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Window 10 4k laptop scaling issues with external monitors

I switched from mac last week to windows 10. I got a nearly fully loaded Lenovo p50. When I plug in external monitors, specifically 2 dell ultrashrap 24 inch ones@1920x1080(I don’t remember the exact model), I have to log out or sometimes even reboot when I connect to the monitors or disconnect them or the scaling of apps does not change? How do I fix this? Having to log out and back in constantly is a deal breaker for me because I will do this 5-8 times a day. I don’t mind even setting my laptops screen to 1920x1080 if that would fix it but it still has to be scaled to 125% otherwise things are just too small. Plus when I switch from laptop to external monitors my windows sizes and locations don’t hold even when I changed the resolution to match the external monitors. Someone please tell me how to fix this. Right now im really regretting my lateral move to Windows.

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Cliff Galiher

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Jesse Bruffett

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Ive updated to anniversary edition, that was the first thing i did after installing anti-virus. I only switched because i needed a laptop with more horsepower than Apple makes and will make probably because of their philosophy on size/weight/cooling. the majority of my work is spent in ssh, terminal or in VM's such as Kali (for the infosec requirements of my job). I know virtualbox is a big culprit but in the next couple weeks ill be buying vmware workstation and 1 password is another thats effected by the scaling. all apps are effected by the inability for them to retain their size and screen location.

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Jesse Bruffett

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Everything i have been told about hyper-v is that kali linux will have sever network issues with some of the apps i use regularly to the point of not functioning as i need them to. i spend about half my job doing cyber security and i spend 1/3 to half of that time in kali. if it will run kali as well as vmware will then ill gladly use hyper-v.