Blinking screens

I am currently on Win 1809. I have two monitors, and use the system tool to
change the color temp of the screens at night. Lately I have notices that
when the system is doing the change, my screens will switch back and forth
between the two color temps for a few seconds.

I have a GTX 1050 graphics card, but that was installed several months ago,
so I don't believe it has any relevance to this situation. I can't remember
if the onset of this occurring corresponds to any updates from Microsoft or
not.

Any suggestions appreciated.

lonelydad wrote:

I am currently on Win 1809. I have two monitors, and use the system
tool to change the color temp of the screens at night. Lately I have
notices that when the system is doing the change, my screens will
switch back and forth between the two color temps for a few seconds.

I have a GTX 1050 graphics card, but that was installed several
months ago, so I don't believe it has any relevance to this
situation. I can't remember if the onset of this occurring
corresponds to any updates from Microsoft or not.

If you permit WinX to automatically update drivers, those could include
the INF file(s) for your _unidentified_ monitor. You might reconsider
configuring Windows Update to /NOT/ allow driver updates. These are
like committing brain surgery on your hardware, and the latest aren't
always the best, or even the correct ones proffered by the WU server.

Go to your monitor maker's web site and see if they provide drivers or
..inf files to better define your monitor to the OS instead of using some
generic model. The driver/INF bundled with Windows may be a generic
driver instead of specifically for your particular make and model.
Drivers downloaded via Windows Update may not be the best match on your
hardware, especially if it is within a family of products, the driver
covers the entire family or a particular version within, and you have a
different version of a model within that product family. Driver updates
are too dangerous to be left in the hands of Microsoft to change the
state of your OS setup. Plus, if hardware is working then you don't
need a new version, new versions remove old compatibility to add new
compatibility, and new code fixes some old bugs but also introduces new
bugs.

If your unidentified monitor is too old for its maker to supply
WinX-specific drivers, you're stuck using the generic ones bundled in
Windows or those WU thinks are the best match.

When I did a fresh install of WinX, Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) listed
my Dell S2719DM monitor as some generic model. I got the driver from
the Dell's site and installed it. Afterward, Device Manager identified
my monitor by its S2719DM model number, plus the "Driver Provider"
changed from Microsoft to Dell. To make sure your monitor is best
matched on its feature set, get the driver from the monitor's maker.

lonelydad wrote:
I am currently on Win 1809. I have two monitors, and use the system tool to
change the color temp of the screens at night. Lately I have notices that
when the system is doing the change, my screens will switch back and forth
between the two color temps for a few seconds.

I have a GTX 1050 graphics card, but that was installed several months ago,
so I don't believe it has any relevance to this situation. I can't remember
if the onset of this occurring corresponds to any updates from Microsoft or
not.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Apparently it will stop, if you go back to 1709 :-)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/c...color_profile/

At least they had a lot of fun testing it...

Paul

VanguardLH wrote in :

lonelydad wrote:

I am currently on Win 1809. I have two monitors, and use the system
tool to change the color temp of the screens at night. Lately I have
notices that when the system is doing the change, my screens will
switch back and forth between the two color temps for a few seconds.

I have a GTX 1050 graphics card, but that was installed several
months ago, so I don't believe it has any relevance to this
situation. I can't remember if the onset of this occurring
corresponds to any updates from Microsoft or not.

I have two AOC monitors, and both are using an AOC driver.

lonelydad wrote:

VanguardLH wrote in :

lonelydad wrote:

I am currently on Win 1809. I have two monitors, and use the system
tool to change the color temp of the screens at night. Lately I have
notices that when the system is doing the change, my screens will
switch back and forth between the two color temps for a few seconds.

I have a GTX 1050 graphics card, but that was installed several
months ago, so I don't believe it has any relevance to this
situation. I can't remember if the onset of this occurring
corresponds to any updates from Microsoft or not.

I have two AOC monitors, and both are using an AOC driver.

As Paul pointed out, might be a defect in the 1809 build. See:

https://support.datacolor.com/index....oaded-randomly

You could try enabling the "Use my settings for this device" option.
Did you leave the Game Bar enabled in Windows 10? For me, I thought
this was a stupid feature. I don't have an Xbox, never will have an
Xbox, and would like to get rid of all the Xbox crap in Windows 10.

https://www.drivethelife.com/windows...rs-update.html