my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
where i cannot see them?

rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
>This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
>reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
>While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
>selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
>on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
>laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
>How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
>where i cannot see them?

Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.

how can i boot into safe mode flying blind with nothing on the monitor or
display? now nothing is even showing up on the monitor

"PD43" wrote:

> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
> >where i cannot see them?
>
> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
>

sorry....safe mode did nothing to help

"PD43" wrote:

> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
> >where i cannot see them?
>
> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
>

rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>sorry....safe mode did nothing to help

And what did you see? Same thing?


>
>"PD43" wrote:
>
>> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
>> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
>> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
>> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
>> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
>> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
>> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
>> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
>> >where i cannot see them?
>>
>> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
>>

i was able to boot into safe mode and had a normal screen. when i went into
display settings, i tried to change the device, but it did not have that
option. so when it booted back up normally, it did was right back to where
it started.
i wonder if i can change the display adapter somewhere else?


"PD43" wrote:

> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >sorry....safe mode did nothing to help
>
> And what did you see? Same thing?
>
>
> >
> >"PD43" wrote:
> >
> >> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
> >> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
> >> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
> >> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
> >> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
> >> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
> >> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
> >> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
> >> >where i cannot see them?
> >>
> >> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
> >>
>

rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i was able to boot into safe mode and had a normal screen. when i went into
>display settings, i tried to change the device, but it did not have that
>option. so when it booted back up normally, it did was right back to where
>it started.
>i wonder if i can change the display adapter somewhere else?

I should have told you to run system restore while there.

Go back and restore to a point prior to when this all started.


>
>
>"PD43" wrote:
>
>> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >sorry....safe mode did nothing to help
>>
>> And what did you see? Same thing?
>>
>>
>> >
>> >"PD43" wrote:
>> >
>> >> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
>> >> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
>> >> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
>> >> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
>> >> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
>> >> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
>> >> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
>> >> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
>> >> >where i cannot see them?
>> >>
>> >> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
>> >>
>>

system restore did the trick. why didn't i think of that sooner! Thank you!

"PD43" wrote:

> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >sorry....safe mode did nothing to help
>
> And what did you see? Same thing?
>
>
> >
> >"PD43" wrote:
> >
> >> rhambrock65 <rhambrock65@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >my laptop display went out and I hooked up the monitor from my desktop.
> >> >This was working fine for a while. I rebooted to recently and for some
> >> >reason the disply settings changed. So I went into the display settings.
> >> >While trying to change the resolution back to where it was, I inadvertently
> >> >selected the multiple monitor setting and applied it. Now, nothing comes up
> >> >on the monitor. It appears to be off screen to the left, but since the
> >> >laptop display does not function, I cannot see any of this.
> >> >How can I change this back if all the windows screen pop up to the left
> >> >where i cannot see them?
> >>
> >> Boot into Safe Mode and see what happens.
> >>
>