So Ive had two monitors for a couple months now and every time I boot my computer the bios or load screen shows up on the second monitor which is not a big deal but I was trying to find a way to boot on my primary monitor. Well I did a few google searches and stumbled upon this
If you choose to stop this scheduled task, delete it: - open Scheduled tasks: C:\Windows\System32\taskschd.msc - on left column, select Task Scheduler Library to be able to view tasks - in the middle column, locate the task you created (scroll if necessary), right click it, click delete, click yes.
I hope this resolves your problem.
I tried it out and in a moment of stupidity I just ran the task instead of rebooting my pc. This made my monitors turn on and off a few times until just my primary turned on and the second stayed blank. I then restarted my computer and the BIOS still loads on secondary monitor but when I exit it just says no signal and goes back to being blank. I tried deleting the task and restarting and I have no earlier restore points. So im lost on what to do if anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.
- open Scheduled tasks: C:\Windows\System32\taskschd.msc
- on left column, select Task Scheduler Library to be able to view tasks
- on right column, select Create Basic Task
- enter name for task (with no spaces, example: Monitor_Startup), click next
- select When I log on for When do you want the task to start?, click next
- select Start a program for What action do you want the task to perform?, click next
- enter c:\windows\system32\displayswitch.exe for Program/script (when entering all data on my post, only enter the data between the ' 's, do NOT enter ' 'single quotes)
- enter /external OR /internal for Add arguments (optional): (sometimes you have to guess which argument to use, because they are not necessarily named according to which monitor you think is internal/external)
- click Finish
- reboot and see if you have the right argument (/external or /internal),
- if windows started on the correct monitor, you are finished, windows will always start on the same monitor.
If you choose to stop this scheduled task, delete it: - open Scheduled tasks: C:\Windows\System32\taskschd.msc - on left column, select Task Scheduler Library to be able to view tasks - in the middle column, locate the task you created (scroll if necessary), right click it, click delete, click yes.
I hope this resolves your problem.
I tried it out and in a moment of stupidity I just ran the task instead of rebooting my pc. This made my monitors turn on and off a few times until just my primary turned on and the second stayed blank. I then restarted my computer and the BIOS still loads on secondary monitor but when I exit it just says no signal and goes back to being blank. I tried deleting the task and restarting and I have no earlier restore points. So im lost on what to do if anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.