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Operating the Monitor
Software and Utilities
The monitor includes a CD that contains two files you can install on your computer:
■an .INF (Information) file
■an .ICM (Image Color Matching) file
Adobe Acrobat Reader is supplied on this CD and can be installed from the menu.
✎If the monitor does not include a CD, the .INF and .ICM files can be downloaded from the HP monitors support Web site. See “Downloading from the Worldwide Web” in this chapter.
The Information File
The .INF file enables the computer to communicate with the monitor and use all the monitor features. The .INF file defines monitor resources used by Microsoft Windows operating systems to ensure monitor compatibility with the computer’s graphics adapter.
This monitor is Windows Plug and Play compatible and the monitor will work correctly without installing the .INF file. Monitor Plug and Play compatibility requires that the computer’s graphic card is VESA DDC2 compliant and that the monitor connects directly to the graphics card. Plug and Play does not
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