Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
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 __ 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
Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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
Have you thought that the program may be setting the maximum size it will show on the screen. On my new tv the size of the picture on the screen varies with the program being broadcast. Some fill the screen and some are short on the sides. Sam On 3/22/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Resnick wrote: Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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
Sam , The program in question is WinXP/SP2 at startup. I would think that my desktop size should fill the monitor at startup. My resolution is set to the monitors native resolution - 1920x1080 @60Hz. As a matter of fact, no matter what resolution I choose the rightmost inch of the monitor is black and does not show the desktop. Mike At 12:12 PM 3/22/2010, Sam Franc wrote: Have you thought that the program may be setting the maximum size it will show on the screen. On my new tv the size of the picture on the screen varies with the program being broadcast. Some fill the screen and some are short on the sides. Sam On 3/22/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Resnick wrote: Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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 __ 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] mozilla TBird 303
Do you mean like View Source (CTRL-U)? That gets the entirety of an email, all headers, sections, etc... as text that can be printed. On 3/19/2010 10:59 PM, DSinc wrote: OK. I accept that I am no longer a tweak. I just do not enjoy under-the-hood business much any more. (the new c2d clients just run so darn well..) (yes, I still have a sorta dead client...still in process...) Is there some way to get Mozilla TBird 303 to PRINT 'header and footer' stuff in some readable text? Or, WHO/What does/controls the 'header and footer' of an EMAIL print? Confused, I am... Or, do I have a glitch/translation with Word, Foxit, etc.? I can fix M$ WORD. Foxit might be a challenge. Thank you much, Duncan
Re: [H] mozilla TBird 303
Well, perhaps I do. Not sure. TBird does many things different than Eudora. After 10yrs of 'old habits,' new learning is tough! I am so slow to be assimilated, I suppose... :) sorry! Duncan On 03/22/2010 15:22, maccrawj wrote: Do you mean like View Source (CTRL-U)? That gets the entirety of an email, all headers, sections, etc... as text that can be printed. On 3/19/2010 10:59 PM, DSinc wrote: OK. I accept that I am no longer a tweak. I just do not enjoy under-the-hood business much any more. (the new c2d clients just run so darn well..) (yes, I still have a sorta dead client...still in process...) Is there some way to get Mozilla TBird 303 to PRINT 'header and footer' stuff in some readable text? Or, WHO/What does/controls the 'header and footer' of an EMAIL print? Confused, I am... Or, do I have a glitch/translation with Word, Foxit, etc.? I can fix M$ WORD. Foxit might be a challenge. Thank you much, Duncan
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
Mike, Did you get the user manual that I sent you off list? Jeff Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver Sam , The program in question is WinXP/SP2 at startup. I would think that my desktop size should fill the monitor at startup. My resolution is set to the monitors native resolution - 1920x1080 @60Hz. As a matter of fact, no matter what resolution I choose the rightmost inch of the monitor is black and does not show the desktop. Mike At 12:12 PM 3/22/2010, Sam Franc wrote: Have you thought that the program may be setting the maximum size it will show on the screen. On my new tv the size of the picture on the screen varies with the program being broadcast. Some fill the screen and some are short on the sides. Sam On 3/22/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Resnick wrote: Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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 Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Michael Resnick wrote: Sam , The program in question is WinXP/SP2 at startup. I would think that my desktop size should fill the monitor at startup. My resolution is set to the monitors native resolution - 1920x1080 @60Hz. As a matter of fact, no matter what resolution I choose the rightmost inch of the monitor is black and does not show the desktop. Most likely monitor problem rather than problem with the drivers. Does your bios show up ok or got the bar down the right when in BIOS too? Chris
Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver
Jeff, Got it. Sorry for not responding sooner. Very similar to my manual. Didn't yield anything new. Thanks for sending. Mike At 04:23 PM 3/22/2010, Jeff Lane wrote: Mike, Did you get the user manual that I sent you off list? Jeff Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver Sam , The program in question is WinXP/SP2 at startup. I would think that my desktop size should fill the monitor at startup. My resolution is set to the monitors native resolution - 1920x1080 @60Hz. As a matter of fact, no matter what resolution I choose the rightmost inch of the monitor is black and does not show the desktop. Mike At 12:12 PM 3/22/2010, Sam Franc wrote: Have you thought that the program may be setting the maximum size it will show on the screen. On my new tv the size of the picture on the screen varies with the program being broadcast. Some fill the screen and some are short on the sides. Sam On 3/22/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Resnick wrote: Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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
Da Nada Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver Jeff, Got it. Sorry for not responding sooner. Very similar to my manual. Didn't yield anything new. Thanks for sending. Mike At 04:23 PM 3/22/2010, Jeff Lane wrote: Mike, Did you get the user manual that I sent you off list? Jeff Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [H] Acer P244W 24 Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver Sam , The program in question is WinXP/SP2 at startup. I would think that my desktop size should fill the monitor at startup. My resolution is set to the monitors native resolution - 1920x1080 @60Hz. As a matter of fact, no matter what resolution I choose the rightmost inch of the monitor is black and does not show the desktop. Mike At 12:12 PM 3/22/2010, Sam Franc wrote: Have you thought that the program may be setting the maximum size it will show on the screen. On my new tv the size of the picture on the screen varies with the program being broadcast. Some fill the screen and some are short on the sides. Sam On 3/22/2010 12:09 AM, Michael Resnick wrote: Derrick, I usually blame myself, then software, then hardware - in that order. But I'm beginning to suspect/hope that you're right. Yes, as a matter of fact, Auto Adjust does leave the rightmost inch blank. I'll keep playing with the monitor and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Resnick At 03:42 PM 3/21/2010, Gaffer wrote: 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 __ 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
Agree with all those who say the Aerons are great. At my last job (Fed govt) just about everybody in the whole place had an Aeron. Thousands and thousands of Aerons... kind of made me sick to think about! But it WAS a nice chair!! Scott On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Vincent Winterling wrote: 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
