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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAndrew Fuller, Jerry Hughson, Matthew Rhoten, Michael Milirud, Kurt Geisel, Roger Wynn, Kevin Paulson
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Described is a method and system a system and method for dynamically and intelligently configuring a computer system's video-related settings upon connection of a monitor, and/or reconfiguring upon disconnection. A monitor configuration may include one or more display mechanisms, their video settings, relative positioning, and may include power scheme data. When a monitor is plugged into or unplugged from a computer system, a monitor manager component is notified and determines the current configuration, such as based on monitor identifiers. The current configuration is searched against persisted monitor configurations seeking a match. If previous monitor configuration data is found, the previous monitor configuration is applied. If not an exact match, configuration data is constructed based on similar configuration data that is persisted, or by querying for capabilities and iterating as necessary to find a video mode that the video card and monitor can use.
In a computer system, a method comprising:
At least one computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform steps, comprising:
In a computer system, a subsystem comprising:
The subsystem of claim 24 wherein the manager component searches for configuration data corresponding to the changed current configuration, and if found, applies settings based on the configuration data when located in the search.
The subsystem of claim 25 wherein the search is not successful, and wherein the display mechanism applies settings based on similar configuration data or based on capability information corresponding to the display mechanism.
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