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Unable to set correct resolution for each monitor

This sounds like a limitation of the WD19 dock. One solution, though messier, may be to connect one monitor through the dock and the other directly to your computer. You can also try lowering the ...
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Text resolution suddenly varies widely across multiple monitors and is not correctly scaling amongst window resolutions on Windows 10

For some reason editing and creating a custom resolution and then reverting it back to the default resolution fixed the issue!
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How to make Windows 11 use same multimonitor setup at work and home?

It should already work as you described it, but it sounds like it keeps messing up your screen drivers(or screen IDs). In your place i would go to Device manager and remove all my Monitors(while ...
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Windows 10 Thunderbolt Multi-Screen Lock Issues

So I did a regedit to add the USB options to the power settings, per Jeff Zeitlin's suggestion. None of the added settings were particularly useful, but the process included a PC restart step. I guess ...
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Why can't add new mode for xrandr?

Try removing the ~/.config/monitors.xml file and rebooting
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Switching to 2nd screen without using Win+P

You don't really need to see the screen : You could blindly type Win+P, followed by three times down-arrow, finally pressing Enter. Using a macro-editor, such as AutoHotKey, you could program this ...
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How can I prevent the Windows Terminal app pinned to the taskbar from opening a new tab when the terminal is on the secondary monitor in Windows 11?

You may create a shortcut on the desktop for wt.exe focus-tab, then right-click it and select "Pin to taskbar". This will create an icon that launches Windows Terminal, which would be a ...
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Out of sight 2nd monitor TV in other room from my laptop. Should I use extended desktop or a virtual desktop? See description

There are 2 solutions that I can think of that will work. Get a second PC and solely connect that to the TV. Then use something like VNC, Teamviewer or Anydesk to remote control that PC. RDP is not ...
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Out of sight 2nd monitor TV in other room from my laptop. Should I use extended desktop or a virtual desktop? See description

In this case I would use a Chromecast on the TV to stream from VLC for videos or if it is a browser based stream like YouTube most of those will support Chromecast on the same network. Cheap one is ...
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How can I move mulitple windows at once to another monitor?

Edge case: If you want to move all the windows to monitor A you can do the following without an additional program: Make monitor A your main display (System -> Display -> dropdown: Multiple ...
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Is a USB-C hub/KVM possible?

This is an old post, but it came up in my search today. I've just picked up a VisionTek VT4950 to try and solve this problem. There were also some interesting solutions (though not many USB-c based ...
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Prevent second monitor to "move" while in fullscreen games

This used to happen to me. How I got around this is by making it ignore the scaling set by games. To do this go to your graphics control panel (nvidia control panel). Go to "Adjust desktop size ...
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Dell Latitude 5420 and 5430 blank screen in Windows

Can confirm, also happened in my case as two identical laptops were stacked on top of each other. Once I lifted the top one, it got video. What I did was put a folder between the two, and now leave ...
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Linux terminal to utilize both GPUs and dual monitors

I think i can use linux multiseat to achieve my goal. Source: https://www.lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/LinuxMultiSeat
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Can't remove phantom display "None-1-1"

ArchWiki describes how to disable a phantom monitor for Xorg. Modify the Xorg configuration (e.g. using a drop-in configuration file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf) like so: Section "...
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VirtualBox 7 ubuntu - cannot configure two monitors

Apparently it was a bug in an early Virtual Box 7 build. Now I am with 7.0.12 and I do not face the issue.
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How to force a screen resolution which isn't listed in Windows 10?

Open Device Manager. In Device Manager, locate the display adapter . right-click on the device's name or icon and choose Properties. From the Driver tab, select Roll Back Driver.
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How do you prevent the dock from jumping between monitors in macOS without unchecking the "Displays have separate Spaces" option in multidisplay rig?

I haven't found any solutions to permanently lock the Dock to a single screen in macOS. But you can set the autohide-delay user defaults to a larger value which also affects the time it takes for the ...
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How to achieve 'split screen' capabilities (for gaming) on Linux

Here's an example repository for a script that was meant to behave like universal split screen or Nucleus. It uses tools like firejail (for handling inputs for each instance) and nested weston ...
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Is there any way to set specific monitors to windows users?

Use DisplayFusion or Actual Multiple Monitors Create a display profile for each individual user. This will allow you to select which active monitor(s) in use by that user and save it as a sepeate ...
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Is it possible to let Windows 10 detect multi monitor using command line?

Create the script: Download and install ChangeScreenResolution Create a .bat script and copy/paste the following to it: @echo on CALL C:\ChangeScreenResolution.exe /w=1920 /h=1080 /force Change the ...
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