of the Video Card?

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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Not sure if this would work, but try running sfc. Bring up command prompt, type sfc/scannow and see what happens.

If that does not work, remove your current drivers, run a good registry cleaner like the one listed below, then reinstall the drivers.

http://download.cnet.com/Eusing-Free-Registry-Cleaner/3000-2094_4-10521691.html?tag=mncol

May or may not help. Just something to try.

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[Sympology]

Is the monitor powered up and NOT in a sleep mode when you boot? Try turning off the monitor, back on and boot the pc.

Is it a laptop? Are there any settings inthe BIOS for dual monitors?

Do you get the same with a cloned desktop instead of extended?

Stu..


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