To install drivers for a monitor in Microsoft Windows XP:
- Go to the Control Panel by clicking the Start button then Control Panel.
- Click Appearance and Themes then click the Display icon. Then click the Settings tab and then the Advanced button.
- Now click the Monitor tab then the Properties button. Click the Diver tab then the Update Driver button. This will open the Hardware Update Wizard.
- Select “No, not at this time” where it asks you if Windows can connect to the Internet to search for software. Then, click Next and select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” where it asks what you want the wizard to do. Then click Next.
- Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install” and click Next again and click the “Have Disk…” button, this will open the “Install from disk” window.
- Click the Browse button then navigate to the folder you extracted the monitor driver to (I.E. c:\al1912drv). Select the driver file (I.E. AL1912.INF) and click Open. Then click the “OK” button. This will bring you back to the hardware wizard. Click Next again.
- If you get a message that the driver is not has not passed Windows Logo testing click the “Continue anyway” button.
- The driver will install now. When it’s done click the “Finish” button.
To install monitor drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista:
- Go to the Control Panel by clicking the Start button then Control Panel.
- Click Appearance and Personalization, Personalization, then Display Settings. Now click the Advanced Settings button.
- Now click the Monitor tab then the Properties button. Click the Diver tab then the Update Driver button. This will open the Update Driver Software window.
- Click the Browse my computer for driver software button then click the “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” button.
- Click the “Have Disk…” button, this will open the “Install from disk” window.
- Click the Browse button then navigate to the folder you extracted the monitor driver to (I.E. c:\al1912drv). Select the driver file (I.E. AL1912.INF) and click Open. Then click the “OK” button. This will bring you back to the hardware wizard. Click Next again.
- If you get a message that the driver is not has not passed Windows Logo testing click the “Continue anyway” button.
- The driver will install now. When it’s done click the “Finish” button.
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-Click on Start and then Control Panel.
-Click on the button in the upper left hand corner labeled “Switch to Classic View”
-Double Click on System
-In System, click on the Hardware Tab.
-In the Hardware Tab, click on Device Manager.
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-Shutdown and restart the computer.
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