Mt Device Manager does not has any "Monitor" entry.
Is this normal?
I have Vista Ultimate.
I just got some Win\dows updates that I think messed my monitor's drive and
the lettering (when I read) is not as crisp as before.
I am told now that the ulpdates were for a non PnP monitor or so, and then I
noticed that the word Monitor is not on the Device Manage list.
Please advise anything that you might know about this.
Thanks in advance.

"Octavio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Mt Device Manager does not has any "Monitor" entry.
> Is this normal?
> I have Vista Ultimate.
> I just got some Win\dows updates that I think messed my monitor's drive
> and the lettering (when I read) is not as crisp as before.
> I am told now that the ulpdates were for a non PnP monitor or so, and then
> I noticed that the word Monitor is not on the Device Manage list.
> Please advise anything that you might know about this.


Try rebooting. It might reappear.

ss.

Before I read your "Reboting" advise I did a system restore and it came
back. Now it is there.
Let me ask:

1. What exactly "rebooting" means. It it means restarting the computer, I
did that a fe times and it still was not there.

2. The entry under Monitor on the Device Manager reads now " Generic Non
PnP Monitor". I suspect this is not correct since my Gateway monitor is a
PnP monitor. Let me as, to any one who might know about this, maybe this
has to do with the Windows Vista automatic upates updating my Nvidia drive
and messing my letter? How can I change that entry there to take out the
"non" designation?

Thanks again.


"Synapse Syndrome" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Octavio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Mt Device Manager does not has any "Monitor" entry.
>> Is this normal?
>> I have Vista Ultimate.
>> I just got some Win\dows updates that I think messed my monitor's drive
>> and the lettering (when I read) is not as crisp as before.
>> I am told now that the ulpdates were for a non PnP monitor or so, and
>> then I noticed that the word Monitor is not on the Device Manage list.
>> Please advise anything that you might know about this.
>
>
> Try rebooting. It might reappear.
>
> ss.
>

"Octavio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Before I read your "Reboting" advise I did a system restore and it came
> back. Now it is there.
> Let me ask:
>
> 1. What exactly "rebooting" means. It it means restarting the computer,
> I did that a fe times and it still was not there.

Yes, it just means restarting the computer.


> 2. The entry under Monitor on the Device Manager reads now " Generic Non
> PnP Monitor". I suspect this is not correct since my Gateway monitor is a
> PnP monitor. Let me as, to any one who might know about this, maybe this
> has to do with the Windows Vista automatic upates updating my Nvidia drive
> and messing my letter? How can I change that entry there to take out the
> "non" designation?


Don't worry about this too much. The monitor driver usually only tells the
computer what resolution and refresh rates the monitor is safely capable of.
It can also automatically set which ICC colour profile should be associated
with it, or at least it seems to with my Iiyama CRT Diamondtron monitors.

It is possible that these drivers may do more with LCD screens, like
automatically tell the computer when they have been rotated into portrait
mode.

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Octavio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Before I read your "Reboting" advise I did a system restore and it came
>> back. Now it is there.
>> Let me ask:
>>
>> 1. What exactly "rebooting" means. It it means restarting the computer,
>> I did that a fe times and it still was not there.
>
> Yes, it just means restarting the computer.
>
>
>> 2. The entry under Monitor on the Device Manager reads now " Generic Non
>> PnP Monitor". I suspect this is not correct since my Gateway monitor is
>> a PnP monitor. Let me as, to any one who might know about this, maybe
>> this has to do with the Windows Vista automatic upates updating my Nvidia
>> drive and messing my letter? How can I change that entry there to take
>> out the "non" designation?
>
>
> Don't worry about this too much. The monitor driver usually only tells
> the computer what resolution and refresh rates the monitor is safely
> capable of. It can also automatically set which ICC colour profile should
> be associated with it, or at least it seems to with my Iiyama CRT
> Diamondtron monitors.
>
> It is possible that these drivers may do more with LCD screens, like
> automatically tell the computer when they have been rotated into portrait
> mode.

And most importantly for LCD screens, the inf file or pnp features will
reveal the native resolution. The crispest characters are only displayable
in native resolution, as no interpolation is required.

-Paul Randall

Is there any simple non complicated setting in Vista that will force the
computer to recognize the real PnP nature of the monitor?
I updated the driver and still the monitor is lieste as "non PnP" , talked
to Windows Vista support and they say it is the Monitor EZtuner, talked to
EZ Tuner and they say it is Windows Vista, talked to Gateway and they say it
is the driver, so I don't know who the culprit really is.
Thanks in advance.


"Paul Randall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Synapse Syndrome" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "Octavio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> Before I read your "Reboting" advise I did a system restore and it came
>>> back. Now it is there.
>>> Let me ask:
>>>
>>> 1. What exactly "rebooting" means. It it means restarting the
>>> computer, I did that a fe times and it still was not there.
>>
>> Yes, it just means restarting the computer.
>>
>>
>>> 2. The entry under Monitor on the Device Manager reads now " Generic
>>> Non PnP Monitor". I suspect this is not correct since my Gateway
>>> monitor is a PnP monitor. Let me as, to any one who might know about
>>> this, maybe this has to do with the Windows Vista automatic upates
>>> updating my Nvidia drive and messing my letter? How can I change that
>>> entry there to take out the "non" designation?
>>
>>
>> Don't worry about this too much. The monitor driver usually only tells
>> the computer what resolution and refresh rates the monitor is safely
>> capable of. It can also automatically set which ICC colour profile should
>> be associated with it, or at least it seems to with my Iiyama CRT
>> Diamondtron monitors.
>>
>> It is possible that these drivers may do more with LCD screens, like
>> automatically tell the computer when they have been rotated into portrait
>> mode.
>
> And most importantly for LCD screens, the inf file or pnp features will
> reveal the native resolution. The crispest characters are only
> displayable in native resolution, as no interpolation is required.
>
> -Paul Randall
>