Vista - When display sleeps it forgets dual monitor setup?

How and why does this happen?

When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I wake the
machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop setup with
dual displays.

This is very annoying. How can I fix this?

What video card do you have?

George

On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
> How and why does this happen?
>
> When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I wake the
> machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop setup with
> dual displays.
>
> This is very annoying. How can I fix this?

Device manager says:

NVIDIA Quadro NVS120M (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)

This is a Dell Latitude D820 notebook. The external display is either a
Samsung BW225 LCD or a Viewsonic EFB22(?) Graphic series, depending on which
office I'm in. The results are the same no matter which display I'm using -
after screen saver awake from sleep, for example coming back from lunch, the
display setup changes.

Thanks for any light you can shed. Someone said theirs by using specific
Vista drivers for the displays but I cannot find any Vista specific to
either the internal 1920x1200 or external screens. Hard to believe Vista
would redetect hardware every time it awakes but maybe that is the case.

-Bob

"George" <aglozier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174343568.618468.202400@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> What video card do you have?
>
> George
>
> On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
>> How and why does this happen?
>>
>> When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I wake
>> the
>> machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop setup
>> with
>> dual displays.
>>
>> This is very annoying. How can I fix this?
>

I have a pair of 19" CRTs connected to my Nvidia 7600GT. I use the
Nvida control panel and have them "Configured Independently". I have
no problem losing the setting when it wakes up.

Have you downloaded and installed the lastest drivers from Nvidia
(100.65)?

George

On Mar 20, 12:07 am, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
> Device manager says:
>
> NVIDIA Quadro NVS120M (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
>
> This is a Dell Latitude D820 notebook. The external display is either a
> Samsung BW225 LCD or a Viewsonic EFB22(?) Graphic series, depending on which
> office I'm in. The results are the same no matter which display I'm using -
> after screen saver awake from sleep, for example coming back from lunch, the
> display setup changes.
>
> Thanks for any light you can shed. Someone said theirs by using specific
> Vista drivers for the displays but I cannot find any Vista specific to
> either the internal 1920x1200 or external screens. Hard to believe Vista
> would redetect hardware every time it awakes but maybe that is the case.
>
> -Bob
>
> "George" <agloz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1174343568.618468.202400@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > What video card do you have?
>
> > George
>
> > On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
> >> How and why does this happen?
>
> >> When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I wake
> >> the
> >> machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop setup
> >> with
> >> dual displays.
>
> >> This is very annoying. How can I fix this?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

"George" <aglozier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174407253.311150.174450@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>I have a pair of 19" CRTs connected to my Nvidia 7600GT. I use the
> Nvida control panel and have them "Configured Independently". I have
> no problem losing the setting when it wakes up.
>
> Have you downloaded and installed the lastest drivers from Nvidia
> (100.65)?
>
> George

Doing it now. Thanks for the tip.

-Bob

No joy. I downloaded 100.65 and got this message when trying to run the
install:

"The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible
with your current hardware. Setup will now exit".

I think because the Dell NVIDA is OEM. I'll keep checking the Dell website
and hope they produce an update soon.

-Bob


"George" <aglozier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174407253.311150.174450@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>I have a pair of 19" CRTs connected to my Nvidia 7600GT. I use the
> Nvida control panel and have them "Configured Independently". I have
> no problem losing the setting when it wakes up.
>
> Have you downloaded and installed the lastest drivers from Nvidia
> (100.65)?
>
> George
>
> On Mar 20, 12:07 am, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
>> Device manager says:
>>
>> NVIDIA Quadro NVS120M (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
>>
>> This is a Dell Latitude D820 notebook. The external display is either a
>> Samsung BW225 LCD or a Viewsonic EFB22(?) Graphic series, depending on
>> which
>> office I'm in. The results are the same no matter which display I'm
>> using -
>> after screen saver awake from sleep, for example coming back from lunch,
>> the
>> display setup changes.
>>
>> Thanks for any light you can shed. Someone said theirs by using specific
>> Vista drivers for the displays but I cannot find any Vista specific to
>> either the internal 1920x1200 or external screens. Hard to believe Vista
>> would redetect hardware every time it awakes but maybe that is the case.
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>> "George" <agloz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1174343568.618468.202400@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > What video card do you have?
>>
>> > George
>>
>> > On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
>> >> How and why does this happen?
>>
>> >> When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I
>> >> wake
>> >> the
>> >> machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop
>> >> setup
>> >> with
>> >> dual displays.
>>
>> >> This is very annoying. How can I fix this?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>

