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10-Jul-2009, 01:54 PM #1
Question Solved: Dual Screen Issue
This one has me stumped. I have two screens, one DVI and one VGA on an nVidia card. All was well until the other day when I unplugged the VGA monitor to use on a computer I was repairing. After plugging it back in my display settings are not correct.

My DVI, which is physically on the left thinks it is on the right.
My VGA which is physically on the right thinks that it doesn't exist and that it is the primary.

So my problem is that I can't access anything on the primary screen, which would include my start menu, display settings and generally anything that would help me out here.

What I've done so far:

Safe mode, change resolution, reboot.
Reboot with all combinations of displays attached.
System restore.

What I'm about to do:

Safe mode, uninstall the graphics card, reboot.

I'd appreciate any input!
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10-Jul-2009, 02:02 PM #2
Right click on the desktop(should work on either one) and select Properties. Go to the Settings tab and you should have two monitors displayed. Click and drag one to the other side to re-arrange the layout.
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10-Jul-2009, 02:09 PM #3
Thanks sludge, but that didn't work. As the primary display was non existent, I couldn't get to the Display Properties window, which would open on the primary monitor.
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10-Jul-2009, 02:11 PM #4
I uninstalled the Video Card in Safe Mode and rebooted. Both displays are running. I'm reinstalling the drivers now but this looks like it worked.
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10-Jul-2009, 02:12 PM #5
Good ol' re-install. Well if you manage to sort it out don't forget to mark the thread as solved. Any more problems let us know.
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10-Jul-2009, 02:57 PM #6
Ok we're up and running.

To recap the solution:

-Booted into Safe Mode.
-Uninstalled Graphics Card Driver
-Booted Normally
-Downloaded updated driver and reinstalled.
-Reconfigured dual screen setup.
-Good to go.

Thanks!
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