diff --git a/cmake/compile_definitions/windows.cmake b/cmake/compile_definitions/windows.cmake
index b3ba5bbb..6424f7fd 100644
--- a/cmake/compile_definitions/windows.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compile_definitions/windows.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ set(PLATFORM_TARGET_FILES
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/windows/audio.cpp"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/windows/virtual_display.h"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/windows/virtual_display.cpp"
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/windows/utils.h"
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/windows/utils.cpp"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/sudovda/sudovda-ioctl.h"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/sudovda/sudovda.h"
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/ViGEmClient/src/ViGEmClient.cpp"
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/utils.cpp b/src/platform/windows/utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed2bad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/windows/utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+#include "utils.h"
+
+std::string convertUtf8ToCurrentCodepage(const std::string& utf8Str) {
+	if (GetACP() == CP_UTF8) {
+		return std::string(utf8Str);
+	}
+	// Step 1: Convert UTF-8 to UTF-16
+	int utf16Len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8Str.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0);
+	if (utf16Len == 0) {
+		return std::string(utf8Str);
+	}
+
+	std::wstring utf16Str(utf16Len, L'\0');
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8Str.c_str(), -1, &utf16Str[0], utf16Len);
+
+	// Step 2: Convert UTF-16 to the current Windows codepage
+	int codepageLen = WideCharToMultiByte(GetACP(), 0, utf16Str.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+	if (codepageLen == 0) {
+		return std::string(utf8Str);
+	}
+
+	std::string codepageStr(codepageLen, '\0');
+	WideCharToMultiByte(GetACP(), 0, utf16Str.c_str(), -1, &codepageStr[0], codepageLen, NULL, NULL);
+
+	return codepageStr;
+}
+
+// Modified from https://github.com/FrogTheFrog/Sunshine/blob/b6f8573d35eff7c55da6965dfa317dc9722bd4ef/src/platform/windows/display_device/windows_utils.cpp
+
+std::string
+get_error_string(LONG error_code) {
+	std::stringstream error;
+	error << "[code: ";
+	switch (error_code) {
+		case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+			error << "ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER";
+			break;
+		case ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED:
+			error << "ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED";
+			break;
+		case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+			error << "ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED";
+			break;
+		case ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER:
+			error << "ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER";
+			break;
+		case ERROR_GEN_FAILURE:
+			error << "ERROR_GEN_FAILURE";
+			break;
+		case ERROR_SUCCESS:
+			error << "ERROR_SUCCESS";
+			break;
+		default:
+			error << error_code;
+			break;
+	}
+	error << ", message: " << std::system_category().message(static_cast<int>(error_code)) << "]";
+	return error.str();
+}
+
+bool
+query_display_config(std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_PATH_INFO>& paths, std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_MODE_INFO>& modes, bool active_only) {
+	LONG result = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+
+	// When we want to enable/disable displays, we need to get all paths as they will not be active.
+	// This will require some additional filtering of duplicate and otherwise useless paths.
+	UINT32 flags = active_only ? QDC_ONLY_ACTIVE_PATHS : QDC_ALL_PATHS;
+	flags |= QDC_VIRTUAL_MODE_AWARE;  // supported from W10 onwards
+
+	do {
+		UINT32 path_count { 0 };
+		UINT32 mode_count { 0 };
+
+		result = GetDisplayConfigBufferSizes(flags, &path_count, &mode_count);
+		if (result != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+			BOOST_LOG(error) << get_error_string(result) << " failed to get display paths and modes!";
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		paths.resize(path_count);
+		modes.resize(mode_count);
+		result = QueryDisplayConfig(flags, &path_count, paths.data(), &mode_count, modes.data(), nullptr);
+
+		// The function may have returned fewer paths/modes than estimated
+		paths.resize(path_count);
+		modes.resize(mode_count);
+
+		// It's possible that between the call to GetDisplayConfigBufferSizes and QueryDisplayConfig
+		// that the display state changed, so loop on the case of ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER.
+	} while (result == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER);
+
+	if (result != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+		BOOST_LOG(error) << get_error_string(result) << " failed to query display paths and modes!";
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool
+is_user_session_locked() {
+	LPWSTR buffer { nullptr };
+	const auto cleanup_guard {
+		util::fail_guard([&buffer]() {
+			if (buffer) {
+				WTSFreeMemory(buffer);
+			}
+		})
+	};
+
+	DWORD buffer_size_in_bytes { 0 };
+	if (WTSQuerySessionInformationW(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId(), WTSSessionInfoEx, &buffer, &buffer_size_in_bytes)) {
+		if (buffer_size_in_bytes > 0) {
+			const auto wts_info { reinterpret_cast<const WTSINFOEXW *>(buffer) };
+			if (wts_info && wts_info->Level == 1) {
+				const bool is_locked { wts_info->Data.WTSInfoExLevel1.SessionFlags == WTS_SESSIONSTATE_LOCK };
+				BOOST_LOG(debug) << "is_user_session_locked: " << is_locked;
+				return is_locked;
+			}
+		}
+
+		BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Failed to get session info in is_user_session_locked.";
+	}
+	else {
+		BOOST_LOG(error) << get_error_string(GetLastError()) << " failed while calling WTSQuerySessionInformationW!";
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool
+test_no_access_to_ccd_api() {
+	std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_PATH_INFO> paths;
+	std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_MODE_INFO> modes;
+	if (!query_display_config(paths, modes, true)) {
+		BOOST_LOG(debug) << "test_no_access_to_ccd_api failed in query_display_config.";
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// Here we are supplying the retrieved display data back to SetDisplayConfig (with VALIDATE flag only, so that we make no actual changes).
+	// Unless something is really broken on Windows, this call should never fail under normal circumstances - the configuration is 100% correct, since it was
+	// provided by Windows.
+	const UINT32 flags { SDC_VALIDATE | SDC_USE_SUPPLIED_DISPLAY_CONFIG | SDC_VIRTUAL_MODE_AWARE };
+	const LONG result { SetDisplayConfig(paths.size(), paths.data(), modes.size(), modes.data(), flags) };
+
+	BOOST_LOG(debug) << "test_no_access_to_ccd_api result: " << get_error_string(result);
+	return result == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED;
+}
+
+bool
+is_changing_settings_going_to_fail() {
+	return is_user_session_locked() || test_no_access_to_ccd_api();
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/utils.h b/src/platform/windows/utils.h
index eeb5ff27..ee6f96b8 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/utils.h
+++ b/src/platform/windows/utils.h
@@ -1,29 +1,22 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
+
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <SetupApi.h>
+#include <wtsapi32.h>
 
