Adding drivers for 20" Viewsonic LCD widecreen - not rocket science

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I've followed the instructions, but my WinXPsp2 machine always shows
'Default Monitor' in Device Man.

Tried upgrading the drivers for default monitor, pointing right to the
driver location, but the system tells me I already have the best available
drivers for 'default monitor'.

Should it not be 'viewsonic lcd'?

Tried it in safe mode - even deleting the monitor and video adpt. - same end
results.

Tried right-clicking on the .inf and choosing 'install' - didn't help.

The video card is NVidia Geforce2 MX - tried updating those drivers as well.

I would like to set the video resolution to the recommended 1680x1050 - but
it is not listed.

Is it the 'default monitor' or the video card?

Have similar problem on a second PC.

What am I doing wrong? Sounds like a simple procedure.

Graham


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