Windows 7 seems to think that I have multiple monitors

I have a 34" Vizio LCD TV with RGB port for a monitor on our DTP system. Win 7 Ultimate. Mother board is Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H with on-board video which according to Device Manager is an Intel HD Graphics 4000.
Sometimes when I open a program from the task bar it disappears from the screen. I can get it back using the keyboard sequence (which I don't remember at the moment)...but it's a hassle. In addition, after discovering this, I've found that if I have a program
window running in a window after clicking on <Restore down> I can move it off the screen on either side by dragging it on the top bar of the window.
Looking at the Graphics/Resolution settings for the Intel, it shows two monitors: 1)the Visio as VO370M and 2) Display Device on VGA. Could that be the source of the problem? I've tried every combination of settings for <Multiple displays> but nothing
fixes it.
Can anyone suggest what's up and how to fix it?
TIA
Aboonah

I followed the link and tried it...but no effect.
I've never used dual monitors, so am totally unfamiliar with the process. But as I mentioned, the <Change the appearance of your displays> window shows my monitor as #1 in the <Display> selection ... #2 shows <Display device on: VGA> .
I just looked on my laptop, also running Win7 Ultimate, it only shows one display in that location. I think it says <Mobile display device>.  There is no number 2.
But it all of this may be moot, because I tried to move the <Change the appearance...> window sideways off the screen both right and left and it let me do it. So it seems that that must be normal behavior.
If so, how do I keep my MS Virtual Machine installation of Virtual XP from always flying completely off the screen when I click on it at the taskbar?
Sorry, I know that's interjecting a new question, but it's the reason I originally questioned the dual monitor error.
TIA
Aboonah

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