Windows 8.1 and Lilliput 7" issues

[Hunv]

A status-update would be nice, because this issue really sucks.

Just an information for you:
For me and my collegues it don't matter if it is a problem with Microsoft or Displaylink or both. For us as an enduser the problem is with DisplayLink, because it only happens with the tiny screens that are using DisplayLink.

[virus_59]

I have the same problem with my MIMO 720F Touchscreen USB Monitor (7" 800x480) built in the case. I use latest driver 7.5 M0 and AIDA64 for monitoring.





Windows 7 = no problem
Windows 8 = no problem
Windows 8.1 / display in landscape = no problem
Windows 8.1 / display in portrait = sucks / black display, i see only mouse cursor

[LucQuoniam]

Hi, have the 7.5 driver issue with "windows 8.1". with 22" screens... In protrait mode. Did not think to test landscape mode, indead!!! But whatever the screen disposition there is a "bug"

Best regards

[Stoney]

Are there any news?

[virus_59]

I try today a new driver 7.5 M1.

It's working, ... before i restart my PC. And then the same story: black screen with mouse cursor, charm bars, metro start menu, BUT I CAN'T SEE DESKTOP

DISPLAYLINK, TELL US: ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM ?????????

[virus_59]

Driver 7.5 M2 - no changes, all the same problems

[Wim]

There is no fix DisplayLink can do for this issue. It looks like Windows 8.1 does not support displays with a resolution width of less than 640 pixels. This is probably a design decision by Microsoft.

You get the same behaviour with a directly connected screen, so it independent of DisplayLink's driver.

Wim

[Wim]

We have raised this with Microsoft and they have closed it as invalid. Windows 8 onwards only supports resolutions of 1024x768 and above. They have cited the following references for this:

Windows Certification Newsletter - March 12, 2013
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr.../dn609870.aspx

Microsoft Reduces Minimum Resolution Requirement To Enable Cheaper, Smaller Windows Devices
http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-...ndows-devices/

System requirements:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...m-requirements

Therefore there is no fix we can do for this and it is a limitation of Windows 8 onwards.

Wim

[flow28]

Hey, I just registered to this forum only to tell you my workaround for the problem with Windows 8 the minimum resolution width of 640 pixels:
As described previously you can circumvent the black display problem by rotating the screen into landscape mode (increases horizontal resolution of displays normally used in portrait mode) and pressing the win+d combination.
So I wrote a AutoIt script for myself which is activated via a shortcut, which quickly rotates my small portrait screen into landscape, presses win+d, rotates the screen back to portrait mode and restores all windows back by sending win+d again.
I just klick this shortcut after I turned the pc on and can use my 7" monitor without problems.

This does not solve the problem but enables you to live with it pretty well.

I used the following program in my script, which enables me to rotate only the second screen:
http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc#display

My script looks as follows:
Run("C:\display.exe /device 2 /rotate 0")
Sleep(1000*2)
Send("#d")
Run("C:\display.exe /device 2 /rotate 90")
Sleep(1000*2)
Send("#d")