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Operating the Monitor

Software and Utilities

The CD that comes with the monitor contains files you can install on your computer:

an .INF (Information) file

an .ICM (Image Color Matching) file

Auto-adjustment pattern utility

Adobe 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 defines monitor resources used by Microsoft Windows operating systems to ensure monitor compatibility with the computer’s graphics adapter.

This monitor is Microsoft 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

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