Monitor no longer detected after SP1 upgrade

I have a nasty problem with my monitor not being detected after the SP1
upgrade.
During the upgrade, the New Device Was found dialog came up and started
looking for my monitor (Sony GDM-W900). It couldn't find it so I told it
"Don't ask me again"
Well, everything seemed OK until I tried to assign a profile to the monitor.
The monitor was not present in the Color management settings.

So, I went to the device manager and in there there was no monitor installed
at all. I tried scan for new hardware and the monitor still didn't appear. I
turned off the monitor and turned it on and scanned for new devices and still
it did not show up.

I then plugged in another monitor and it found it and installed it properly.
Plugging the original monitor back in, results in No monitor in the device
manager.

If I select Scan for new hardware but not click it, and then turn off my
monitor and then click the button, It detects hardware. If I then turn on my
monitor, a monitor is in the Device Manager and it is a Generic Non Plug and
Play monitor.
This works, but at the next boot up, it goes back to seeing no monitor.

Thus, having once told Vista "Don't ask again" it now never recognises that
my monitor is plugged in (actually it probably does but does nothing).

I know there are drivers available for my monitor. If I enablwe the display
of old devices in the device manager I can update my GDM W900 driver from the
internet with no problems.

How do I get Vista to recognize that my monitor is plugged in now?
Ot alternatively, how do I get Vista to ask my again for my monitor?????

I, have been with Vista since RC1 days, and this is the first real problem
that I cannot get resolved.

Using Vista Ultimate X64 edition.

Thanks

You might be able to use System Restore to go back to before SP1, and try
again. You might not even have to wait for the re-download of SP1 to
reinstall it, since it's there already.

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"Tomb" <> wrote in message
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> I have a nasty problem with my monitor not being detected after the SP1
> upgrade.
> During the upgrade, the New Device Was found dialog came up and started
> looking for my monitor (Sony GDM-W900). It couldn't find it so I told it
> "Don't ask me again"
> Well, everything seemed OK until I tried to assign a profile to the
> monitor.
> The monitor was not present in the Color management settings.
>
> So, I went to the device manager and in there there was no monitor
> installed
> at all. I tried scan for new hardware and the monitor still didn't
> appear. I
> turned off the monitor and turned it on and scanned for new devices and
> still
> it did not show up.
>
> I then plugged in another monitor and it found it and installed it
> properly.
> Plugging the original monitor back in, results in No monitor in the device
> manager.
>
> If I select Scan for new hardware but not click it, and then turn off my
> monitor and then click the button, It detects hardware. If I then turn on
> my
> monitor, a monitor is in the Device Manager and it is a Generic Non Plug
> and
> Play monitor.
> This works, but at the next boot up, it goes back to seeing no monitor.
>
> Thus, having once told Vista "Don't ask again" it now never recognises
> that
> my monitor is plugged in (actually it probably does but does nothing).
>
> I know there are drivers available for my monitor. If I enablwe the
> display
> of old devices in the device manager I can update my GDM W900 driver from
> the
> internet with no problems.
>
> How do I get Vista to recognize that my monitor is plugged in now?
> Ot alternatively, how do I get Vista to ask my again for my monitor?????
>
> I, have been with Vista since RC1 days, and this is the first real problem
> that I cannot get resolved.
>
> Using Vista Ultimate X64 edition.
>
> Thanks

Thanks Mark. I hope I still have the restore point since I've created
another one with SP1 on.


