Windows 10: Display Settings on Docking Stations

Hi all,


My organisation has recently used to Windows 10 and our estate is largely made up of Surface pro 4's, 6's and surface laptop 2's. we use these with the surface docking station with mini display ports to connect to 2 monitors.


i have set most of the display settings up for the users in the proper configuration however i have noticed that i am getting frequent calls about monitors not working, when i see the user i instantly go to display settings and notice that the docking station is aware of the 2 external displays however it has changed them to "disconnect this display". Does anyone know what causes this? and if so what to do to prevent this as my team has received a lot of calls logged about this.


Thank you

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I cannot connect to home Wi-Fi off the docking station but not on docking station.

1. I cannot connect to home Wi-Fi off the docking station but not on docking station.
2. When i'm on docking station system says i'm connected to home Wi-Fi, but when i browse says not connected.
3. Other devices connected to home Wi-Fi has no issue.
4. What steps can i take to resolve the issue other than updating Wi-Fi adapter driver?

 

External display with laptop and docking station

I have a Lenovo T440p laptop and docking station with a Dell external monitor. When I am using my laptop in the docking station I use both screens and select "extend this display" in the display settings to activate the external monitor. Heres my problem.
When I remove my laptop from the docking station it reverts to using one or the other displays when returned to the docking station, meaning it may be my laptop or it may be my external monitor. Windows seems to decide on its own which one I get to use so
I have to go into display settings nearly every time and select extend these displays to use both monitors. Its becoming time consuming and annoying. Why wont it remember that I am using 2 displays. I am running windows 10. I have asked our IT guys to fix
it but after weeks of asking and not getting any results from what they try a have given up hope. I had a different laptop, same brand and model that didnt display this behavior when returned to the docking station.

 

External display with laptop and docking station

Hi Ray,

It is possible that there's no main display that was set to your Windows 10 devices, when you connect your laptop to the dock station. This could be one of the possible reasons that whenever you disconnect your laptop, it reverts to either of the two displays.
To get this corrected, let's try to set a display as your main display. Here are the steps:

• Right click or press and hold on your desktop.
• Click on Display settings.
• On the right side of Display, click on the display number at the top that you want to make the main display, and check the
  Make this my main display box under Multiple displays.
• Then, you can close Settings.

Additionally, there's an easier way to extend your monitor display so that you wouldn't need to go to the display settings every time you want to have an external display. To do that, simply press
Windows key + P on your primary computer to see the options.

Let us know how that turned out for you.