TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

Problem: Per title.  Affected was Kodi Leia, but can happen to any Kodi.  May also happen to other media players.   Explanation:  This is a manifestation of the ED ID issue (also known as the "quarter screen issue") where: •  Windows is losing the EDID for the display device (TV, projector) when the display is shut off or disconnected. •  Windows then resizes the screen resolution to the "default" display device, which forces Kodi to resize as well.  This usually makes the Kodi display lower resolution (i.e. smaller). •  When the display is turned back on / reconnected, Windows re-acquires the EDID and changes back to the original resolution.   Kodi does not handle this gracefully.   The result is that Kodi gets "stuck" in the lower resolution, which manifests itself as a smaller (i.e. lower-resolution) window at the top-left corner of the screen.   Some people find that although Kodi is resized, it is still responsi...

Title says it all about the problem, or almost.  Started happening on nearly every reboot. First fix was to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center.  That auto-fixed the problem.  Worked twice. Next was to unplug the DisplayPort cable from the video card.  Worked maybe three times. CCC started saying the monitor was an Acer 0v23W, or something like that.  EDID problem, likely. Tried a registry hack that purported to add in unsupported custom resolutions via the DALNonStandardModesBCD1 registry key.  Didn't work, my new resolutions never showed up anywhere. Found some kind of editor for hacking ATI drivers.  Didn't use it, it scared me. After much poking around, I found the rather silly suggestion that unplugging the monitor would fix the EDID issue.  (I lost the link, unfortunately.)  The author suggested an unplugging time of 10 minutes would be necessary. For lack of anything better to do for a minute, I gave it a go for 10 sec...