I did not want to derail the 1440p IPS and Displayport Only thread, so I'll ask this here: have there been any advances toward finding way to disable hot-plug detection of DisplayPort monitors in Windows 7?
I'll summarize for people who aren't familiar with this bug: when a DisplayPort connected monitor is powered down, the entire device gets removed and its portion of the extended desktop goes with it. The expected behavior is that the desktop layout remains untouched while the monitor goes dark, but instead any open windows or desktop icons get haphazardly resized and dumped onto another monitor. As you can imagine, repositioning your icons and open windows after turning on your monitor gets old, quickly.
I recently started digging into this problem again, but all I could find were the typical half-rumor-half-witchcraft remedies that tend to pop up on question/answer sites. Seriously, after reading a lot of these threads, I started expecting people to suggest pouring a circle of flour around their computer chairs before opening regedit.
Notably, it was claimed that Nvidia cards could prevent the unwanted behavior by disabling a certain service; but it was then claimed that only Quadro drivers could do it. The same was claimed about disabling the "AMD External Events Utility" service (tried it, no dice). Anyone here have any concrete info on the subject?
I'll summarize for people who aren't familiar with this bug: when a DisplayPort connected monitor is powered down, the entire device gets removed and its portion of the extended desktop goes with it. The expected behavior is that the desktop layout remains untouched while the monitor goes dark, but instead any open windows or desktop icons get haphazardly resized and dumped onto another monitor. As you can imagine, repositioning your icons and open windows after turning on your monitor gets old, quickly.
I recently started digging into this problem again, but all I could find were the typical half-rumor-half-witchcraft remedies that tend to pop up on question/answer sites. Seriously, after reading a lot of these threads, I started expecting people to suggest pouring a circle of flour around their computer chairs before opening regedit.
Notably, it was claimed that Nvidia cards could prevent the unwanted behavior by disabling a certain service; but it was then claimed that only Quadro drivers could do it. The same was claimed about disabling the "AMD External Events Utility" service (tried it, no dice). Anyone here have any concrete info on the subject?