

Windows Vista couldn't save my settings (second monitor at left side of my primary monitor).ġ) Get the latest driver (my case nvidia chipset) from the Windows update, not the one provided for your notebook manufactory. Vista seems to want to retain the configuration I initially installed with (work desk with the monitor in the right) no matter which monitor is set as primary. With XP it would retain the monitor configurations for each docking station. I have a docking station for both setups. This I still have not been able to fix.Īt work my external is on the right because of my desk position and at home it is on the left because of my desk position/configuration. I have my external monitor, a Dell 2007WFP, sitting on the left side and when the laptop comes out of sleep or lock it always puts it on the right side. What is annoying still is that it does not hold the setting for which side of the laptop the external monitor is on. I am able to set my laptop monitor as my primary (number 1) and it holds that setting. I have set the setting using the nVidia Control panel and that has half fixed the problem (didn't mention that part in the earlier post).

I did this a soon as I installed Vista on the laptop. I downloaded and installed the most recent nVidia drivers from Dell. I have a Dell Latitude D820 with an nVidia Quadro NVS 120M.