-std::string convertUtf8ToCurrentCodepage(const std::string& utf8Str) {
-	if (GetACP() == CP_UTF8) {
-		return std::string(utf8Str);
-	}
-	// Step 1: Convert UTF-8 to UTF-16
-	int utf16Len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8Str.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0);
-	if (utf16Len == 0) {
-			return std::string(utf8Str);
-	}
+#include "src/utility.h"
+#include "src/logging.h"
 
-	std::wstring utf16Str(utf16Len, L'\0');
-	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8Str.c_str(), -1, &utf16Str[0], utf16Len);
+std::string convertUtf8ToCurrentCodepage(const std::string& utf8Str);
 
-	// Step 2: Convert UTF-16 to the current Windows codepage
-	int codepageLen = WideCharToMultiByte(GetACP(), 0, utf16Str.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
-	if (codepageLen == 0) {
-			return std::string(utf8Str);
-	}
+std::string get_error_string(LONG error_code);
 
-	std::string codepageStr(codepageLen, '\0');
-	WideCharToMultiByte(GetACP(), 0, utf16Str.c_str(), -1, &codepageStr[0], codepageLen, NULL, NULL);
+bool query_display_config(std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_PATH_INFO>& paths, std::vector<DISPLAYCONFIG_MODE_INFO>& modes, bool active_only);
 
-	return codepageStr;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+bool is_user_session_locked();
+
+bool test_no_access_to_ccd_api();
+
+bool is_changing_settings_going_to_fail();
diff --git a/src/process.cpp b/src/process.cpp
index d1ecf557..1acfd898 100644
--- a/src/process.cpp
+++ b/src/process.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
   // from_utf8() string conversion function
   #include "platform/windows/misc.h"
+  #include "platform/windows/utils.h"
 
   // _SH constants for _wfsopen()
   #include <share.h>
@@ -372,7 +373,15 @@ namespace proc {
     auto resetHDRThread = std::thread([this, enable_hdr = launch_session->enable_hdr]{
       // Windows doesn't seem to be able to set HDR correctly when a display is just connected,
       // so we have tooggle HDR for the virtual display manually after a delay.
-      std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
+      auto retryInterval = 200ms;
+      while (is_changing_settings_going_to_fail()) {
+        if (retryInterval > 2s) {
+          BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Restoring HDR settings failed due to retry timeout!";
+          return;
+        }
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(retryInterval);
+        retryInterval *= 2;
+      }
       // We should have got the actual streaming display by now
       std::string currentDisplay = this->display_name;
       if (!currentDisplay.empty()) {