Windows 10: How can I prevent video driver changes when HDMI is changed?

References:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-arrival/4acc2c4a-f828-44c6-8a41-75bcdd474025

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...io-video/6bb5c5f6-6b4d-450b-8c73-935971680cc9


It's hard to confirm it, but it appears that the automatic driver change caused by HDMI (automatically enabled when TV is turned on, automatically disabled when TV is turned off) is causing the Oracle VirtualBox VM manager to crash (plus a Windows Event: "Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered"). I can't determine whether the VBox crash is the cause or the result.


I need to prevent Windows changing the display driver. It occurs to me that the easiest way to accomplish that is to force Windows to drive the HDMI at all times, regardless whether HDMI is actually connected, thereby avoiding driver changes.


Is there a way to force Windows to drive the HDMI at all times?


Warm Regards,

Mark.

:)

 

PC to TV through HDMI

Hi,

Have you tried to reconfigure your audio settings? If not, try to change your audio output settings to HDMI by following the steps below:

• Press Windows ( ) key + X.
• Select Control Panel.
• Click Hardware & Sound.
• Click Manage Audio Devices.
• Select the HDMI device listed under the Playback tab.
• Click Set as default and click Ok.

Also, we suggest to update your audio driver.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Hdmi sound not working

Hi Peter,

One possible reason why the HDMI sound does not work is due to the conflicts with the playback settings. For us to help you make the HDMI sound to work, we suggest that you answer the following questions for further research:

• Have you made any recent changes to your computer?
• What is the current build and version of your Windows 10?
• Have you tried to download and install the most updated sound and display driver of your computer?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you perform the steps on this
article as our initial troubleshooting and see if there will be any changes on the HDMI sound.

We'll be waiting for your response.

 

Why exactly is ATi considered be better at HDMI?

I plug my HDMI cable into the card, then into my TV. Those are the steps that I have to do. All the steps you list make absolutely no sense to me.