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I am starting my PC after not using it since June of 2023 and it seems to be having display issues. When I plug my main monitor in via HDMI, it is recognized and behaves like a secondary monitor. I have restarted many times. There is nothing plugged into any ports except for a mouse and keyboard via USB and the power cable (duh). The monitor I am trying to connect is the HP M22f.

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Try different port on the same GPU.

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6 minutes ago, lankydong said:

Windows 11 isn't letting me view the tabs I open like I have a primary monitor, which I do not.

Try {Windows Key} + {Shift key} + {Left arrow key / right arrow key}, this will move the active window from the ghost display to the actual one. Might take a few presses of an arrow key, try both left a few times then right.

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

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Just now, Blasty Blosty said:

Try {Windows Key} + {Shift key} + {Left arrow key / right arrow key}, this will move the active window from the ghost display to the actual one. Might take a few presses of an arrow key, try both left a few times then right.

That did work. Windows is reporting it as a second monitor with the fake primary monitor not being the main one. I am guessing all I have to do is make the secondary my primary?

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Just now, lankydong said:

That did work. Windows is reporting it as a second monitor with the fake primary monitor not being the main one. I am guessing all I have to do is make the secondary my primary?

Should work!

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

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7 minutes ago, lankydong said:

That did work. Windows is reporting it as a second monitor with the fake primary monitor not being the main one. I am guessing all I have to do is make the secondary my primary?

Have you ever had 2 monitors? Windows might still see it as there, even if it physically isnt, if it was previously the primary monitor

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I have never had windows think there was a monitor there when it wasn't. That's fascinating. 
I'd suspect DP passthrough or PIP somehow faking it out, but this monitor doesn't support any of that. 
You could probably select the ghost monitor and say "don't display on this" but I'd love to see what Windows thought it was. Like if 11 still has Advanced Display Settings does it show any info?
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1 hour ago, TatamiMatt said:

Have you ever had 2 monitors? Windows might still see it as there, even if it physically isnt, if it was previously the primary monitor

Yeah I had 2 monitors before, then I dropped one, then replaced it but I do not currently use it. It is working fine now through.

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1 hour ago, OddOod said:

I have never had windows think there was a monitor there when it wasn't. That's fascinating. 
I'd suspect DP passthrough or PIP somehow faking it out, but this monitor doesn't support any of that. 
You could probably select the ghost monitor and say "don't display on this" but I'd love to see what Windows thought it was. Like if 11 still has Advanced Display Settings does it show any info?
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I don't remember what the display was recognized as but it had a resolution of 0 x 0 and the refresh rate displayed 60hz even though trying to select the dropdown to change the refresh rate made it go to 0hz somehow.

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13 hours ago, lankydong said:

I don't remember what the display was recognized as but it had a resolution of 0 x 0 and the refresh rate displayed 60hz even though trying to select the dropdown to change the refresh rate made it go to 0hz somehow.

That's so weird, never even heard of that before

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

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14 hours ago, lankydong said:

Yeah I had 2 monitors before, then I dropped one, then replaced it but I do not currently use it. It is working fine now through.

Hehe, that was a long shot, didnt actually think id nail it on the head

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On 3/19/2024 at 12:52 PM, lankydong said:

I don't remember what the display was recognized as but it had a resolution of 0 x 0 and the refresh rate displayed 60hz even though trying to select the dropdown to change the refresh rate made it go to 0hz somehow.

If you do see it happen again, try for a screenshot. 
Regardless, this seems like something has gone wildly wrong with Windows. If SFC and DISM and a couple of reboots don't fix it, it's time for a clean install

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3 minutes ago, OddOod said:

If you do see it happen again, try for a screenshot. 
Regardless, this seems like something has gone wildly wrong with Windows. If SFC and DISM and a couple of reboots don't fix it, it's time for a clean install

What's DISM?

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

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23 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

What's DISM?

here's a great run down of what they are and a bit of how they work
https://www.howtogeek.com/222532/how-to-repair-corrupted-windows-system-files-with-the-sfc-and-dism-commands/

Entertainingly there is a typo in the definition of the initialism:
"The Deployment Image Serviving [sic] and Management (DISM) tool is used to repair Windows images."
whereas the actual definition is "Deployment Image Servicing and Management"

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2 hours ago, OddOod said:

here's a great run down of what they are and a bit of how they work
https://www.howtogeek.com/222532/how-to-repair-corrupted-windows-system-files-with-the-sfc-and-dism-commands/

Entertainingly there is a typo in the definition of the initialism:
"The Deployment Image Serviving [sic] and Management (DISM) tool is used to repair Windows images."
whereas the actual definition is "Deployment Image Servicing and Management"

I'll keep that in mind for future, thanks

Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");

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