Black screen when remote desktop disconnects in Win7 Pro

**wratterus** · 29-06-2010, 04:46 PM

I’m using Remote Desktop into my home notebook, which is working very nicely. Can disconnect and re-connect multiple times with no issues. When I get home and check the notebook, it is still running but the screen is blank. No cursor, no nothing. Manually rebooting the notebook is the only way I can get it up and running again.

I have tried this on my work PC (also Win7 Pro) and can’t replicate the problem. The only real difference I can see is that I use my notebook with several different TVs and projectors, and there are a few monitors set up in display properties. Could it be outputting to one of these?

Anyone else come across this issue? A google brings up quite a few hits, no one seems to have found a resolution yet.

**Speedy Gonzales** · 29-06-2010, 04:51 PM

Could be this?. Hardware compat issue

**wratterus** · 29-06-2010, 05:00 PM

Hmm, I've got a Tosh A100 with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1300. Drivers December 08. Can't remember what the exact model is, I will have to check on that when I get home and see if there are any newer drivers, I doubt it.

Edit - Hah, good old tosh diag tool, tells me exactly what the model is from here.

Latest version from Toshiba is 8.432, I seem to have a newer version that that.

**pctek** · 29-06-2010, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by wratterus

The only real difference I can see is that I use my notebook with several different TVs and projectors, and there are a few monitors set up in display properties. .

I'd guess it is, confusing it.......You have separate hardware profiles set up for it's various places?

**wratterus** · 29-06-2010, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by pctek

I'd guess it is, confusing it.......You have separate hardware profiles set up for it's various places?

I haven't knowingly set up different hardware profiles, but there are 3 screens showing up in the display properties. I'll try and get rid of those so it's back to default and see if the issue still occurs.

**SolMiester** · 29-06-2010, 05:15 PM

You could test by pulling the plug from the other outputs, the screen should come back on, if the multiple displays was confusing it!

**wratterus** · 29-06-2010, 05:24 PM

It's not plugged into any external displays 99% of the time. I suppose I could walk around and plug it into external displays and see if it's displaying something on those screens.

FYI on my notebook the external screens still show up in display properties even when they are disconnected.

**wratterus** · 30-06-2010, 10:00 AM

I've removed those other screens that were showing up in display properties, and I had another thought. I always close the lid of the notebook, I'm wondering if perhaps windows isn't seeing the notebook screen when the lid is closed, so I've left it open today and we'll see what happens.

**wratterus** · 30-06-2010, 06:45 PM

Left the screen open today, was all good when I got home. Will shut it tomorrow and see if the problem re-occurs.

**wratterus** · 05-07-2010, 09:36 AM

OK, after mucking around with a few different setups, I can definitely say that in my situation it was having the screen closed that caused the issues, guess windows couldn't see that the screen was present when it was shut. I'll just leave it slightly open and problem solved.