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How to install on Windows XP systems, BenQ FP71W - resolution

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How to install on Windows XP systems 1. Open Display Properties. The quickest shortcut to Display Properties is through the Windows desktop. Right-click the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu. Alternatively, the Windows menu to Display Properties is located in Control Panel. In Windows XP version, Control Panel is located directly under the main Start menu item. The menu options displayed will depend upon which type of view is selected for your system. • Under the Classic view, click Start | Control Panel | Display. • Under the Category view, click Start | Control Panel | Appearance and Themes | Change the screen resolution. The Display Properties window will display. 2. Click the Settings tab and the Advanced button. The Advanced Display Properties window will display. 3. Click the Monitor tab and select the 'Plug and Play Monitor' from the list. If there is only one monitor in the list, it will already be selected for you. 4. Click the Properties button. The Monitor Properties window will display. If the driver provider is listed as BenQ, and the model matches that of your new monitor, the proper drivers are already installed, and you need do nothing further. Cancel out of these property windows. However, if BenQ is not listed as the manufacturer, or the correct model is not currently shown, you will need to continue with these instructions. 5. Click the Driver tab and the Update Driver button. The Hardware Update Wizard will display. Follow the wizard instructions noting the steps below: 6. Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer you attached the monitor to. 7. Check the option 'Install from a list or specific location' and click Next. 8. Check the option 'Search for the best driver in these locations' and also check 'Search removable media', then click Next. Please wait while the wizard searches for drives and the BenQ LCD Monitor CD inserted in step 6. When complete, the wizard should have found and selected the BenQ driver on the CD appropriate to your monitor model, in this case 'BenQ FP71W' in the location 'd:\driver\FP71W.inf ' or similar. The drive letter for your CD drive may differ from the example above depending upon your system - it may be 'D:' or 'E:' or 'F:' etc. 9. Select (single-click) the file named 'BenQ FP71W' on the CD, and click the Next button. This will copy and install the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer. 10. Click Finish. This will close the wizard and return you to the Monitor Properties window, now renamed BenQ FP71W Properties. 11. Click Close, OK, and OK. This will close the Display Properties windows. You do not need to restart Windows XP, as the BenQ LCD monitor drivers will operate immediately with no further action required by you. 16 Getting the most from your BenQ monitor

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Getting the most from your BenQ monitor
How to install on Windows XP systems
1. Open
Display Properties
.
The quickest shortcut to
Display Properties
is through the Windows desktop.
Right-click the desktop and select
Properties
from the popup menu.
Alternatively, the Windows menu to
Display Properties
is located in
Control Panel
.
In Windows XP version,
Control Panel
is located directly under the main
Start
menu item.
The menu options displayed will depend upon which type of view is selected for your system.
Under the Classic view, click
Start
|
Control Panel
|
Display
.
Under the Category view, click
Start
|
Control Panel
|
Appearance and Themes
|
Change the
screen resolution
.
The
Display Properties
window will display.
2.
Click the
Settings
tab and the
Advanced
button.
The
Advanced Display Properties
window will display.
3.
Click the
Monitor
tab and select the ‘Plug and Play Monitor’ from the list.
If there is only one monitor in the list, it will already be selected for you.
4.
Click the
Properties
button.
The
Monitor Properties
window will display.
If the driver provider is listed as BenQ, and the model matches that of your new monitor, the proper
drivers are already installed, and you need do nothing further. Cancel out of these property windows.
However, if BenQ is not listed as the manufacturer, or the correct model is not currently shown, you
will need to continue with these instructions.
5.
Click the
Driver
tab and the
Update Driver
button.
The
Hardware Update Wizard
will display. Follow the wizard instructions noting the steps below:
6.
Insert the BenQ LCD Monitor CD-ROM into a CD drive on the computer you attached the
monitor to.
7.
Check the option ‘
Install from a list or specific location
’ and click
Next
.
8.
Check the option ‘
Search for the best driver in these locations
’ and also
check ‘
Search removable media
’, then click
Next
.
Please wait while the wizard searches for drives and the BenQ LCD Monitor CD inserted in step 6.
When complete, the wizard should have found and selected the BenQ driver on the CD appropriate to
your monitor model, in this case ‘BenQ FP71W’ in the location ‘d:\driver\FP71W.inf’ or similar.
The drive letter for your CD drive may differ from the example above depending upon your
system – it may be ‘D:’ or ‘E:’ or ‘F:’ etc.
9.
Select (single-click) the file named ‘
BenQ FP71W
’ on the CD, and click the
Next
button.
This will copy and install the appropriate monitor driver files to your computer.
10. Click
Finish
.
This will close the wizard and return you to the
Monitor Properties
window, now renamed
BenQ
FP71W Properties
.
11. Click
Close, OK
, and
OK
.
This will close the
Display Properties
windows. You do not need to restart Windows XP, as the BenQ
LCD monitor drivers will operate immediately with no further action required by you.