re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager Monday, May 4, 2009 at 11:13 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Patricia (1 messages posted) I had this problem once, here's what happened: I was frustrated that I couldn't find a driver for my monitor, but I was able to get around that. It turns out the real problem was with recognition of my video card. I went to Device Manager (Go to Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager) and Monitor was not listed as one of the items on the tree/list. But under the category "Other devices" were a few items listed with questions marks as their icons, meaning they were not recognized. One of them was called Video something or other. I clicked on it & I was walked through some process (Reinstall Driver?) that got my computer to recognize my monitor (not the specific brand, but just that it was a monitor other than Default Monitor.) After that, Monitor was added to my tree/list. Then, an important step: Restart computer. When I went back to Display Settings, I was able to adjust my screen resolution & color quality so that my monitor finally looked normal. I hope I haven't left out any steps, sorry I'm not very technical. HTH On Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 8:38 pm, Lim wrote: >Hi I got a problem with my monitor as well. > >When I go to device manager, I couldn't see my "monitor" even when I look under the >hidden list. Also, when I go to display properties and click advance, the box that >came up has states " (Default Monitor ) and Properties ". > >Under the monitor tab, it states default monitor and I can't click on properties. >The screen refresh rate is "use hardware default setting" and is unchangeable. Under >the adapter tab, nothing is stated on the type and all adapter information are . >When I click the properties on adapter type, I see VgaSave properties. My graphics >card is Nvidia Geforce2 MX/MX 400. >My monitor is LW-851, an LCD monitor but my winxp cant detect it. Neither can I find >a driver from anywhere, not even under driversguide.com. This problem has been there >for 3 wks! Pls help! Written in response to: re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Lim: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 8:38 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (George Snow: Thu, Nov 1, 2001, 4:56 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Curt R: Thu, Nov 1, 2001, 5:53 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (doodlecock: Tue, Nov 1, 2011, 7:13 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Keith Stanier: Wed, Nov 2, 2011, 11:58 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (gewg_: Sat, Nov 5, 2011, 11:12 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (MartinM: Fri, Nov 4, 2011, 9:03 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (amaralliya e. thenardier: Thu, Nov 1, 2001, 1:19 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Paul D: Thu, Nov 1, 2001, 2:29 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Spirit: Fri, Nov 2, 2001, 1:38 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (eric: Tue, Jan 29, 2002, 9:18 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Paul: Tue, Apr 9, 2002, 10:58 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Matt: Wed, May 8, 2002, 6:00 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Bill Murphy: Thu, May 16, 2002, 10:10 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Scott: Fri, Aug 23, 2002, 7:41 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Sal: Sat, Jun 14, 2003, 4:08 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Jake: Fri, Sep 6, 2002, 12:39 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (jamie: Wed, Sep 18, 2002, 10:01 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (dean: Thu, Oct 17, 2002, 8:06 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Lim: Tue, Dec 24, 2002, 8:38 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (M. Marree: Sun, Feb 9, 2003, 12:01 pm) the SoLUtioN :) (Weng Fung: Wed, Dec 31, 2003, 10:02 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Patricia: Mon, May 4, 2009, 11:13 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (DARLENE: Tue, Aug 5, 2003, 5:27 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Yoshiharu: Thu, Sep 25, 2003, 5:06 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (whatever : Fri, Oct 17, 2003, 12:31 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Ken Campbell: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 9:52 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Dualies Man: Mon, Feb 21, 2005, 2:38 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (MARK ROSENBERG: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 6:05 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (DrNicket: Thu, Jan 15, 2004, 7:49 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Tim: Sat, Mar 19, 2005, 5:34 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (nightman: Sat, Dec 3, 2005, 6:08 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (John: Wed, Dec 28, 2005, 2:57 am) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (gReekFiRe: Fri, Jan 6, 2006, 3:46 pm) re: How do I get rid of default monitor in device manager (Robi SCG: Tue, Jan 24, 2006, 12:21 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum