Another lame aspect of Vista..... the hidden display control

I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
I am compelled to go to the Help section which
contains the only apparent internal link to the
display adjustment.

What does Microsoft think the Control
Panel is for if not the Display control?

Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."

| wrote:
> I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
> Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
> setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
> for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
> I am compelled to go to the Help section which
> contains the only apparent internal link to the
> display adjustment.
>
> What does Microsoft think the Control
> Panel is for if not the Display control?
>
> Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
>

Control panel/personalization

Or just right click on your desktop/personalize.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:38:52 -0700 (PDT), "
|" <> wrote:

>I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
>Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
>setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
>for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
>I am compelled to go to the Help section which
>contains the only apparent internal link to the
>display adjustment.
>
>What does Microsoft think the Control
>Panel is for if not the Display control?

Right-click the desktop and choose Personalize.

You will find what you need in there.

Same thing in the Control Panel

Right-click on the empty Desktop>Personalise!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


" |" wrote:

> I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
> Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
> setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
> for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
> I am compelled to go to the Help section which
> contains the only apparent internal link to the
> display adjustment.
>
> What does Microsoft think the Control
> Panel is for if not the Display control?
>
> Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
>
>

Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization

or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.

or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
right of the Window.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/


<> wrote in message
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>I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
> Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
> setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
> for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
> I am compelled to go to the Help section which
> contains the only apparent internal link to the
> display adjustment.
>
> What does Microsoft think the Control
> Panel is for if not the Display control?
>
> Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
>

On Aug 7, 10:54*pm, "Kerry Brown" <ke...@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m>
wrote:
> Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization
>
> or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
> and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.
>
> or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
> right of the Window.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administrationhttp://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/
>
> <trigonometry1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:a2962532-c8ce-45ff-9c04-...
>
>
>
> >I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
> > Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
> > setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
> > for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
> > I am compelled to go to the Help section which
> > contains the only apparent internal link to the
> > display adjustment.
>
> > What does Microsoft think the Control
> > Panel is for if not the Display control?
>
> > Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."


Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.

<> wrote in message
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On Aug 7, 10:54 pm, "Kerry Brown" <ke...@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m>
wrote:
> Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization
>
> or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
> and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.
>
> or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
> right of the Window.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems
> Administrationhttp://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/
>
> <trigonometry1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:a2962532-c8ce-45ff-9c04-...
>
>
>
> >I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
> > Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
> > setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
> > for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
> > I am compelled to go to the Help section which
> > contains the only apparent internal link to the
> > display adjustment.
>
> > What does Microsoft think the Control
> > Panel is for if not the Display control?
>
> > Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."


Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
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It is completely astonishing that neophytes with illogical stupidity crtique
Vista because of mind-numbing media hype!

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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>
> <> wrote in message
> news:0faccf66-a413-48a8-b4f4-...
> On Aug 7, 10:54 pm, "Kerry Brown" <ke...@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m>
> wrote:
>> Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization
>>
>> or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
>> and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.
>>
>> or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
>> right of the Window.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems
>> Administrationhttp://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/
>>
>> <trigonometry1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:a2962532-c8ce-45ff-9c04-...
>>
>>
>>
>> >I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
>> > Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
>> > setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
>> > for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
>> > I am compelled to go to the Help section which
>> > contains the only apparent internal link to the
>> > display adjustment.
>>
>> > What does Microsoft think the Control
>> > Panel is for if not the Display control?
>>
>> > Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
>
>
> Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
> on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> It is completely astonishing that neophytes with illogical stupidity
> crtique Vista because of mind-numbing media hype!
>
>
>


You do with Vista what you did with 98SE. Click on stuff to see what it
does.


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You're welcome. That's a big jump from win98 to Vista. It'll be a steep
learning curve to start with. I recommend you right click on things and see
what pops up in the menus. Another very useful feature in Vista that takes a
while to get used to is the powerful search feature. In the Start Menu
you'll see a box labeled Start Search. Just start typing in this box and a
list will build above it. When you see the item you want click on it, or if
it's at the top of the list press the Enter key. When you have an Explorer
window open (e.g. Control Panel) there is a search box in the top right
corner of the window. This searches the current location. It sounds counter
intuitive to type things in as we're all used to point and click. Once you
get used to it however you'll find yourself doing it more and more. After
two years of using Vista I'm very frustrated when I have to use a different
OS that doesn't have a powerful, well integrated search feature.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/


<> wrote in message
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Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:46:32 -0700, "Kerry Brown"
<*a*m> wrote:

>You're welcome. That's a big jump from win98 to Vista. It'll be a steep
>learning curve to start with. I recommend you right click on things and see
>what pops up in the menus. Another very useful feature in Vista that takes a
>while to get used to is the powerful search feature.

I think you mis=typed. You probably meant to type "the absolute worst
feature in Vista is the incredibly poorly designed search tool. MS
could not have produced a more convoluted interface if that had been
their specific intent."

>After
>two years of using Vista I'm very frustrated when I have to use a different
>OS that doesn't have a powerful, well integrated search feature.

I can agree that after two years of training, that interface might
actually start to make sense. :-)