Windows 10: Multiple Displays No Longer Working In all Recent Builds

I'm sure you've seen our feedback. But multiple display setup is no longer working in Windows. I've actually tried two clean installations of Windows 10 Pro and updating to the latest builds but the second monitor is never detected. HDMI won't work, no other port except the default one where Windows is showing works.


I've tried with an NVIDIA GT 710, so stressful I ended up trashing the card because I thought the GPU had failed. I started having issues after a power cut. So I purchased a high end top of the food-chain graphics card, a Radeon RX 580, but still no joy even after a clean install.


I tried all the tricks in the trade, nothing works, including the latest 'Blank Screen' button combo, deleting keys and editing keys in the registry, firmware updates and re-installs and resets of motherboard BIOS, the NVIDIA GT 710 firmware (reinstall from a working backup I had), now fetching the latest update yet again, but still no joy.


How can Microsoft mess up display code and driver functionality like this? The screen flickers at times especially after connecting the second monitor and trying to force Windows to recognize it, what I recognized is both my displays going blank immediately and going into power save modes.


In the feedback hub, we have to wait for a thousand other pissed off users to up-vote before anything is done! I guess you know that it takes people a while and sometimes costly upgrades like mine before opening and logging some feedback in the feedback hub, moreover, not everyone who uses Windows has a dual monitor setup or uses multiple monitors....


Please attend to this issue or expedite the techs to fix this in the updates that just seem to be consuming data but fixing nothing essential.\

:)

 

Multiple display taskbar

Hi Justin,

Let me guide you now on how to set up multiple displays on a Windows 10 computer. You may follow the steps below to configure the correct display settings for your device.

Here are the steps:

• Right-click on your desktop.
• Select Display settings, then different options will be displayed.
  
• You can either choose Duplicate these displays to sync your activities from the original monitor with the second one or
  Extend these displays to be able to do multiple activities using separate displays.
• After choosing your preferred option, click on Apply.

Let us know if you have any further questions.

 

Windows 10 Multiple Display NOT Working

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to update the display drivers and then try to set up multiple monitors.

I suggest you to update the Graphics card drivers and check if it helps:

• Click on 'Start' and type 'Device Manager' in the start search box and press enter.
• Click on the “Display adapters” to expand the list.
• Right-click on drivers and update it.
• If there are no update available, then go ahead and reinstall the driver by clicking on 'Uninstall'.
• Restart the PC

Connect a second monitor or projector

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/how-connect-multiple-monitors

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

How to save a multiple displays settings?

Hi VAinc,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums

You may want to answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

1. May I know the make and model of the PC?
   
2. Did you try updating your display driver?
   
3. Are you getting any error message?
   

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Steps 1:

1. Go to settings
   
2. Click on “System"
   
3. Then click on Display
   
4. Move your mouse to the monitor that needs to be set as primary and check the box
   "Make this my main display"
   
5. Under "Multiple displays" select "Duplicate these displays"
   
6. Then select “Keep this display settings”
   

Once you make these changes, you may restart the computer and check.

Hope it helps,

Mithin EJ

Microsoft Community- Moderator