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Monitor Being Signaled To Turn On Randomly
I have a system with Windows 8.1 on it that has had an annoying issue for a few months now. The system is setup to always be on while the monitors are set to timeout and turn off after a minute of not ...
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External Monitor Resolution Only Available On Extend Display But Changes When Lid Is Closed
I have an Acer Aspire E11 laptop and I am running Windows 8.1 with an older Gateway 17" monitor as a secondary display.
My objective is to use the laptop essentially as a desktop while at home with ...
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Unable to use 3 displays (incl. laptop) at the same time
I have a DELL E6540 with the following specs:
i7 4610M (supports 3 displays according to Intel)
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
1 HDMI port
1 VGA port
Windows 8.1 Enterprise
I think that'...
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How to run 2 external monitors on Dell n7520 laptop
I'm having the n7520 Dell Inspiron notebook, and i'm trying to connect 2 external monitors to it, meaning i want 3 functional monitors at all.
i have bought VGA splitter and have 2 monitors connected ...
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Can Windows 8 handle separate color profiles for multiple displays?
I'm currently using a laptop attached to an external monitor. I only ever use one of the displays at a time (external when at home, laptop when on the road). When I'm only using the external monitor, ...
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windows 8.1 display monitor keeps refresh very fast and cannot do any change in dialogue
in my Thinkpad Lenovo laptop with windows 8.1 installed,i want to change my monitor positioning or resolution but after starting to drag my secondary monitor or resolution drop-down, because the ...
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Graphics card and dual monitors are not functioning correctly
I got a new EVGA GTX 970 graphics card and plugged 2 devices into it. The first is a 27" monitor that is using VGA to DVI to connect to the GPU, and the other is a 32" tv which is connected to the GPU ...
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Dual (VGA + DVI) monitors, only one at a time works
I have 2 monitors, one VGA, other DVI-D (Single Link) and I'm trying to set them up as dual monitors. However, when I connect them both, only the VGA one works. If I disconnect VGA monitor, the DVI-D ...
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Change placement of dialogs when dialogs are thrown by OS?
I'm working with Windows 8.1, x64 (fully patched). Whenever Windows throws a dialog, it does so off-screen:
I'm in a dual monitor configuration, and the display giving me trouble is the primary ...
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Windows 8.1 DPI per monitor: In which situations does it interpolate?
I'm curious about the new "DPI per monitor" feature of Windows 8.1.
My question concerns legacy applications that do support a global DPI setting, but are not yet "per monitor DPI aware". These ...
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Fixing Dell XPS 12 High DPI scaling
I have a Dell XPS 12 with a 12.5" Full HD display, extended onto an external 24" WUXGA display. With the default scaling, text on the Dell screen is unreadably small at normal reading distances, while ...
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Is there a way to set (or disable) DPI scaling for individual monitors (Windows 8.1)
I have three screens connected:
Two 1920x1200 screens that I do not want DPI scaled.
1 4K screen that I do want to scale.
Currently, if I set a 1920x1200 screen to be my "main" display, and then set ...
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Is there a way to specify separate scaling factors for multiple monitors in Windows 8.1? [duplicate]
I have a Samsung Series 7 Ultra laptop with the latest update to Windows 8.1. I am using an additional digital monitor with the same nominal resolution (1080p) as the laptop, but much larger in size (...
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External monitor not going to sleep
I have an Acer Aspire 5750g, my problem is that when my laptop goes to sleep or shut down, the external monitor keep saying that no input and won't go to sleep mode.Everytime I have to turn off the ...
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How to use different scaling for every monitor?
One of the new features in Windows 8.1 is the new "Desktop display scaling", which allows user to configure scaling per monitor. I've been trying to get this working in preview but with no success. If ...
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