Mary, my monitor is a three and a half year old Dell. When I got it, I had my computer guy adjust to the maximun contrasts. If you could see if someone could try that, maybe you would have better luck; I hope. In God We Trust, Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Optacon" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 9:58 PM Subject: [optacon-l] need advice about LCD monitor > Hi list, > My old LCD monitor doesn't seem to work with my desktop PC, and I'm in a > situation where I need to read a captcha screen and can't do it. I have a > CRT screen but the print is too small and the image is mushy regardless of > what I do. I've used the CRT lens, spent an hour adjusting it, pushing the > buttons on the monitor to clear up the image, but nothing improves it > beyond the mushy, small letters. I'm trying to uninstall a piece of > software that is disrupting my use of Internet Explorer. The captcha is in > the software, so I can't use firefox with web visum to solve it. > Fortunately, I can still use Firefox as a browser, but IE is my main > browser. > > If any of you is currently using an LCD monitor on your PC, I would > appreciate knowing the brand and, if possible, model number. My monitor is > ten years old and needs replacing anyway, so if anybody's got any info > about a monitor that works with the optacon, I'd appreciate the info so I > can order one. > > Thanks for any help. > > Mary > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.