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Find the process thats disabling my second monitor

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Mar 15, 2026340 views
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Problem

I'm having a problem with my second monitor being disabled on some boots (seems totally random, but I would estimate it happens 30-40% of the time). When I boot the computer, I get to the Windows login screen and my second monitor is enabled and I can move my mouse around the second monitor. After …

Error Output

Computer: HP Compaq Presario 8710p 
GPU: nVidia Quadro NVS 320M 
Driver: 6.14.0011.7470

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Fix for: Find the process thats disabling my second monitor

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Use msconfig tool to disable your startup processes one by one. It is of course going to be more difficult to find the process because it happens at random... so my first try would be to disable all startup items and check if it is really some app t…

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