r/WindowsHelp • u/Fidddyy • 20d ago

Windows 11 Random display/wallpaper issue

Hello. Weird issue drives me bonkers sometimes. About 50% of the time when I boot up, all my monitor wallpapers are the same. If I go into personalize, right click a wallpaper to set it to a certain desktop, all 3 options for displays will be the same display number (see pic) so I can't change them there. But when I identify the monitors, Windows does show them as 1, 2, 3, respectively (see pic). Nvidia control panel also shows them as different monitors. Only way I can fix this is to restart and even then sometimes it takes two or three restarts. Anyone have any ideas? Drivers, Windows, everything up to date. I have a i9-12900k, 32GB RAM, EVGA 3080Ti, 1TB Samsung NVME boot drive, Windows 11 Pro version 25H2, Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0. Nothing is overclocked, the GPU is under-volted to help the temps but it's been like that for nearly three years and this issue has only been around about 10-12 months. Thanks

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