How to Swap Display Identity (Identities)

Anonymous
2009-12-03T02:46:30+00:00

Windows 7 - Display 'A' Philips primary display - Display 'B' IBM secondary display.  A shows as Identity 2 and B shows as Identity 1.  I want to reverse these.  Reason is that the cursor currently travels from display B to A and I need it to go the other way - due to physical location of displays

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Anonymous
2009-12-03T03:38:29+00:00

In the Screen Resolution window, under Change the appearance of your displays , click and drag one of the monitors to its correct location vs. the other one.   The Identity numbers don't matter.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-17T07:38:43+00:00

    Steve, for dummies like me.... Don't forget to hit APPLY :-(

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-24T15:37:04+00:00

    microsoft;

    when connecting a tv to an hdmi port, windows and the bios sees this display as the primary hence displays the bios screen and sometimes login and boot screens on it and its annoying and should be defaulting to the vga or computer monitor. this is an OS problem because the opperating system will not let you change display 1 and 2, only the positions of them which doesn't help this issue. all the patches and updates MS puts out, why cant u shoot one out for this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-16T21:24:14+00:00

    I too have the same problem and if it was second party software doing it, I could see why Microsoft may choose to ignore the problem, but Microsoft Power Point is the culprit in my case, I have set the PPS to play on primary display and my desktop monitor is my primary display but in monitor properties it is number 2 and my TV is numbered 1. So the Power Point Slide Show settting for primary display is actually not primary display but display number 1.  I am unable to play the PPS on my primary monitor. It appears that Windows 7 sees HDMI interface as monitor number 1 regardless if it is the primary display or not. I would think Microsoft would create a fix for this as it is their program along with their operating system, no passing the buck here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-10T20:23:40+00:00

    I have an ATI HD5670.

    This VideoCard have 3 output ports: DVI, HDMI, DP.

    I use 2 monitors and a TV.

    Actually I have that problem beacause the TV is always identified as number 2.

    But.. I know it's possible to switch the sequence, beacause I ran the correct configuration, where the TV is recognized as n°3, for months.

    Recently, apparently with no reason my main monitor swtched identity with the TV so I can't no longer see the BIOS screen on my primary monitor but only in the DP and HDMI ports.

    This isnt the correct configuration, but what can I do?

    If this is not related to windows7, is related to what? I presume to the BIOS, but there are not options correlated.

    I did CLRCMOS and removed battery. noway.

    I'm lost and a bit frustrated about this.

    Thanks

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