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Control Panel

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Hello.

I have a Nvidia Geforce FX5200 graphics card. Whilst running Windows XP I had a nice control panel which allowed me to make several adjustments. Since installing Windows 7 I now have a control panel with very limited adjustments. Is there any way I can get the original control panel back.
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Install the latest nVidia drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
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Yep, the control panel is included in the Nvidia driver software bundle.
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Thanks for the link which I went to and downloaded the latest driver (winvista32) but I still only have limited adjustments e.g. I cannot adjust color
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It's more or less your video card.I do think whatever you used in XP should've been able to be used in Win 7 but I don't have the new OS so I can't say. It is an old GPU so that could be a factor. I know when I use the other computer with an older video card than yours, I see less than half of what my rig can do.
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quincysw wrote:Thanks for the link which I went to and downloaded the latest driver (winvista32) but I still only have limited adjustments e.g. I cannot adjust color
perhaps you had some specialized software that came with the card or system.
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Try using Nvidia system tools for more options.
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