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How to have Photo screensaver display across multiple monitors?
I have 3 monitors. I'm using the default Win7 "Photos" screensaver. I have the rightmost monitor my Primary monitor.
But when the screensaver starts, it displays only on my left monitor. This does ...
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How to disable HDMI or VGA port?
Is it possible to disable a HDMI or VGA port in the registry? Or, how else can I disable one of the display ports?
Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on a Dell Latitude E6530. Dell BIOS version A15, i.e. the ...
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How to sync two monitors and a projector together to display the same game while controlling the recording it from one of the two computer monitors?
I want to display MK9 on a projector and a computer monitor on which the game will be played by two people and record it from a second monitor. All devices will be hooked up to the administrative ...
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How can I preserve the max screen resolution on my external monitor without inducing a magnification effect?
I have a new Dell Lattitude E6540 connected via HDMI to an Asus VH236HL. In both cases, the native resolution is 1920x1080, however the Dell has a 15.6" screen and the Asus has a 23" screen. As a ...
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switch opened windows between two or more monitors?
Is there a shortcut to switch opened windows between two or more monitors? (i.e. Win 1 opened on Monitor 1 is now switched w/ Win 2 opened on Monitor 2 and vice-versa).
I know:
Alt+Tab: But does not ...
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Switch displays when one turned off (Windows 7)
I have a Windows 7 dual monitor setup. I want to trigger and event when I turn off one of the displays. More specifically, when I switch to projector only and the projector is powered off, I want to ...
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TV still detected as monitor when off
I have a desktop computer connected to a monitor via DVI and an Hisense HDTV via HDMI. I have the opposite problem that a lot of people have encountered. Even when I turn my TV off, Windows still sees ...
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Automatically restore windows as monitors are connected and disconnected?
I'm looking for a Windows 7 equivalent to the Mac OS utility Stay that let's you "automatically restore windows as displays are connected and disconnected".
I have a laptop that usually stays ...
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Make HDMI primary output on NVIDIA card?
I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti. In Windows 7, when I select the "Computer Only" option for my display settings, it enabled the monitor I use as my second monitor (DVI output) instead of the ...
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Get Windows 7 to remember my multi-monitor configuration and automatically restore windows when reconnected
I'm looking a way to enable one feature: when I disconnect one of my monitors (e.g. to do a presentation with a projector), when I come back and reconnect that monitor, restore all my windows to where ...
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How to prevent monitor reconfiguration upon opening of laptop lid
I damaged my laptop screen but am already currently saving up for a new laptop, so I didn't want to buy a new screen. What I did instead was use a usb monitor I had at my house as a secondary display. ...
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Eyefinity resolution on third monitor
I'm now using three monitors with resolution capability of 1920x1080.
The one monitor connected to Active Display Port is (from some reason) limited to 1440x900.
Is there a way to increase the ...
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Computer crashes with second video card enabled
I recently added a second GTX 570 graphics card to my computer to run a third monitor. Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H. The computer sees the card and the monitor attached to it. In the display ...
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GeForce 8600GT Composite TV Out does not work
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Hello. I'm sorry for that strange question, but I need to use a composite TV-Out. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT video card and it has an S-Video 7-Pin TV-Out port. I want to use it as ...
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Put one (displayport) monitor to sleep on a multi-monitor system WITHOUT disabling it
I have Windows 7 and an NVIDIA GTX 980 video card. As you know DisplayPort has this stupid autodetect feature which cannot be disabled in the OS, where when you turn a DisplayPort screen off, it ...
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