Dell had an update for the D820. Now when I right-click I have the NVIDIA
control panel. It' snow remembering which is the primary and the
resolutions, but it will not save the orientation, meaning the primary
display defaults to the left when it should be on the right.

Another annoying thing is when I save an NVIDIA profile it is not visible to
load because it is under C:\program files.

Getting closer but still not right.

-Bob

Ha, after I lock and unlock it moves my task bar to the other screen while
my desktop icons are still on what was the primary. I think I liked it
better without the NVIDIA driver. To be fair I think Dell's implementation
is missing some features: there is no option to change the resolution within
the NVIDIA control panel even though the description says it does.


"George" <aglozier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1174407253.311150.174450@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>I have a pair of 19" CRTs connected to my Nvidia 7600GT. I use the
> Nvida control panel and have them "Configured Independently". I have
> no problem losing the setting when it wakes up.
>
> Have you downloaded and installed the lastest drivers from Nvidia
> (100.65)?
>
> George
>
> On Mar 20, 12:07 am, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
>> Device manager says:
>>
>> NVIDIA Quadro NVS120M (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
>>
>> This is a Dell Latitude D820 notebook. The external display is either a
>> Samsung BW225 LCD or a Viewsonic EFB22(?) Graphic series, depending on
>> which
>> office I'm in. The results are the same no matter which display I'm
>> using -
>> after screen saver awake from sleep, for example coming back from lunch,
>> the
>> display setup changes.
>>
>> Thanks for any light you can shed. Someone said theirs by using specific
>> Vista drivers for the displays but I cannot find any Vista specific to
>> either the internal 1920x1200 or external screens. Hard to believe Vista
>> would redetect hardware every time it awakes but maybe that is the case.
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>> "George" <agloz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1174343568.618468.202400@n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > What video card do you have?
>>
>> > George
>>
>> > On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, "just bob" <kilbyfan-...@net.com> wrote:
>> >> How and why does this happen?
>>
>> >> When I come back to my machine after being gone for a while when I
>> >> wake
>> >> the
>> >> machine up it always forgets my settings for the extended desktop
>> >> setup
>> >> with
>> >> dual displays.
>>
>> >> This is very annoying. How can I fix this?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>

I dont think this is a Nvidia or an issue with your laptop. i have been running Vista 32 bit on my previous laptop with an Nvidia GeForce 60 6800 with the same issue. i just got my new unit and loaded 64 bit. on it with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and have the vary same issue. this is the first posts i have found in 3 months of looking for this issue. it has to be a system wide issue but i havent found the solution for it yet.

Interesting post but rather irrelevent. Because you deleted what you were
commenting on so noone knows anything other than you've used two video
cards. Not very exciting. And this is not a web site so what you see is not
what most see.
"Ruger_fan" <Ruger_fan.2ob96e@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:Ruger_fan.2ob96e@no-mx.forums.net...
>
> I dont think this is a Nvidia or an issue with your laptop. i have been
> running Vista 32 bit on my previous laptop with an Nvidia GeForce 60
> 6800 with the same issue. i just got my new unit and loaded 64 bit. on
> it with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and have the vary same issue. this
> is the first posts i have found in 3 months of looking for this issue.
> it has to be a system wide issue but i havent found the solution for it
> yet.
>
>
> --
> Ruger_fan