Re: Monitor refresh rate returning to default on reboot

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Can you clarify the install instructions... what do you mean by "right click
and select "install" from the context menu."? How do I find the "Context
menu"?

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 05:32:02 -0700, Barry Barrie wrote:
>
> > I have 2 monitors, A Sun Microsystem and a Dell P1110. The Sun mon. is not
> > automatically detected by the OS (XP) but the P1110 is. I configured both
> > monitors for a 75Hz refresh rate. However, on reboot, the Sun always returns
> > to the 60 Hz default. How do I make the 75Hz refresh rate persistant?
> >
> > Note: the Sun is connected not using the Sun Work station video cable but
> > using the secondary 15 pin video cable input.
>
> If you can find an .INF file for the monitor at the hardware manufacturer's
> website, it would add all necessary info for the monitor to the system
> configuration. To install an .INF file, right click and select "install"
> from the context menu. Once the monitor is correctly identified, the extra
> settings that it's capable of handling should become permanently available.
>
> (I have two Samsung TFT monitors, slightly different models. One is always
> recognized correctly by XP. The other needs its .INF file installed.)
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>
.

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