I have a laptop with a USB to VGA adapter which allows me to add a third monitor to my laptop (the second monitor uses the onboard slot).
It worked fine on Windows Vista – you could go into Windows’ display settings and Windows would recognize the third monitor and let you drag it around accordingly. With Windows 7, the third monitor literally is not there in Windows’ display settings. The driver allows you to display to the third monitor, but you can’t move where it is. The display settings are misplaced relative to my other two (if you drag windows over to it, they end up on the bottom when it should be aligned).
I called tech support and they said that there isn’t a driver with this functionality for Windows 7 yet. But here’s my hunch. The monitor placement is still somewhat similar to where I had it on Vista, it’s just off about 500 pixels or so. I think there is either a registry key or driver file somewhere that is telling this monitor where to exist. If I could just modify the number and move it up 500 pixels, it would be in the right place and I don’t have to wait 6 months for the company to come out with a new driver.
Any ideas?
Solution:
Check out the various keys and folders in
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIGSystemCurrentControlSetControlVideoSpecifically in the innermost MonXXXXXXX sub-folders should be Attach.RelativeX and Attach.RelativeY values which are the monitors’ location in relation to pixel 0,0.
Strangely when I check a Windows 7 machine here with two monitors, it doesn’t seem to show the second monitor. But my XP machine shows all three of mine, so your mileage may vary.
If nothing else it’s a place to start!