Eric Menard 2004-12-07 22:26
Hi,
I'm using a laptop (IBM A31 with ATI 7500) with a secondary monitor and i'm trying to create a display profile which would disable my laptop's LCD and use my monitor as a primary instead. My normal configuration is:
Laptop's LCD: Primary running at 1024x768
Monitor: Secondary running at 1280x1024
If I go in Ultramon's display settings, i can set my monitor as a primary and disable my LCD. No problem.
However, it doesn't allow me to use my monitor as a primary when creating a profile (the check box is disabled)
Please Help,
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Christian Studer 2004-12-08 03:14
Most likely UltraMon won't be able to change the primary monitor, this is frequently the case with laptop video chipsets.
To verify this, take a look at the system information on the About dialog (UltraMon menu > About). If it says 'removable' next to the secondary monitor, UltraMon can't set the monitor as primary.
UltraMon might still allow you to change the primary monitor in Display Settings, but this is an issue with UltraMon, and will be fixed in the next release.
Depending on your display driver, you might still be able to change the primary monitor via the display driver settings (tab for your video chipset under advanced display settings).
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eric Menard 2004-12-09 00:22
It is saying 'removable' next to the secondary monitor.
You say that in the next release, this issue will be fixed. Do you mean that i wont even be able to change the primary monitor?
I have to say that this is one of the major reasons i'm thinking of buying Ultramon. The Windows Display settings allows me to do this so, i dont understand why you would remove this option. It would same me a lot of 'clicks' when i need to change my screen configuration.
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Christian Studer 2004-12-09 02:40
Setting a removable monitor as primary doesn't work, if you do this with the current version of UltraMon, the primary monitor won't actually get changed.
Windows also can't set the monitor as primary, if you go to Windows Display Properties > Settings, the 'use this device as the primary monitor' checkbox will be disabled.
The only way to change the primary monitor in this case is via the display driver (if supported). The problem is that this is a proprietary setting of the display driver, and can't be changed by UltraMon or Windows.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eric Menard 2004-12-09 04:09
It's true that i have to change the primary screen to my monitor through the ATI control panel and not the Windows display properties, but Ultramon also allows me to do so and it IS working.
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Christian Studer 2004-12-09 06:10
Please try the following: with both monitors enabled, and the laptop monitor set as primary, run the script disable_primary_mon.vbs.
Let me know if the script also results in the external monitor being primary, and the laptop monitor disabled.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eric Menard 2004-12-10 00:30
It is working. I see that you are just setting the enabled property of the primary monitor to false so it sets the secondary to primary by default (i think im reading this right). How would you set the disabled one back to an enabled state and back to primary?
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Christian Studer 2004-12-10 03:17
You should be able to restore the default configuration with a display profile.
To do this via scripting, you would use code like this (assuming that the laptop monitor is #1):
sys.Monitors("1").Enabled = True
sys.Monitors("1").Primary = True
sys.Monitors("2").Enabled = True
To run the disable_primary_mon.vbs script via the Display Profiles menu, select Display Profiles > Manage Display Profiles from the UltraMon menu, then copy the script to the profiles folder.
Please note that the script might not work with all video cards, for example on my tablet with an Intel video chipset, both monitors got disabled. It worked fine on a system with an Nvidia card though.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Eric Menard 2004-12-12 21:56
Works like a charm... Thanks a lot.
BTW, will I be able to run these scripts with the next release as well?
Thanks again
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Christian Studer 2004-12-13 03:04
The scripts will work fine with the next release of UltraMon.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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