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Why won't Windows 7 remember my screen resolution settings?

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Mar 15, 202631468 views
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I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I use it in three situations: Connected to docking station with two LCD monitors at 1280 x 1024. Connected to docking station with two 21" LCD monitors at 1680 x 1050 In regular laptop mode (using the native monitor). In all three situations, my screen resolution gets…

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Fix for: Why won't Windows 7 remember my screen resolution settings?

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As far as I am aware, there's no way to force Windows 7 to not use settings it autodetects from the graphics hardware. This is fundamentally the same problem as How to disable monitor auto detection in Windows 7? -- it appears Windows thinks what th…

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