Swap between two monitors without rebooting?

[PaulM]

EDIT again: Nevermind, rescanning device manager does it.

Hi All,

I'm running Windows Vista x64, with a two monitor setup (2x 1680x1050) one is running on DVI (primary) and one VGA (secondary) on a nVidia 260 GTX.

Sometimes I want to game on my TV (@ 1080p) which also connects via VGA, so I swap the secondary VGA screen with the LCDTV... Problem is, to set it to the native resolution I have to reboot otherwise it still detects it as the old screen with a max of 1680x1050 - is there anyway I can force it to rescan without having to reboot?

Thanks.

edit: I can do it on my laptop with the fn+f7 options, I also tried a cheapo switchbox but it made the picture terrible.

 

[Andre]

Don't know on nVidia, but ATI's CCC lets you select resolution from the taskbar icon

Alternatively, invest in Ultramon and set up a profile for Desktop and TV - then set up hotkeys to choose the profile you want to run with (plus you get all the other cool features of Ultramon too )