[CQ-Contest] Win TEN fails to reactivate second monitor after Creator Edition Update

[Ria Jairam]

I lost an AMD radeon HD4850 to Windows 10 as well. This is partially
Microsoft's fault but also AMD's unwillingness to update the driver
for Windows 10.

Eventually the latest creators' update forced my resolution down to
1024x768, so I was forced to buy a new video card. I got one with an
nVidia chipset this time.

Ria
N2RJ

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Mike Ritz <w7vo at comcast.net> wrote:
> I had a similar issue with my 3 station logging computers, which each use dual monitors. Turns out that my video cards are older ones and W10 decided that instead of using the drivers it was using from ATI (the dual monitor video card manufacturer), it would revert them back to the Default Windows drivers. I lost the second monitor capability, and the first monitor went to standard VGA resolution. Of course this happened in the middle of the last CW contest, even though I thought I had updated everything the day before. The moral, leave the computers on for SEVERAL days before a major test, not just one!
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
>
>> On December 24, 2017 at 6:38 AM Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Barry,
>>
>> Win X has had a reputation for doing things like this after every major
>> update.
>>
>> I would also STRONGLY suggest that you recheck ALL of your privacy related
>> settings.  You may find that a great many options that you turned off have
>> been turned back on.
>>
>> You will also, more likely than not, find that many other Micro$oft features
>> that you may have disabled or deleted are back.  (Such as, a camera on a
>> system without one, wireless connectivity on a system without a wireless
>> network adapter, OneNote and OnDrive, etc.)
>>
>> We could have a long discussion on why this is done, but it would be outside
>> of the realm of contesting.  So this is not the place.
>>
>> Suffice to say, though, if you want to keep your private information
>> private, check the system out!
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Barry Merrill
>> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2017 3:22 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Win TEN fails to reactivate second monitor after
>> Creator Edition Update
>>
>> My notebook never SLEEPs nor Hibernates; it remains running with the top
>> closed with a second monitor that is turns off after 30 minutes in Power
>> Settings.
>>
>>
>>
>> After Creator Edition update, the second monitor did not reactivate.
>>
>> I had to either power the monitor off/on (the power light was yellow
>>
>> in this state), or disconnect/connect the HDMI cable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Google found a note that disabling the Power Settings option "Fast Startup"
>>
>> check box ("change unavailable Power Settings") should eliminate the
>> problem.
>>
>> It did.
>>
>>
>>
>> MERRILLY CHRISTMAS,
>>
>>
>> Barry Merrill, W5GN
>>
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