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Hiding the VGA connection from the Browser?
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Hello, I have two monitors. My main monitor is connected via a DP to VGA adapter with a VGA cable and my second monitor is connected via HDMI. There are certain websites that won't start playing a video unless I disconnect or disable the VGA monitor. If I want to watch any video I must first disable the VGA monitor to pass HDCP compatibility check. Is there any plugin or any other way to hide the VGA output from Firefox or Chrome browser so I can play videos from these sites without disabling the VGA monitor? I noticed that it is detected as VGA connection in nVidia Control Panel. Any chance to change that to DP connection by modifying the Registry or something? I want to work at the VGA monitor while watching a video at the HDMI monitor which is HDCP compliant.
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (5699), 25H2 (8655) Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz 4GB Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series) Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (5699), 25H2 (8655) Laptop Acer Extensa 5630EZ Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz Acer Extensa 5630 4GB Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series) Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller 1 1280x800 Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III) VDSL 50 Mbps MICROSOFT EDGE WINDOWS DEFENDER Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, no SSE4.2, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
Windows 11 Pro v25H2 (build 26200.8655) Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generat... 2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6GB... Windows 11 Pro v25H2 (build 26200.8655) PC/Desktop Custom-built PC Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation) Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX 2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6GB (GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD) Realtek HD audio (ALC887) Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA 1440x900 32-bit 60Hz WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back Mitsumi 101-key PS/2 Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2 100Mbps Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Windows Defender Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
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Any chance to change that to DP connection
I believe that the "lowest" connection type is detected when adapters are used.
Win 11 Home ♦♦♦26200.8655 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦25H2 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW) EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR) Win 11 Home ♦♦♦26200.8655 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦25H2 PC/Desktop Built by Ghot® [May 2020] AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 5302) G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW) EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR) Realtek ALC1220P / ALC S1220A Dell U3011 30" 2560 x 1600 2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull) Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED Logitech Optical M-100 300/300 Firefox (latest) Bitdefender Total Security Speakers: Klipsch Pro Media 2.1
Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz) TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800) EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC Windows XP Pro 32bit w/SP3 PC/Desktop Built by Ghot® (not in use) AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (OC'd @ 3.2Ghz) ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800) EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC Onboard ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT) up to 2048 x 1536 WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V Generic Beige case, 80mm fans ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler Logitech Classic Keybooard 200 Logitech Optical M-BT96a 300/300 Firefox 3.x ?? Symantec (Norton) Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 15 years?
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Yes, any way to fake that detector and think the connection is digital, so it starts playing?
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (5699), 25H2 (8655) Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz 4GB Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series) Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (5699), 25H2 (8655) Laptop Acer Extensa 5630EZ Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz Acer Extensa 5630 4GB Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series) Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller 1 1280x800 Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III) VDSL 50 Mbps MICROSOFT EDGE WINDOWS DEFENDER Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, no SSE4.2, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
Windows 11 Pro v25H2 (build 26200.8655) Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generat... 2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6GB... Windows 11 Pro v25H2 (build 26200.8655) PC/Desktop Custom-built PC Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation) Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX 2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6GB (GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD) Realtek HD audio (ALC887) Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA 1440x900 32-bit 60Hz WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back Mitsumi 101-key PS/2 Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2 100Mbps Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Windows Defender Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
