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11-29-2008
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| | KVM with External Monitor I have a laptop in a docking station with an external monitor. It's hooked up to a KVM switch. Whenever I switch away from that machine, Vista notices that the external monitor is no longer attached so it moves all of my windows to the laptop screen. When I go back to it, it doesn't move all the windows back to where they were (they are all on the laptop screen). Is there anyway to stop this? I just want Vista to leave the windows where they were. TIA - Jeff. |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: KVM with External Monitor Currently I have it going the other way. I guess I could make the laptop the main screen and extend to the monitor. I'll give it a try. "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23oRAS5lUJHA.3668@xxxxxx Quote: > Mufasa <Mufasa@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> >> I have a laptop in a docking station with an external monitor. It's >> hooked up to a KVM switch. Whenever I switch away from that machine, >> Vista notices that the external monitor is no longer attached so it >> moves all of my windows to the laptop screen. When I go back to it, it >> doesn't move all the windows back to where they were (they are all on >> the laptop screen). >> >> Is there anyway to stop this? I just want Vista to leave the windows >> where they were. > > > Can you make the external screen Extend from the laptop screen instead? I > think this will depend on the graphics chip on your laptop. ATi should be > fine, but I am not sure about Intel or nVidia. After changing how the > external monitor displays, you may find UltraMon useful, as it will give > you a Taskbar on the Extended monitor as well. www.ultramon.com > > ss. > |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: KVM with External Monitor I just tried it. And the same thing. Even with the primary being the laptop - when I switch to another machine, everything moves to the laptop screen. When I switch back - it leaves everything on the laptop screen. Not earth shattering but still annoying. XP didn't work that way. "Mufasa" <Mufasa@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B2E93119-76D8-4D6C-A0A7-AF124938476A@xxxxxx Quote: > Currently I have it going the other way. I guess I could make the laptop > the main screen and extend to the monitor. > > I'll give it a try. > > > "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23oRAS5lUJHA.3668@xxxxxx Quote: >> Mufasa <Mufasa@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >>> >>> I have a laptop in a docking station with an external monitor. It's >>> hooked up to a KVM switch. Whenever I switch away from that machine, >>> Vista notices that the external monitor is no longer attached so it >>> moves all of my windows to the laptop screen. When I go back to it, it >>> doesn't move all the windows back to where they were (they are all on >>> the laptop screen). >>> >>> Is there anyway to stop this? I just want Vista to leave the windows >>> where they were. >> >> >> Can you make the external screen Extend from the laptop screen instead? >> I think this will depend on the graphics chip on your laptop. ATi should >> be fine, but I am not sure about Intel or nVidia. After changing how the >> external monitor displays, you may find UltraMon useful, as it will give >> you a Taskbar on the Extended monitor as well. www.ultramon.com >> >> ss. >> |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: KVM with External Monitor In article <#BBwE3iUJHA.3668@xxxxxx>, "Mufasa" <Mufasa@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Whenever I switch away from that machine, Vista notices > that the external monitor is no longer attached so it moves all of my > windows to the laptop screen. notice the disconnect. -- Tobias Weber |
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11-30-2008
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| | Re: KVM with External Monitor So what do you recommend? I've got a linkskey one. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on one. J. "Tobias Weber" <towb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:towb-A6F0B5.17552130112008@xxxxxx Quote: > In article <#BBwE3iUJHA.3668@xxxxxx>, > "Mufasa" <Mufasa@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Whenever I switch away from that machine, Vista notices >> that the external monitor is no longer attached so it moves all of my >> windows to the laptop screen. > Your switch is too cheap. With good ones the graphics card *doesn't* > notice the disconnect. > > -- > Tobias Weber |
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