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Installing the monitor driver in Windows XP, Start, Control Panel

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Installing the monitor driver in Windows XP To use the Plug and Play feature Microsoft Windows XP, do the following: Note: You must download file from the Lenovo Monitor CD to use the Plug and Play feature in Windows XP. 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 your computer to start the Windows XP operating system. 4. Open the Display Properties window by clicking Start, Control Panel and Hardware and Sound icon. 5. Click the Appearance and Personalization icon. 6. Click the Display icon. 7. Click the change display Settings button. 8. Click the Advanced Settings button. .9 Click the Monitor tab. .1 0 Click the Properties button. 11. Click the Driver tab. 12. Open the "Update Driver Software-Generic PnP Monitor" window by clicking on Update Driver and then click the "Browse my computer for driver software" button. 13. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer". 14. Click the Have Disk button. Click on the Browse button and navigate to the following directory: X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows XP (where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive). 15. Select the "LEN D186wA.inf" file and click the Open button. Click the OK button. 16. Select LEN D186wA and click Next. The files will be copied from the CD to your hard disk drive. 17. Close all open windows and remove the CD. 18. 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. Chapter 3. 3-7

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Installing the monitor driver in Windows
XP
To use the Plug and Play feature Microsoft Windows
XP
, do the following:
Note:
You must download file from the Lenovo Monitor CD to use the Plug and Play
feature in Windows
XP
.
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 your computer to start the
Windows
XP
operating system.
4.
Open the
Display Properties
window by clicking
Start, Control Panel and
Hardware and Sound
icon.
5.
Click the
Appearance and P
ersonalization
icon.
6.
Click the
Display
icon.
7.
Click the
change
d
isplay
Settings
button.
8
.
Click the
Advanced Settings
button.
9
Click the
Monitor
tab.
.
10
Click the
Properties
button.
.
1
1
.
Click the
Driver
tab.
1
2
. Open the "
Update Driver Software-Generic PnP Monitor
" window by clicking
on
Update Driver
and then click the "
Browse my computer for driver software
"
button.
1
3
.
Select "
Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
".
1
4
. Click the
Have Disk
button. Click on the
Browse
button and navigate to the
following directory:
X:\Monitor Drivers\Windows
XP
(where X is the drive letter designator for the CD-ROM drive).
1
5
.
Select the
"LEN
D186
w
A
.inf"
file and click the
Open
button. Click the
OK
button.
1
6
. Select
LEN
D186
wA
and click
Next
. The files will be copied from the CD to
your hard disk drive.
1
7
.
Close all open windows and remove the CD.
1
8
. 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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