Regarding #2: There are several programs on the market that allow you to subdivide monitors, and a few of them are free or relatively cheap. I used one called "gridmove" for almost a decade, but recently switched over to 'displayfusion' because it lets me use the normal maximize buttons and hotkeys to resize a window into the containers as well as create and store different layouts and toggle between them.
Not sure if this might help, but I have noticed a pattern in my case. To be clear, i've been seeing the same problem for a disturbingly long time on multiple systems. It's been happening since I installed windows 8.1 and upgraded to fences V2, so I just eventually setup my systems to not turn the displays off unless required. For reference, this is on a laptop (using a displayport dock for two screens and displayport direct from the gpu output for
In case my last message was unclear in some way: I already attempted to follow the procedure outlined in your link. I also opened the batch file provided (UpgradeCheck.bat), read it, and then verified that the change it is supposed to make was applied correctly. There is a DWROD key located at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Settings\SuppressAutoUpdate" containing the value "1" Fences version 3.0.8.1 ignores that key, and continues to pop up upda
Disabling the update check is not working on my system. I have confirmed that the correct key was created and is visible in my registry, and have rebooted several times after running that batch file. I still get an update popup every few hours (To the point that I stopped closing it and just dragged it off screen.)