Dual Monitor Issue

[Guest]

I am running dual monitors, and having a problem w/ the arrangment of the
monitors. In Display Settings, I arrange Monitor 1 above Monitor 2. The
settings take effect w/o any problems. However, if I lock the computer and
then unlock it the settings go back to the default arrangements of the
monitors being side-by-side.

So is there a way to keep it from doing this or is there a way to change the
default arrangement from side-by-side to top and bottom?

Thank you in advance for you help!

 

[DanR]

I am running dual monitors, and having a problem w/ the arrangment of the
monitors. In Display Settings, I arrange Monitor 1 above Monitor 2. The
settings take effect w/o any problems. However, if I lock the computer
and
then unlock it the settings go back to the default arrangements of the
monitors being side-by-side.

So is there a way to keep it from doing this or is there a way to change
the
default arrangement from side-by-side to top and bottom?

Thank you in advance for you help!

No answer but curious. Do you actually have your 2nd monitor physically over
your main monitor.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I do. I am using a laptop with a screen above it.

 

[Steve Thackery]

Sounds like a genuine bug to me.

Does anyone know how to report bugs to the Vista team?

Thack

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

The representation is there to show two monitors, which would generally be
side by side.. the fact that you have one above the other is immaterial..
you will also notice that there is no way to have one facing the other way,
even though that may be the way yours are physically aligned..

Yes, I do. I am using a laptop with a screen above it.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Steve Thackery]

With respect, Mike, you obviously don't know anything about this. It is NOT
merely a representation of two monitors. When you move the little monitor
icons around it adjusts the relative co-ordinates of the two screens in the
OS.

Placing one above the other - or below it - or to either side, moves the
LOGICAL position of the screens in Vista, which affects the desktop size and
shape.

And yes, Vista should definitely remember where the relative positions of
the screens are.

Mike, as an MS MVP you really shouldn't be making pronouncements in areas
you don't have expertise. It reflects badly on the rest of the MVP
community.

Steve

 

[DanR]

With respect, Mike, you obviously don't know anything about this. It is
NOT merely a representation of two monitors. When you move the little
monitor icons around it adjusts the relative co-ordinates of the two
screens in the OS.

Placing one above the other - or below it - or to either side, moves the
LOGICAL position of the screens in Vista, which affects the desktop size
and shape.

And yes, Vista should definitely remember where the relative positions of
the screens are.

Mike, as an MS MVP you really shouldn't be making pronouncements in areas
you don't have expertise. It reflects badly on the rest of the MVP
community.

Steve

I set my 2 monitors up this way just to see what would happen. The one thing
I noticed is that the mouse will track up and down between the monitors
instead of left to right.

 

[Guest]

I've had the same issue getting my monitors to remain arranged backwards to
the default. I have monitor 2 as my secondary extended desktop but since it's
widescreen i had to physically put it where i had space available. So i set
it up to scroll across from the left side of my main monitor to the WS
display. Problem, I lock the computer and on resume it goes back to scrolling
from the right.

Physically it looks like this:
Monitor 2 - Monitor 1

I had it fixed once...then it reverted. Any ideas?

 

[Steve Thackery]

Sorry, no. That's why I said it's almost certainly a bug.

You can definitely do this in XP, and it remembers the setting perfectly.

Steve

 

[Steve Thackery]

I set my 2 monitors up this way just to see what would happen. The one

thing I noticed is that the mouse will track up and down between the
monitors instead of left to right.

That's right. You can even use monitors with different resolutions, and in
that case can choose whether to align the left edges or the right edges (or
the tops and bottoms if the monitors are in the more usual side-by-side
position).

As Velamint says, you can even drag the secondary monitor to the wrong side
of the primary, so the mouse behaviour seems completely confusing - a good
trick to play if someone in the office has left their machine unlocked.

Steve

 

[JW]

Since the Vista drivers for both NVIDIA and ATI graphics card are not yet
complete there is a good chance it is a graphic card driver problem.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

Hutch

Ito could be the way that the installed driver is interacting with Vista..
try using a different version.. mine stays put whatever and I am using
nVidia driver 97.46.. you must be very short of space to have a screen above
a laptop.. I hope that it is fixed down or to the wall securely.. do you not
find that looking up at such close quarters is difficult?

Yes, I do. I am using a laptop with a screen above it.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP]

Dan..

Try the screens corner to corner as in diagonal, if you want some fun with
the mouse pointer..

I set my 2 monitors up this way just to see what would happen. The one
thing I noticed is that the mouse will track up and down between the
monitors instead of left to right.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

 

[DanR]

Have you tried exchanging the VGA/DVI cables on the graphics card(s) so you
don't have to do the monitor 2 / monitor 1 thing?

 

[Guest]

I have 2 monitors also: 1 standard 1600x1200 (primary) and one wide-screen
(secondary.) I have the secondary monitor to the right side of the primary
and rotated 90 degrees (portrait mode,) Vista remembers this configuration
just fine (as XP did) and my graphics card software (nVidia) allows complete,
independent control over each screen.

It never occurred to me to try one above the other, but my experience with
side-side suggests this should work.