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Installing the device driver in Windows Vista, X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows

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Installing the monitor driver in Windows Vista To use the Plug and Play feature in Windows Vista, files should be loaded from the Reference and Driver CD. Note: This section must be completed before continuing with the Windows Vista automatic image setup. 1. Turn off the computer and all attached devices. 2. Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly. 3. Turn on the monitor and then the system unit. Allow the system to boot into Windows Vista. 4. Open the Display Properties window by clicking Start J Settings J Control Panel, and then double-clicking the Display icon. 5. Click the Settings tab. 6. Click the Advanced button. 7. Click the Monitor tab. 8. Click the Properties button. 9. Click the Drivers tab. 10. Open the Hardware Update Wizard window by clicking on Update Driver, and then click Next. 11. Select Install from a list or Specific location(Advanced), and then click Next. 12. Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" option, and then click Next. 13. Click the Have Disk button. Click on the Browse button and navigate to the following directory: X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows Vista (where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive). 14. Select the "LEN D186wA.inf" file and click the Open button. Click the OK button. 15. Select LEN D186wA and click Next. The files will be copied from the CD to your hard disk drive. 16. Close all open windows and remove the CD. 17. Restart the system. The system will automatically select the maximum refresh rate and corresponding Color Matching Profiles. Note: On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display quality. Lenovo recommends using either 1366 x 768 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640 x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz. 3-6 D186 Wide Flat Panel Monitor User's Guide

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Installing the monitor driver in Windows
Vista
To use the Plug and Play feature in Windows
Vista
, files should be loaded from the
Reference and Driver CD
.
Note:
This section must be completed before continuing with the Windows
Vista
automatic image setup.
1.
Turn off the computer and all attached devices.
2.
Ensure that the monitor is connected correctly.
3.
Turn on the monitor and then the system unit. Allow the system to boot into
Windows
Vista
.
4.
Open the
Display Properties
window by clicking
Start
J
Settings
J
Control
Panel
, and then double-clicking the
Display
icon.
5.
Click the
Settings
tab.
6.
Click the
Advanced
button.
7.
Click the
Monitor
tab.
8.
Click the
Properties
button.
9.
Click the
Drivers
tab.
10. Open the
Hardware Update Wizard
window by clicking on
Update Driver
, and
then click
Next
.
11. Select
Install from a list or Specific location(Advanced)
, and then click
Next
.
12. Select
"Don't search. I will choose the driver to install"
option, and then click
Next
.
13. Click the
Have Disk
button. Click on the
Browse
button and navigate to
the following directory:
X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows
Vista
(where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive).
14. Select the
"LEN
D186
wA
.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
15. Select
LEN
D186
wA
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to
your hard disk drive.
16. Close all open windows and remove the CD.
17. Restart the system. The system will automatically select the maximum refresh
rate and corresponding Color Matching Profiles.
Note:
On LCD monitors, unlike CRTs, a faster refresh rate does not improve display
quality. Lenovo recommends using either 1
366
x
768
at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, or 640
x 480 at a refresh rate of 60 Hz.
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D186
Wide Flat Panel Monitor User’s Guide