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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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I have a Switchview KVM, Win 7 Pro 64, two monitors. What is silly about this "feature" is that Win 7 doesn't detect immediately the switch to the other PCs: only when I switch back to it, it fails to detect the second monitor and places everything into one monitor. It would be ideal that Microsoft would release a tweak for this.
I performed a Windows Update the other day and since the Update, I have not had this issue.
One of the updates was:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2454826
There were others, but before I list all of them, perhaps someone might try to load this one on its own and see if that fixes this behavior.
I performed a Windows Update the other day and since the Update, I have not had this issue.
One of the updates was:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2454826
There were others, but before I list all of them, perhaps someone might try to load this one on its own and see if that fixes this behavior.
I have this update applied and unfortunately it did not help my problem.
I didn't want to send people on a wild goose chase with all the updates but here they were from that day. I hope there are no typos in the numbers...
KB2455826
KB2425227
KB2387530
KB2479628
KB2495644
KB2467023
KB2484033
KB2487426
KB2457592
KB2488113
KB2393802
KB2485376
KB2419640
KB976902
One more comment on the behavior.
I have a dual monitor set-up where my desktop has analog connection thru KVM with my laptop but I have the second monitor connected on the digital cable so I can have Windows Media Center to watch TV on.
Now that it is fixed, the only problem I now have is that if I am working on my laptop (thru KVM), for instance, and I plug a device (mp3 player or headphones) to the desktop, all the windows on the desktop move over to the one screen in use (digital).
hard to believe this critical error has been around since Oct 2009. I am a large corporate user who is just beginning the switch to Windows 7 what a nightmare. This screen switching is a killer. I may have to go back to XP. My situation is similar to this thread except I use VNC to share one keyboard and mouse between two systems. Windows 7 sees my mouse move to the other screen and promptly blanks ( white 24" 1920 X 1200 screen) the windows 7 system while I work on the other machine. The whole idea is to be able to see both screens at the same time and effectively work on two computers at the same time. This worked great in XP. Windows 7 does not work at all; I just want it to ignore where the mouse is and keep displaying the screen it had before focus changed to the secondary or more systems. HOW can windows 7 not support KVM ?
