Issues with wife's triple display laptop setup

invalid@example.com (mikeymikec), mikeymikec
Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:57:28 +0000
Displays

My wife has a work laptop, she works both in the main office and from home, and in both places she has a triple display setup (2 monitors + laptop screen, AFAIK all 1080p). The home monitors are connected via HDMI via a USB-C hub, I don't know about the monitor connections at her work.

Sometimes when she tries to use the setup at home, the other two screens don't come on despite reconnecting the USB-C hub.

I suspect the reason why she's having problems is that she leaves her apps open at the end of work, puts the laptop to sleep and takes it home, then connects stuff back up at home and resumes the computer. I have suggested to her before that she should shut down when she leaves work then connect stuff up at home and switch the laptop on, but I suspect her priorities revolve around convenience whereas mine revolve around ensuring that stuff works first time.

Has anyone here had similar issues and found a solution?

The laptop I think is an i5 raptor lake running Win11...