Ferrara
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- Windows 11
I've been using the new PC about a month now. There are a couple random events that have spontaneously occurred in the settings. Both of these scenarios have occurred more than once, maybe three to five times, both before and after I reinstalled Windows ten days ago.
I use an external DAC to process the audio via USB and send the analog signal to my stereo system. It is set as my default audio device. There is also the internal Realtek soundcard which is listed as available devices under speakers and headphones, and I have disabled both. There is my Dell monitor which has speakers and it as also listed as an available audio device, which I have also disabled. Lastly, there is my Sony Bravia smart TV which has speakers and is connected to one of the mini DP ports on my Nvidia video card, which I've also disabled, since I only want to use the DAC as an audio device. There have been occasions where I went to play some audio on the PC and no sound came out, and I go to look at the speaker icon in the system tray and hover the mouse pointer over it to find that my audio device is now the Sony TV. I open Control Panel and go to the Manage Audio Devices window and see that the Sony TV which I disabled as an audio device is now shown as the default device. So I disable it, reset the Rega DAC as the default device, and all is well until the same thing happens again a few days or a week or two later. When it happens the TV is powered off, I only use it as a monitor while I'm on the computer occasionally. So this random reset is not do to the TV coming online.
The other thing is that I am just doing some things on the computer and suddenly the desktop display shrinks for a moment and then resizes to normal. I ignore it until later when I cannot find the mouse pointer, and then I realize that it has wandered off the right side of the screen, and I check my display settings, which I have set to duplicate these displays, and find that the setting has changed to extend these displays. So I change it back to duplicate, and my mouse pointer no longer wanders off the right edge of the screen. But yesterday when it happened Windows also changed the screen resolution when it changed the display setting for multiple displays, and when I reset it to duplicate these displays the icons and desktop look blew up to become all blurry and ugly. I didn't realize the screen resolution had changed until I called Dell Support and the agent figured it out for me. So now when it happens again I will have to change the settings for multiple displays and for screen resolution.
What I want to know is: 1. Why do these two random resets keep happening (the display reset happens while I am using the computer, the audio device reset may be happening when I restart the computer, or during regular use, I can't recall for sure)? 2. What can I do to troubleshoot and correct these annoyances so they don't keep recurring? I can provide more details about my system if it will be helpful, just ask.
On Sunday after a restart another thing happened, which was my default apps for all browser file extensions and image files had been reset from Firefox to Edge, and from Irfanview to Photos. It was a bother to have to go reset all those file types to my default app of choice. So far it has only happened once. I hope it doesn't become a repeat offender like the previously described Windows misbehaviors.
I use an external DAC to process the audio via USB and send the analog signal to my stereo system. It is set as my default audio device. There is also the internal Realtek soundcard which is listed as available devices under speakers and headphones, and I have disabled both. There is my Dell monitor which has speakers and it as also listed as an available audio device, which I have also disabled. Lastly, there is my Sony Bravia smart TV which has speakers and is connected to one of the mini DP ports on my Nvidia video card, which I've also disabled, since I only want to use the DAC as an audio device. There have been occasions where I went to play some audio on the PC and no sound came out, and I go to look at the speaker icon in the system tray and hover the mouse pointer over it to find that my audio device is now the Sony TV. I open Control Panel and go to the Manage Audio Devices window and see that the Sony TV which I disabled as an audio device is now shown as the default device. So I disable it, reset the Rega DAC as the default device, and all is well until the same thing happens again a few days or a week or two later. When it happens the TV is powered off, I only use it as a monitor while I'm on the computer occasionally. So this random reset is not do to the TV coming online.
The other thing is that I am just doing some things on the computer and suddenly the desktop display shrinks for a moment and then resizes to normal. I ignore it until later when I cannot find the mouse pointer, and then I realize that it has wandered off the right side of the screen, and I check my display settings, which I have set to duplicate these displays, and find that the setting has changed to extend these displays. So I change it back to duplicate, and my mouse pointer no longer wanders off the right edge of the screen. But yesterday when it happened Windows also changed the screen resolution when it changed the display setting for multiple displays, and when I reset it to duplicate these displays the icons and desktop look blew up to become all blurry and ugly. I didn't realize the screen resolution had changed until I called Dell Support and the agent figured it out for me. So now when it happens again I will have to change the settings for multiple displays and for screen resolution.
What I want to know is: 1. Why do these two random resets keep happening (the display reset happens while I am using the computer, the audio device reset may be happening when I restart the computer, or during regular use, I can't recall for sure)? 2. What can I do to troubleshoot and correct these annoyances so they don't keep recurring? I can provide more details about my system if it will be helpful, just ask.
On Sunday after a restart another thing happened, which was my default apps for all browser file extensions and image files had been reset from Firefox to Edge, and from Irfanview to Photos. It was a bother to have to go reset all those file types to my default app of choice. So far it has only happened once. I hope it doesn't become a repeat offender like the previously described Windows misbehaviors.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 11
- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Pro Max Tower T2 FCT2250 Desktop PC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell E2225HSM Pro 22" Adjustable Stand Monitor, Sony Bravia 4K VH21 KD-43X85K 43" 4K HDR LED Google TV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080, 3840 X 2160
