Jeff,
Thanks for all the suggestions. Much appreciated.
I've been playing all night with the nVidia Control Panel, the nVidia
Desktop Wizard and the Acer P244W menu options.
No joy.
I'll try a couple of things after I get some sleep.
If I still can't get it to work then back to Costco it goes.
I already have the user manual for the P244W, but if you can please
shoot me a copy of your Acer P235H user manual.
Maybe it will offer a clue to try something else.
Thanks again,
Mike Resnick
At 08:17 PM 3/21/2010, Jeff Lane wrote:
Mike,
If you like I will send you, off list, my users manual, it's only 1.9mb, so
it should go through. It covers the use of the on screen display controls in
detail. They are probably the same or very similar.
Jeff
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
1920 x 1080 @ 32bits @60Hz
At 05:37 PM 3/21/2010, Jeff Lane wrote:
>What resolution are you using?
>
>
>Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:29 PM
>Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
>
>
>Jeff,
>
>I wish I had the same success you did.
>
>I'm currently running WinXP/SP2 (not SP3), not Vista and not Win7.
>I have the exact same card as you - nVidia 9500GT.
>I'm running GeForceION Driver Release 196.21 [WHQL]
>
>It doesn't bother me that XP identifies the monitor as Default Monitor.
>What I'm trying to do is stretch my screen image to fill the monitor
>and I'm missing the rightmost inch.
>
>Even though I'm using the nVidia control panel to "Adjust Desktop
>Size and Image" there seems to be a hard boundary about 1" from the right
>edge.
>All I can do is move the image but not stretch it.
>When I move it the right edge disappears behind this boundary and
>items on the right side of my desktop slide under this boundary and
>can't be seen.
>
>Are there any controls available on the nVidia Control Panel that
>would let me stretch or resize my desktop image?
>Or perhaps some free/open source utilities available?
>
>Thanks again,
>Mike Resnick
>
>
>
>
>At 03:59 AM 3/21/2010, Jeff Lane wrote:
> >Mike,
> >
> >I have an Acer P235H, 22" and I control it through the nvidia driver
> >software. I have XP Pro SP3 and Win7 Ultimate in a dual boot, and it
> >should
> >work the same way on Vista. Windows sees the monitor with no problem, but
> >I
> >had to install the nvidia drivers for my two GeForce 9500 GT's to be able
> >to
> >set the proper resolution, 1900 X 1080 for my monitor. It's perfect.
> >Whether
> >you have nvidia or ATI drivers you should be able to use them.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:38 AM
> >Subject: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
> >
> >
> >I recently purchased an Acer P244W monitor which is now running as
> >Monitor Type: Default Monitor.
> >I can not get WinXP/SP2 to recognize it as an Acer P244W.
> >It did not ship with any WinXP drivers.
> >I've been googling for hours and all I can find is a Vista .inf file
> >(on Acer web site and elsewhere) - which Win/XP doesn't like.
> >
> >I wouldn't mind running as Default Monitor except I can not stretch
> >my screen image to fill the rightmost side of my monitor (missing
> >about 1 inch).
> >I've tries using the nVidia utilities installed on my comp to stretch
> >the screen image, but no joy.
> >Does anyone know where I can look to find a WinXP .inf file for this
> >monitor?
> >Are there any free/open source utilities that would allow me to
> >manage the screen image on this monitor?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any info.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Mike Resnick
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