Comments on: How to Fix Windows 11 Not Detecting Second Monitor (5 Ways)

By: ol

ol — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:24:01 +0000

its now been over a couple years and still no ones found a proper solution? nothing here worked for me, now the second monitor is just useless and there isnt anything i could do about it because i dont even know what went wrong.

By: RS

RS — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:54:44 +0000

This is a brand new Lenovo laptop. I did all the setup as instructed and everything worked perfectly including the second monitor. But two days ago it did a microsoft update and now the second monitor is dead. Detect other displays just says no other displays connected. But it was working perfectly two days ago. What happened to my other display when the update was installed????

By: TF

TF — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:15:30 +0000

Had same issue. Switched monitor cables, power cycled doc station and restarted computer. Good to go now.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:13:13 +0000

I tried a lot of ways to fix this problem, so my solution may be the culmination of several efforts. But what worked in the end was interchanging the connections. The two monitors were connected with HDMI cables and I swapped them where they plugged into the PC. The PC took several minutes but in the end, after shutting down the system and starting it up again the two monitors both came up

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:28:00 +0000

I did all of these and it still won’t work. Works fine with our other computer so it’s not a setup/cord issue

By: Malcolm Swalwell

Malcolm Swalwell — Sat, 06 May 2023 02:02:52 +0000

After checking that the HDMI cable and second monitor were working properly, I tried reinstalling the driver, and it worked a treat. Thank you!

By: Monica McLeod

Monica McLeod — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:29:06 +0000

I thought this might fix my problem, but it didn’t… I have 2 screens on a lenovo docking station windows 11. I had a PPT in presentation and forgot about it, and then went to close out of presentation mode and then both extended monitors went blank. I got 1 to work, but the other is dead… when I select duplicate or 2nd screen only both external displays work, but on extended, only 1 of them work… the computer knows its there, just says it’s not active.

By: Steven Clark

Steven Clark — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:06:55 +0000

Microsoft strikes again! I have had this issue multiple times within the past few months. This time it’s getting worse. My one remaining screen is glitching in and out like the operating system is trying to attach the second display and is not successful.
Monopolistic companies, like Microsoft with their Windows OS, without competition have no reason to care about their customers or their products.

By: Lisa DiAmbrosio

Lisa DiAmbrosio — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:26:07 +0000

I am experiencing the same issue. The steps fixed nothing.

By: Natasha Adams

Natasha Adams — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:23:19 +0000

My monitor also worked with Windows 10 and does not work with Windows 11. I have tried all of the above points, multiple monitors, and multiple cables with no success.