I'm failing to find semi-obscure Windows configuration information again. Search engines just bring up the same completely wrong information copied and pasted to multiple forums by "experts." I don't know if there is official Windows configuration documentation anywhere, but I will probably have to pay for it.
The problem of the day is that Windows sees my second monitor as display 1 and my primary monitor as display 2. That's completely different from which display has the "Make this my main display" box checked. The monitor that has that box checked is still listed as display 2, and some software opens on the secondary monitor instead of the one marked as the primary (they're looking for display 1 instead of the primary display, which are different things because Windows is a great OS). The only thing I can find is the same old "check the box" response, even when the person who started the thread makes it extremely clear that the box is already checked. Maybe I should turn on both monitors instead of only turning the second monitor on when I need it (it's a monitor that's still detected by Windows when turned off - the monitor that I want as a primary is not detected when it's turned off, but it also powers down its built-in USB hub, which is annoying).
The reason for turning the monitors off is another problem where the monitors randomly leave power-saving mode and start displaying an image, even though I didn't move the mouse or press any keys. Once again, the Internet happily provides instructions for disabling sleep in Windows, even though that's unrelated (and I already have sleep turned off). Maybe turning sleep back on (on a desktop that's powered on 24/7) is somehow the answer in a strange backwards way. It's nice to have the computer fully powered on to let updates and antivirus run in the background, but with my computer, Internet speed is the bottleneck for that stuff.
I wonder if there was Windows configuration training if I stuck with pursuing IT as a career instead of stopping at the A+. I hope my previous rant on the A+ test (in another thread) didn't offend actual IT professionals. The reality is that I feel bad for new IT people because misinformation has taken over like this. It isn't like 15-20 years ago when I was first learning.