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Why won't Windows save my multi-monitor settings?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202653238 views
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I use two monitors (different makes and models but the same 1280x1024 resolution) on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 system. The GPU is an nVidia GeForce 8600GTS, using driver version 8.17.12.8026 dated 3 August 2011. Whever I boot the system, Monitor 1 appears to the right of monitor 2, but on my phisca…

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I've seen this happen occasionally, and usually it's a problem with the initial monitor enumeration. Oftentimes changing to a much newer or older driver revision might fix it - specifically with that card, try removing the Nvidia driver ENTIRELY and…

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