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KVM switch + Windows 7 creates monitor switching nightmare
I have a problem with Windows 7 and my KVM switch (Iogear model# gcs1764) which is makes switching via KVM an absolute nightmare. The iogear KVM does not use drivers nor are any available on their website.
Here's what happens:
I switch from Win 7 (2 monitors) to XP (1 monitor) via KVM. When I switch back to Win 7 (2 monitors) sometimes Win 7 will throw my desktop to the 2nd monitor (1st monitor goes blank) and opening up display settings only shows the 2nd monitor as existing. It's as if the 1st monitor is now unplugged which it isn't. At this point I have to go into display settings, click Detect, and then it re-detects my 1st monitor and "extends" my desktop back out over 2 monitors. All windows have now been thrown to my 1st monitor and i have to rearrange all my work back across 2 monitors. This is why KVM switching in Win 7 makes my work life a living nightmare. This isn't all of it either...
When everything gets thrown to my first monitor, it takes any windows that were maximized and resizes them to about 1/4 my screen size. Due to compatibility issues between Win 7 and SQL Server Management Studio, Management Studio has a redraw bug that doesn't "re-size" the query window correctly. So even though I maximize the app, when I start typing in the query window my text disappears about 1/4 the way across the whole window. The only way to fix this is to save all my work, close the app, and then re-open the app with all my work. So basically every time I switch computers there's about a 1/5 chance I have rinse and repeat everything I just typed above. Fun times.
So are there any future fixes planned for this? I have tried everything and nothing fixes this problem. I have all the latest Nvidia drivers (my card: Nvidia GTS 250).
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2010-07-07T23:37:09+00:00 Do what, buy a new MS OS?! :+.
Yes, precisely.
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Anonymous
2010-07-07T23:25:35+00:00 At least I now know not to be so foolish as to ever do it again.
Do what, buy a new MS OS?! :+.
:+P
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Anonymous
2010-07-07T22:49:25+00:00 the ones I paid Hundreds of Dollars for do not work and countless hours of wasted time - what is wrong with me?
The same thing that is wrong with me. I spent hundreds and lost monitor capability, and networking, (and remote access). At least I now know not to be so foolish as to ever do it again.
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Anonymous
2010-07-07T21:22:14+00:00 What is the console monitor you connected to the KVM switch ? DVI or VGA ?
I just want to give you the right direction but I need to know the console monitor you have first.