Hey everyone! I'm experiencing an annoying issue where some windows on my PC shrink down to about 20% of my screen size after my monitor goes into power saving mode. This only happens when the windows are left open in a maximized state - if I minimize them to the taskbar, they don't resize.
I'm using Windows 11 Pro and my system is up-to-date, with a single monitor set at the recommended 1440p resolution and 100% scaling. I've noticed this behavior started after a Windows update, and I'm not having any issues when my monitor is turned off and then on again. Power saving mode is the only thing causing this. I've also tried various Nvidia drivers, so I don't think it's a driver problem.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions on how to fix it? Thanks for your help!
3 Answers
This seems like a driver issue to me. I had a similar problem years ago with a Viewsonic monitor where the monitor would lose sync with the video card after waking up, causing the resizing. The solutions were either to wait for a driver update or try a firmware update on the monitor. Maybe that's a direction to explore since you mentioned it doesn't happen on Windows 10.
It sounds like your monitor going into power saving mode might be messing with how the system communicates with the display. Have you thought about checking if you can disable the power saving feature on your monitor? Sometimes those settings can be adjusted directly on the monitor itself, which could help fix the issue.
Good suggestion! I haven't looked into that yet. I'll check the monitor settings and see if disabling power saving helps.
Windows resizing like that is a weird quirk, but it could be specific to certain applications. I noticed that some apps behave differently after sleep mode; for example, my browsers tend to resize while Office apps usually don't. It might be worth testing if the issue is consistent across all applications you use.
Interesting! I did notice that Windows 10 doesn't have this problem. If it is a driver issue, I'll keep an eye out for updates.