Screen Resolution switches from 1920x1080 to 1680x1050 after every restart.

[Ken1943]

How come I see two threads running for the same thing ?

I bet her video card does not remember the monitor.
Correct me if I am wrong, but when you install some drivers, isn't
there a setting to see all compatible devices.
I think I went through that with my ViewSonic monitor and there were
about ? different monitors on that list.


KenW

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

[]

If a problem like this came into my shop and I had this much history
on it, I would remove the system drive and set it away for safe
keeping, then I would temp install a new drive and set Windows up from
scratch. If it works as it should, your hardware is fine and the
problem is with your specific Windows installation.

I'm pretty sure this would fix it - I have tried the monitor on a
different computer (using the same nVidia video card and drivers) and
the 1920x1080 resolution holds fine. Also, when I first installed the
new monitor it worked fine. I don't turn off my computer -ever- so it
probably ran for at least a two or three weeks before I noticed the
'resolution drop after reboot' thingy happening. []
The reason this would be nice is that when my desktop first appears
after a reboot (no icons yet, just the wallpaper), it is at 1920x1080
resolution. Then the screen blanks out for 2-3 seconds (before icons
appear) and comes back at 1680x1050. If I could control each thing
that happens during a bootup, this would be an extremely easy problem
to solve. Maybe an idea for a new utility?

[]
In the meantime, and it's definitely a bodge not a fix for the problem,
could you just insert something that runs at bootup (at the right point
during bootup of course!) that just changes things back to 1920 × 1080?

 

[Paul]

I'm pretty sure this would fix it - I have tried the monitor on a
different computer (using the same nVidia video card and drivers) and
the 1920x1080 resolution holds fine. Also, when I first installed the
new monitor it worked fine. I don't turn off my computer -ever- so it
probably ran for at least a two or three weeks before I noticed the
'resolution drop after reboot' thingy happening.


Definitely not Malware - I run Malwarebytes AntiMalware (Pro), NIS
2013 and have done the on-line malware scans. I don't enjoy
rebuilding. It takes me weeks to get my computer back to doing,
looking and acting right.

BTW - do you know of any program that would sit in the background
during a boot and allow me to 'press space' or whatever key to skip
/interrupt each time a new process or program or service is about to
load?? I remember we had tools like this back in the days of DOS but I
cannot find anything that does this for Win7.

The reason this would be nice is that when my desktop first appears
after a reboot (no icons yet, just the wallpaper), it is at 1920x1080
resolution. Then the screen blanks out for 2-3 seconds (before icons
appear) and comes back at 1680x1050. If I could control each thing
that happens during a bootup, this would be an extremely easy problem
to solve. Maybe an idea for a new utility?

Thanx!

Wanda

You can evaluate Powerstrip for 30 days, before having to pay for it.

http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

The person who writes software on that site, knows *everything*
about registry settings for monitors.

There is a forum as well (so you can read of past experiences).

http://forums.entechtaiwan.com/

Paul

 

[Zaidy036]

I'm pretty sure this would fix it - I have tried the monitor on a
different computer (using the same nVidia video card and drivers) and
the 1920x1080 resolution holds fine. Also, when I first installed the
new monitor it worked fine. I don't turn off my computer -ever- so it
probably ran for at least a two or three weeks before I noticed the
'resolution drop after reboot' thingy happening.


Definitely not Malware - I run Malwarebytes AntiMalware (Pro), NIS
2013 and have done the on-line malware scans. I don't enjoy
rebuilding. It takes me weeks to get my computer back to doing,
looking and acting right.

BTW - do you know of any program that would sit in the background
during a boot and allow me to 'press space' or whatever key to skip
/interrupt each time a new process or program or service is about to
load?? I remember we had tools like this back in the days of DOS but I
cannot find anything that does this for Win7.

The reason this would be nice is that when my desktop first appears
after a reboot (no icons yet, just the wallpaper), it is at 1920x1080
resolution. Then the screen blanks out for 2-3 seconds (before icons
appear) and comes back at 1680x1050. If I could control each thing
that happens during a bootup, this would be an extremely easy problem
to solve. Maybe an idea for a new utility?

Thanx!

Wanda

free Soluto might be some help: https://www.soluto.com/

After a boot analysis it will let you remove or delay programs in the
sequence.

 

[Wanda X. Starr]

free Soluto might be some help: https://www.soluto.com/

After a boot analysis it will let you remove or delay programs in the
sequence.

Thank you! I will give it a try.


Wanda

 

[HarmW]

Hi Wanda

I Installed Windows 7 on an 11 year old DELL Inspiron 8600 Notebook with Nvidia videocontroller.

I ran into the same problem of screen resolution falling back after restart. After googling and fiddling around for several days I couldn't find a solution.

Finally I solved it by "collateral healing".
I followed the advice of Microsoft to disable the Sidebar Gadgets (search for dn261332) via the mentioned Fixit.
For futher cleaning the new installation I had a look at: Control Panel\Programs and selected "Turn Windows Features on or off". There I disabled: "Windows Gadget Platform". To my big surprise, after restarting (Windows does some reconfiguration) the screen resolution didn't fall back anymore!

Regards
Harm, in the Netherlands.