Installing Your Matrox Software; Before You Begin; Hardware Detection - Matrox C680 User Manual

Installing your Matrox software

This section describes how to install Matrox software for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Windows Embedded Standard 7. The installation of the
display driver is the same for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Before you begin

If your Matrox product was provided by the manufacturer of your computer, check the
Web site of that manufacturer for the latest display driver. A display driver provided by
the manufacturer of your computer is more likely to be tested with your computer
model.
Windows 8.1 – Make sure you disable automatic driver installations from Windows
Update. In
Windows Update
You may need administrator rights to install or uninstall certain software. For more
information, see Windows documentation or contact your system administrator.
Obtaining a display driver
Matrox makes the latest display drivers available on the Matrox Technical Support Web
site (www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers).

Hardware detection

Windows 8.1 – Windows detects new hardware when you restart and installs a Microsoft
Basic Display Adaptor driver.
Windows 7 – Windows detects new hardware when you restart and installs a standard
VGA driver.
Device Installation Settings
option. For more information, see your Windows documentation.
, enable the
Never install driver software from
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