Keep Win7 64-bit from using "Recommended" monitor setting on an imaged machine

[Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]]

Damnable problem. In deploying Win 7 64-bit, I've noticed that even if
the hardware is the same on a array of machines I have but their
monitors are *slightly* different (or sometimes no different at all),
it won't matter what you've frozen your monitor resolution to in the
image. It will often decide to use the recommended setting and ignore
whatever resolution you had when the image was frozen. Is there a way
to make it stick with and retain the resolution you set it to and not
change to recommended when it's imaged to a new machine? Google and
the KB have been of no help. Anyone seen this and know of a fix?

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

 

[Chuck]

Re: Keep Win7 64-bit from using "Recommended" monitor setting onan imaged machine

On 9/23/2010 1:49 PM, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
> Damnable problem. In deploying Win 7 64-bit, I've noticed that even if
> the hardware is the same on a array of machines I have but their
> monitors are *slightly* different (or sometimes no different at all),
> it won't matter what you've frozen your monitor resolution to in the
> image. It will often decide to use the recommended setting and ignore
> whatever resolution you had when the image was frozen. Is there a way
> to make it stick with and retain the resolution you set it to and not
> change to recommended when it's imaged to a new machine? Google and
> the KB have been of no help. Anyone seen this and know of a fix?
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

I was always of the opinion that the deploy-able image should be made
with the standard MS VGA/SVGA driver, and usually at 1024x768
resolution. Naturally this might require some customization on actual
install, which,if properly done, can be more or less automatic.
A continuing problem is that various driver versions (Video, etc.) may
change several times between making the image, and full deployment.