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.
How to Swap Display Identity (Identities)
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
2013-08-27T12:56:31+00:00 I have very similar problem!!
My graphic card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 DirectCU 1GB DDR5 PCI-E BOX V2
I have 3 displays
- Eizo s1921 (basic display) DVI -1
- Samsung 971p DVI-2
- Sony TV HDMI
Firstly i connected Eizo display. Then i connected Samsung display.
And in this moment everything was fine:
computer only - EIZO
Duplicate - duplicate eizo and samsung
Extend - extended eizo and samsung
Projector Only - samsung only.
When i connected TV to HDMI port my WINDOW +P configuration is:
computer only - Sony TV
Duplicate - duplicate sony TV + eizo
Extend - extended eizo and Sony TV display
Projector Only - eizo + samsung
I dont know how to make configuration like this:
computer only - eizo
Duplicate - duplicate eizo + samsung
Extend - extended eizo + samsung
Projector Only - sony TV only
i have latest AMD drivers 13.4. My system is Windows 7 home premium.
Any ideas??
Thanks for help and sorry for my english!!
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Anonymous
2013-06-05T21:48:19+00:00 Steve, perhaps in this user's case the Identity number don't matter, but they do in my case. My software requires VGA port to be assigned identity number 1 and HDMI port to be assigned identity number 2. You answer, while perhaps correct and helpful for this user's issue, is not a correct answer for the actual question he/she asked.
Does anyone have a correct answer here?
Is it possible to change the video identity assignments in Windows 7 or 8?
In my case, when two displays are attached (one via VGA port and a second via HDMI) the HDMI connected devise will always be assigned to display 1 and the VGA connected devise will always revert to display 2. My software requires the VGA (my PC monitor) be assigned to display 1 and the extended display be assigned to display 2.
I know how to drag and drop the display for panning from one display to the other; this will not help. I know how to change the "Primary Display"; this will not help.
What I need is to change the assigned Display Numbers from 1 to 2, and 2 to 1 respectively...
So that the VGA will always be one display 1 and the HDMI will always be on display 2.
Can this be done?
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Anonymous
2013-04-30T03:55:37+00:00 Thx. That worked like a charm! Not very intuitive in the actual settings but it worked. Thx again.
Tell you what, connect a projector or "secondary" external monitor and press Windows+P and see if that makes since... Windows 7 is implying that the projector SHOULD be #2 but it assigns it as #1. so even the image windows gives you is wrong when using your main display.
ex. (press Window+P and you get these options)
[ computer only | Duplicate | Extend | (Projector Only*) ]
*this option SHOULD show the image on the projector only but since windows assigns your Projector as #1, the image is shown on your monitor.
[ (Computer Only**) | Duplicate | Extend | Projector Only ]
**this option SHOULD show the image on the Monitor only but since windows assigns your Montor as #2, the image is shown through your projector.
My 8 year old nephew understood this was wrong, so i hope Microsoft can see it too.
p.s. these posts are better than any "Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program".... they're over a year old now... so how about a patch, a Hotfix or something.
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Anonymous
2013-04-17T07:38:43+00:00 Steve, for dummies like me.... Don't forget to hit APPLY :-(