Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-23 Thread Bino Gopal
P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver I am glad to hear this. I thought as much. Programs control more than we know these days. Sam On 3/23/2010 9:13 AM, David L. Gabler wrote: > At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: >> Chris, >> >> Your last comment piqued my inte

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-23 Thread Michael Resnick
David, Thanks for the link. I've already tried it but couldn't get windows to recognize the monitor. GOOD NEWS! I downloaded another driver file from some driver web site (don't remember which one - I've been all over the place). Inside a .cab file, which was inside another .cab file I found a

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-23 Thread Sam Franc
I am glad to hear this. I thought as much. Programs control more than we know these days. Sam On 3/23/2010 9:13 AM, David L. Gabler wrote: At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the scr

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-23 Thread David L. Gabler
At 12:56 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the screen. No gap! I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. I wish I had that .inf f

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Michael Resnick
Chris, Your last comment piqued my interest. I booted up, went into bios and lo and behold the bios image filled the screen. No gap! I guess the monitor is working fine hardware-wise. I now have to figure out what windows doesn't like. I wish I had that .inf file. I hate windows!!! Mike At 0

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Jeff Lane
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

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Michael Resnick
e: [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

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Christopher Fisk
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

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Jeff Lane
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 f

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Michael Resnick
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 b

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Sam Franc
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: Derr

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Michael Resnick
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:

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-22 Thread Michael Resnick
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 Driv

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Jeff Lane
t; 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 > > >Jef

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Jeff Lane
. Good luck. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Michael Resnick" To: ; 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 y

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Michael Resnick
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 WinX

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Jeff Lane
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 c

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Gaffer
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 i

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Michael Resnick
o 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 s

Re: [H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Jeff Lane
'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 recent

[H] Acer P244W 24" Monitor - Looking for WinXP .inf Driver

2010-03-21 Thread Michael Resnick
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