[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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
Re: [H] Advice on an important piece of hardware
Some years ago, I researched office chairs and went aeron. Haven't regretted it. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:47 PM To: hwg Subject: [H] Advice on an important piece of hardware I'm in the market for a new chair for my office/computer. For many years now I have just used cheap (about $150 or so) chairs as I couldn't rationalize spending more. But seeing that I spend 8-10 hours a day (or more) in that chair, I probably should make a substantial investment. My wife says I should get an Aeron, but omg those things are expensive. So what do you all use to cradle your buns all day? Recommendations? --- Brian Sent from my iPhone
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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
On Sunday 21 March 2010 19:29:18 Michael Resnick wrote: 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. Thanks again, Mike Resnick What you are describing is potentially a fault in the display panel itself, where the pixels from the right edge of the panel are dead. This can be caused by a failure in the chip driving the vertical rows of those pixels. I suspect that if you use Auto Adjust you loose the right most inch of the display. -- Best Regards: Derrick. Running Open SuSE 11.1 KDE 3.5.10 Desktop. Pontefract Linux Users Group. plug @ play-net.co.uk
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
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 __ Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. - Benjamin Franklin PS. Please note that I have switched to my GMAIL address - mike...@gmail.com Please update your email / address book / contact list accordingly. Thanks
