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I need help with my monitor settings / I messed something up...

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by patrickbarnes, 2006/09/25.

  1. 2006/09/25
    patrickbarnes

    patrickbarnes Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi all.. here is a summation of what I did... please help with how I can fix...

    o I recently got a new computer and I hooked up 2 monitors to it.
    o I wanted to set up my monitor configuration as a 2 monitor system.
    o I opened the Control Panel, Display, Settings tab, where I saw a 1,2, and 3 monitor, but when I clicked on the Identify button, both monitors displayed the number 1. (I should’ve stopped there)
    o I clicked on monitor 2 in the Settings tab, and checked the box to extend my Windows desktop to this monitor, I also checked that I wanted this to be my primary monitor.
    o Then I checked the Apply button. My desktop went blank.
    o Thinking back on it, when I clicked the Identify button and only the number 1 appeared on both monitors, I should have realized then that I should not have made the monitor 2 the primary monitor, since my system wasn’t recognizing my 2 monitors as 2 separate monitors.
    o I now have no desktop to work with. It seems my desktop icons were left on monitor 1, which is no longer active. If I can get back to monitor 1, I’ll go back into the Control panel and make monitor 1 as my primary monitor, which I believe will fix my problem, but without a desktop to see, I cannot get to the control panel.
    o If I reboot, It goes back to monitor 2.
    o Is there a "hot" key on the keyboard or a way I can get off monitor 2, and back to my desktop?
    o If not, how can I change my monitor settings without the start button, or desktop icons to work with?
     
  2. 2006/09/25
    jw25

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    Try booting to Safe Mode. Turn off pc, turn on, tap F8 until the boot menu comes up. Select Safe Mode and try to fix it from there.
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    You could also try switching the monitor cables at the graphics card.
     

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