Consider the following scenarios:

• An additional monitor is connected to a Windows Vista-based desktop computer. The additional monitor is designated as the primary display (the main monitor). The computer goes into hibernation or goes to sleep. This additional monitor is disconnected. The computer resumes from sleep or from hibernation.
• An external monitor is connected to a portable Windows Vista-based computer. The additional monitor is designated as the primary display (the main monitor). The built-in screen is designated as the secondary display. The computer goes into hibernation or goes to sleep. This external monitor is disconnected. The computer resumes from sleep or from hibernation.

In these scenarios, you cannot see the logon screen. Therefore, you cannot log on to the computer.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based portable computer, you run Windows Media Center in full-screen mode.
• The portable computer has a wide screen, and the screen resolution has been configured for wide-screen resolution. For example, the screen resolution is set to 1280 by 800 pixels.
• You connect the portable computer to an external monitor by using an S-Video connection.
• You try to switch the screen to the external monitor by using the function key on the portable computer.

Note: The particular function key to switch the screen between monitors varies, depending on the computer manufacturer.
In this scenario, you may notice that the screen has been successfully switched to the external monitor. However, the screen is black, or it appears to be otherwise broken.

At the Windows Experience Blog, Brandon shows how he is running dual 24″ monitors, and how DreamScene works wonderfully on them. DreamScene replicates the movie on each monitor, but I wonder if it would be possible to have one movie with the proper proportions span across the monitors, so for instance an object could move from one monitor to the other.

Brandon, at The Windows Experience Blog, demonstrates his dual-monitor setup with Vista.

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Inventor R11
• FireGL V7100
• FireGL V5200
• FireGL V5100
• Windows Vista 32bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64bit Edition
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Symptoms:
Dual Monitor extended desktop with “Wait for vertical Retrace” enabled causes corruption, redraw issues

The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Vista RTM driver
• Radeon® X800 series
• Windows Vista 32bit Edition
• Windows Vista 64bit Edition

Symptoms
On some configurations, using the Catalyst Control Center with extended desktop rotating one or both displays and then swapping the display mapping may result in either a disabled display or a rotated mouse and not a rotated display.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, certain unattended tasks may cause the monitor to turn on unexpectedly. On a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, these same unattended tasks do not cause the monitor to turn on. For example, the monitor may turn on when a Windows Vista-based computer receives a fax. However, the monitor does not turn on when a Windows XP-based computer receives a fax.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you click the Resource Monitor button. Then, the Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) process may continuously start and stop. Additionally, Windows Vista may stop responding.

Note: You click the Resource Monitor button to display the utilization details for the CPU, for memory, for the disk, and for the network.
Steps to reproduce the problem

• You log on to a Windows Vista-based computer by using an account that has administrator credentials.
• You disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature.
• You log on to the Windows Vista-based computer on which UAC has been disabled. Additionally, you use an account that does not have administrator credentials.
• On the Performance tab of the Windows Task Manager dialog box, you click the Resource Monitor button.

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