FIX FIVE : Monitor Asset Manager can be used to create a driver file.

 

Change the Startup Settings in Windows

You must first disable driver signature enforcement from Startup Settings before installing the monitor driver.

If not, Windows will give you the error message "Windows experienced a problem installing the drivers for your device" during installation.

There is no digital signature data in the third-party INF.

Considering that we won't digitally sign the driver file we make for the monitor.

Disable driver signature enforcement

Step 1. In Windows, Click on the start, then click on the power. Now, do press and hold the Shift key and click the Restart button.

Step 2. Wait for a few seconds, a new window will appear to ask you to select an option.

Click on Troubleshoot.

Step 3. Now, click on Advanced options > Startup Settings.

Click on “Restart”.

Step 4. Now, Windows’s Startup Settings will appear, now, to disable driver signature enforcement. Do press the F7 key.

That’s it, Computer will now restart. And, now you can install any unsigned drivers.

Create INF File

INF File or as known as setup information file is a plain-text file used by Microsoft Windows. It is most commonly used for installing device drivers for hardware components. So, we are going to create a monitor INF file. And, after that, we will install it from the device manager. And, that will fix the Generic PnP monitor problem.

Download: Monitor Asset Manager.

Monitor Asset Manager is a PnP monitor information utility. It shows detailed technical information about the target display device and its capabilities. And, with that, you can create a Monitor Driver (INF) File.

Step 1. First, download and install Monitor Asset Manager on your Windows PC.

Step 2. Open the MAM utility, and it will show you complete display information.

If it doesn’t click on view > refresh.

The screenshot shows accurate information about my monitor rather than Generic PnP Monitor, as you can see.

So I can get on with this procedure.

Step 3. You will notice a Display ID section. Here, you will notice multiple display ID entries. On my PC, it is showing Real-time information about my connected monitor. So, I am selecting it to create an INF file. Though, you can create an INF file from the Registry Active display ID also.

Click on File > Create INF.

Select Desktop and Click on Save.

Install Monitor Driver

Step 1. Right-Click on the Start button and then click on “Device Manager”.

Step 2. Expand Monitors Section, now, right-click on Generic PnP monitor. And, then click on Update driver.

Click on Browse my computers for drivers.

Step 3. Next, click on Let me pick from available drivers on my computer.

Step 4. Now, Click on Have Disk.

From the “Install from Disk” window, click on Browse. And, do select monitor.inf file from the desktop. Which you have created using Monitor Asset Manager. And, after that, click on ok.

Click on Next.

Step 5. A Windows Security Warning will now appear. Click on “Install the driver software anyway”.

That’s it, you will now get a message, that “Windows has successfully updated your drivers”.

The name of your monitor will now show in place of Generic PnP or Non-PnP Monitor.

This was the procedure for updating the Monitor Driver.