A quiz, about window positioning

1. Lots of program windows on the start menu, set up in a particular
way.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up window
positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.


























Press the Reset button!

Wait for the system to settle down and then use Reset. Windows
forgets any changes to window positions. Therefore you come back
with all your old and correct window positions.

Yes, there are other ways of swabbing a video card without messing
up window positions, but that requires foresight...

John Doe wrote:
1. Lots of program windows on the start menu, set up in a particular
way.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up window
positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.



Sure, don't swap video cards.

There is a simple reason why it happens. When you swap a card it uses a
different driver. Windows first loads the generic low resolution VGA
driver. Lower resolution and lack of multi-monitor support *must* change
windows positions otherwise windows may "appear" off screen and
unreachable. (I have had this happen when MS Word decided to load in a
non-existent 2nd monitor when I lost a monitor once...) Then after
Windows finds and installs correct driver you get your full resolution.
How would Windows know what your previous setting were if the windows
moved? How would is differentiate a new window position because it had
to move to stay on screen from you the user moving it? If application
stores them in registry as some do then the simple answer is don't
launch them until *after* the new driver is installed and your monitor
is back to full resolution.



Press the Reset button!

Wait for the system to settle down and then use Reset. Windows
forgets any changes to window positions. Therefore you come back
with all your old and correct window positions.

Yes, there are other ways of swabbing a video card without messing
up window positions, but that requires foresight...


IMO pressing the Reset button is not a preferred method.


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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

The subject has nothing to do with WHY Windows changes window
positions. Nobody needs to know why, there is no way to change that
behavior, given the circumstance.

Any idiot would know better than to suggest "don't swap video cards"
when the argument assumes swapping video cards is done for a reason.

The feeble attempt at an alternative "pressing the Reset button is
not a preferred method" is less than half-baked.

A moronic troll...

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John Doe wrote:
1. Lots of program windows on the start menu, set up in a particular
way.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up window
positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.



Sure, don't swap video cards.

There is a simple reason why it happens. When you swap a card it uses a
different driver. Windows first loads the generic low resolution VGA
driver. Lower resolution and lack of multi-monitor support *must* change
windows positions otherwise windows may "appear" off screen and
unreachable. (I have had this happen when MS Word decided to load in a
non-existent 2nd monitor when I lost a monitor once...) Then after
Windows finds and installs correct driver you get your full resolution.
How would Windows know what your previous setting were if the windows
moved? How would is differentiate a new window position because it had
to move to stay on screen from you the user moving it? If application
stores them in registry as some do then the simple answer is don't
launch them until *after* the new driver is installed and your monitor
is back to full resolution.



Press the Reset button!

Wait for the system to settle down and then use Reset. Windows
forgets any changes to window positions. Therefore you come back
with all your old and correct window positions.

Yes, there are other ways of swabbing a video card without messing
up window positions, but that requires foresight...


IMO pressing the Reset button is not a preferred method.


--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

John Doe kirjoitti 14.03.2018 klo 18.48:
1. Lots of program windows on the start menu, set up in a particular
way.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up window
positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.



This might help?+
Desktop Save and Restore by JOConnell

http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http...toprestore.htm

I have it my Win10 system (2 monitors 1920*1080 + 4k TV as 3rd display)


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I made an editing mistake.

I should have said something like...

1. Lots of windows coming from programs on the start menu, set up in
a particular way.

But intelligent people can figure it out from the context.


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"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:48:10 -0000, John Doe wrote:

1. Lots of program windows on the start menu, set up in a particular
way.

You've lost me already. I have icons on my start menu. Windows don't go on menus.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up window
positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.


























Press the Reset button!

Wait for the system to settle down and then use Reset. Windows
forgets any changes to window positions. Therefore you come back
with all your old and correct window positions.

Yes, there are other ways of swabbing a video card without messing
up window positions, but that requires foresight...

tumppiw wrote:

John Doe kirjoitti:

1. Lots of programs on the start menu, set to display in a
particular way.

2. You swap video cards.

3. Plug it back together and start up.

4. Windows defaults to low resolution and totally messes up
window positions.

5. After the system settles down, Windows changes to a high
resolution. But all of your window positions are still messed up.

6. What do you do??? Answer below.

This might help?+ Desktop Save and Restore by JOConnell

http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?

http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm

I have it my Win10 system (2 monitors 1920*1080 + 4k TV as 3rd
display)

The last window (of a given set) you close is the way that type of
window will open next time. In other words... All WordPad windows will
open the way you closed the last WordPad window.

A utility that places windows here and there might allow for different
positioning of same type windows, if you are into that.