PC: Set main monitor?
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letotof Posted messages 2149 Status Member -
letotof Posted messages 2149 Status Member -
Hello!
I recently purchased a TV
I decided to connect it to my PC for movie nights (it's more comfortable!).
My big issue is that the TV becomes the primary monitor by default when I plug it into my PC (HDMI vs DVI connection for the PC).
Of course, my PC is in a different room from the TV.
My question: is it possible to change settings BEFORE I connect my TV so that the HDMI connection is not set as the "primary display" by default? (implied: how can I keep my main display regardless of the number of screens connected?) because managing setting changes from the next room is a bit cumbersome with the back-and-forth (I have a wired mouse...)
I recently purchased a TV
I decided to connect it to my PC for movie nights (it's more comfortable!).
My big issue is that the TV becomes the primary monitor by default when I plug it into my PC (HDMI vs DVI connection for the PC).
Of course, my PC is in a different room from the TV.
My question: is it possible to change settings BEFORE I connect my TV so that the HDMI connection is not set as the "primary display" by default? (implied: how can I keep my main display regardless of the number of screens connected?) because managing setting changes from the next room is a bit cumbersome with the back-and-forth (I have a wired mouse...)
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Hello
unplug your HDMI/DVI cable and press the Windows key on your keyboard (it's the key located at the bottom left between the Ctrl and Alt keys) + P, then select Extend. After that, plug your screen back in, restart your PC, and it should normally be recognized as a secondary display.
To check if your TV screen is recognized as Screen 2, follow these steps:
For your screen:
Start, Control Panel, Change screen resolution,
set your screen to the highest resolution, which is 1920 x 1080, it says recommended.
Orientation: set it to Landscape.
Display: set it to Extend these displays so you'll have your desktop background and shortcuts on your PC screen, and only the desktop background from the PC on your TV screen.-
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argh
Technique applied unsuccessfully:
The windows+P has its advantages in that I can attempt the screen duplication system, but my desktop ends up being seriously messed up as a result.
The "extend display" trick unfortunately doesn't help :-(
Additional information:
Actually, originally on my PC I have 2 screens (DVI connection)
I can't display all 3 screens at once (graphics card, I suppose).
Currently, this gives me:
No. 1: HDMI connection (=TV)
No. 2: secondary screen
No. 3: primary screen
So I unplug my secondary screen (No. 2 in the Cjoint link)
And then "poof poof", my main screen becomes screen No. 2 and becomes secondary.
http://www.cjoint.com/c/FDqjQl2QZqX
I tried in the control panel > screen resolution:
Select screen No. 1 (TV): extend the desktop to this display
Select screen No. 2 (secondary): disconnect this display
If I place my cursor on screen No. 3: I get confirmation that "this is currently your main display" ← very good.
I click "apply", and guess what? -_- my main screen (No. 3) becomes secondary, and my TV becomes primary.
What am I missing?
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Solution found in the end it seems:
When the 3 screens are connected:
select screen n°1 (TV): "extend the desktop to this display"
select screen n°2 (secondary): "disconnect this display"
"apply",
my main screen (n°3) becomes secondary, and my TV becomes the main one.
→ selection of screen n°3 (PC): "make this display the primary display"
(a complicated task because it has to be managed from a distance, but only once!)
and HOP
if I disable a screen/reactivate & co, my screen n°3 remains the main screen :-)
Thank you very much Letotof for your valuable help! -
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