# Software to easily reconfigure multiple monitors?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932 "2010-06-20T23:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932/1 "2010-06-20T23:56:26Z")

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I have three monitors hooked to one ATI Radeon card with HDMI, DVI and VGA connectors. It’s an OK card, but can only really drive two of them at one time - which is perfectly fine with me. Right now, I’m on the DVI and the VGA.

But I occasionally fire up the home theater and put the HDMI output onto the big screen (like every Saturday when I download a new episode of Doctor Who).

The problem is the ATI software sucks.

I have to go through this complicated dance of enabling one monitor, disabling another then doing the whole thing in reverse.

What I want is something that will record two states - one where the VGA and DVI are used, the other where only the HDMI is used. Ideally, I’d have pair of keystrokes to switch between them.

Anyone have anything to do this?

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932/2 "2010-06-21T03:36:45Z")

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UltraMon will do it with [profiles](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/tour/display_profiles.asp) or [scripts](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/scripts/).

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932/3 "2010-06-21T04:24:25Z")

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> [@yoyodyne](#):
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> UltraMon will do it with [profiles](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/tour/display_profiles.asp) or [scripts](http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/scripts/).

Cool, that looks like it should do it. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932/4 "2010-06-21T09:16:38Z")

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Newer Radeon cards will drive three monitors simultaneously.

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**Author:** ![cplif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cplif](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cplif)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-easily-reconfigure-multiple-monitors/543932/5 "2010-06-21T10:52:49Z")

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Ultramon is pretty good, had conflicts with earlier versions, but with 4 monitors (2 for W$, two displays) it has been stable for about 18 months (new version) It’s makes life easier to manage work screens, and is a bit more user oriented than graphic card tools. Not magical but OK I’m using 3.09 RC