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> You might be able to use System Restore to go back to before SP1, and try
> again. You might not even have to wait for the re-download of SP1 to
> reinstall it, since it's there already.
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
> .
>
> "Tomb" <> wrote in message
> news:0427726F-4E3E-44CD-BA0B-...
> > I have a nasty problem with my monitor not being detected after the SP1
> > upgrade.
> > During the upgrade, the New Device Was found dialog came up and started
> > looking for my monitor (Sony GDM-W900). It couldn't find it so I told it
> > "Don't ask me again"
> > Well, everything seemed OK until I tried to assign a profile to the
> > monitor.
> > The monitor was not present in the Color management settings.
> >
> > So, I went to the device manager and in there there was no monitor
> > installed
> > at all. I tried scan for new hardware and the monitor still didn't
> > appear. I
> > turned off the monitor and turned it on and scanned for new devices and
> > still
> > it did not show up.
> >
> > I then plugged in another monitor and it found it and installed it
> > properly.
> > Plugging the original monitor back in, results in No monitor in the device
> > manager.
> >
> > If I select Scan for new hardware but not click it, and then turn off my
> > monitor and then click the button, It detects hardware. If I then turn on
> > my
> > monitor, a monitor is in the Device Manager and it is a Generic Non Plug
> > and
> > Play monitor.
> > This works, but at the next boot up, it goes back to seeing no monitor.
> >
> > Thus, having once told Vista "Don't ask again" it now never recognises
> > that
> > my monitor is plugged in (actually it probably does but does nothing).
> >
> > I know there are drivers available for my monitor. If I enablwe the
> > display
> > of old devices in the device manager I can update my GDM W900 driver from
> > the
> > internet with no problems.
> >
> > How do I get Vista to recognize that my monitor is plugged in now?
> > Ot alternatively, how do I get Vista to ask my again for my monitor?????
> >
> > I, have been with Vista since RC1 days, and this is the first real problem
> > that I cannot get resolved.
> >
> > Using Vista Ultimate X64 edition.
> >
> > Thanks
>

Yup, I had the restore point. Guess what...the monitor still is not
detected!!! I had the same issue when I installed RC1 of SP1 and I rolled
back. I had to reinstall Vista from scratch.

I'm trying the upgrade one more time to SP1. Hopefully it will find my
monitor!!!!


"Tomb" wrote:

> Thanks Mark. I hope I still have the restore point since I've created
> another one with SP1 on.
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
> > You might be able to use System Restore to go back to before SP1, and try
> > again. You might not even have to wait for the re-download of SP1 to
> > reinstall it, since it's there already.
> >
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> > Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> > interface.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
> > Mark L. Ferguson
> > .
> >
> > "Tomb" <> wrote in message
> > news:0427726F-4E3E-44CD-BA0B-...
> > > I have a nasty problem with my monitor not being detected after the SP1
> > > upgrade.
> > > During the upgrade, the New Device Was found dialog came up and started
> > > looking for my monitor (Sony GDM-W900). It couldn't find it so I told it
> > > "Don't ask me again"
> > > Well, everything seemed OK until I tried to assign a profile to the
> > > monitor.
> > > The monitor was not present in the Color management settings.
> > >
> > > So, I went to the device manager and in there there was no monitor
> > > installed
> > > at all. I tried scan for new hardware and the monitor still didn't
> > > appear. I
> > > turned off the monitor and turned it on and scanned for new devices and
> > > still
> > > it did not show up.
> > >
> > > I then plugged in another monitor and it found it and installed it
> > > properly.
> > > Plugging the original monitor back in, results in No monitor in the device
> > > manager.
> > >
> > > If I select Scan for new hardware but not click it, and then turn off my
> > > monitor and then click the button, It detects hardware. If I then turn on
> > > my
> > > monitor, a monitor is in the Device Manager and it is a Generic Non Plug
> > > and
> > > Play monitor.
> > > This works, but at the next boot up, it goes back to seeing no monitor.
> > >
> > > Thus, having once told Vista "Don't ask again" it now never recognises
> > > that
> > > my monitor is plugged in (actually it probably does but does nothing).
> > >
> > > I know there are drivers available for my monitor. If I enablwe the
> > > display
> > > of old devices in the device manager I can update my GDM W900 driver from
> > > the
> > > internet with no problems.
> > >
> > > How do I get Vista to recognize that my monitor is plugged in now?
> > > Ot alternatively, how do I get Vista to ask my again for my monitor?????
> > >
> > > I, have been with Vista since RC1 days, and this is the first real problem
> > > that I cannot get resolved.
> > >
> > > Using Vista Ultimate X64 edition.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >