Display Settings Resetting on Restart

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Nickair 0 Junior Poster

13 Years Ago

Hi I have been experiencing a problem with my HP HDX 16 Laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. I have had it connected to a Samsung HDTV as an extended monitor using an HDMI connection and up until a couple months ago everything was running fine. What has been happening is that whenever i restart my computer for whatever reason, once it boots up my HDTV shows the login screen and approximately 30 seconds later, the screen defaults back to my laptop screen. This forces me to login and manually change the display settings back to extended desktop etc...

I have determined that both the HDMI and VGA connections experience the same issue so it is not isolated. I am afraid that my graphics card could be damage or becoming damaged, but i am not sure i believe this at this moment.

If anyone has any ideas as to why my display settings could be resetting themselves upon restart i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks.

windows-vista-7-8

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jingda 135 Industrious Poster

13 Years Ago

Try using another computer and see if there is no problem your laptop graphic card could be old and need to be change

caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions

13 Years Ago

Try using another computer and see if there is no problem your laptop graphic card could be old and need to be change

most laptop graphic device chips are not changeable

jingda 135 Industrious Poster

13 Years Ago

Mine can but i am not sure about his

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benmar -5 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 1 · 2011-04-07T08:34:12+00:00

image reseting itself cause the graphics cant support the settings try to reset the screen resolution,, 1024 x 768 or higher until it is compatible and not resetting anymore....

Nickair 0 Junior Poster · Answer 2 · 2011-04-08T11:30:37+00:00

ill give it a try but i have it set at the recommended native setting...

benmar -5 Posting Whiz in Training · Answer 3 · 2011-05-03T09:27:26+00:00

benmar -5 Posting Whiz in Training

13 Years Ago

try to update your video card driver....

Nickair 0 Junior Poster · Answer 4 · 2011-05-07T05:43:48+00:00

Nickair 0 Junior Poster

13 Years Ago

I did and nothing changed..

caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague · Answer 5 · 2011-05-10T15:55:24+00:00

Mine can but i am not sure about his

so, you find out what laptop he has ,look it up ,and then advise to change it if its changeable

Rik_ 111 Nearly a Posting Maven · Answer 6 · 2011-05-10T17:58:06+00:00

If settings are changing the most likely cause is an infection. What antivirus and antimalware software do you have and have you scanned with them recently? If so, what was found by them?

jingda 135 Industrious Poster Featured Poster · Answer 7 · 2011-05-10T18:44:18+00:00

This problem you are facing is common but are often solve when they plug in and out. Somethins is wrong with your laptop. Do a scan first like what Rik suggested. If you have no antivirus software we can also recommend you some

Nickair 0 Junior Poster · Answer 8 · 2011-06-28T03:34:18+00:00

I am using Norton Security Suite that comcast provides. Also i have MalwareBytes and both have not found anything wrong to my knowledge that it hasnt already fixed. Do you guys ahve any other suggestions? Preferably free ones.

thanks