Unable to load monitor driver

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When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor
is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the
situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG
L1715) ?
 
1. What you need is not actually a driver. It is a .inf file that has the
physical/electrical parameters of your monitor. 95% of all monitors will
work just fine as a Plug and Play monitor.

2. If you feel that you must load the .inf file, you will have to search
your install disk (if the monitor came with one) for the correct file for
Windows XP. Then, from device manager, update the monitor *driver* (a
misnomer) and point the install to this inf file. The information will be
transferred to your system.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard said:
When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor
is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the
situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG
L1715) ?
Click to expand...

Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or
whatever)\Properties
 
When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated
originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I
cannot get to the option to install the .inf file.
 
When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated
originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I
cannot get to the option to install the .inf file.
Click to expand...

Try Plan B or C then.

Plan B: Right click the INF file for the monitor and select Install.
Restart the computer. If the monitor info is not updated, use Add New
Hardware Wizard to select the brand/model.

Plan C: Delete the existing plug and monitor listing. Have Device Manager
scan for changes. It may reinstall the same plug and play monitor but you
may also get the "new hardware" prompts. If the new hardware prompts
appear, take the choices to manually locate the driver. Direct the dialog
to the INF file for the monitor.

NOTE: In XP, having the generic plug and play monitor should not limit the
size of the desktop. By default, XP will set the desktop resolution at the
highest one that it knows the monitor can handle. In most cases, this will
be at least 1024x768.

It is more common to be limited to 800x600 if the generic display driver is
installed - VGA or VGASafe. The resolution in this case is to install the
proper display driver for the display adapter (video card). In some cases,
there may be motherboard drivers that need to be installed before the
display driver.

For example: I run multiple monitors (two different Samsung models) on a
dualhead display card. On a new install, XP can identify the one newer
model but not the other older model which shows up as Plug and Play
Monitor. Eventually I install the INF for this monitor but until that
happens, I've never had a problem getting both monitors at 1280x1024 as
long as the correct motherboard and display drivers are installed.
 
Ah! Another tidbit. It's like pulling teeth.

I also, do not have a monitor listed upon a clean install -- UNTIL I install
the correct motherboard drivers and reboot the computer. The monitor is then
listed as plug and play. At this time I can install the dedicated monitor
..inf file information into the registry through device manager.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
I'm glad we were finally able to solve your problem. (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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