Disable a secondary monitor in windows
I've been struggling with multiple monitors on a desktop machine I use for development at home when I login remotely over LogMeIn.com. When I open an application, it might display on the secondary monitor, requiring me to break my workflow to switch to the secondary monitor, placing the active window onto the primary display and then continuing to work. Needless to say this has been a repetitive annoying waste of time.
So I set out to find a solution to disable the secondary monitor that wouldn't require me to unplug the offending monitor's HDMI connection every time I needed to leave the house.
Enter this very useful Windows 7 built-in monitor switching key combination: winkey + p
When I'm on LogMeIn.com accessing a windows machine remotely, this key combination makes it easy to keep my workflow on a single active monitor through the Windows 7 software configuration. (without any additional software!)


