Where are the "…" on the "Advanced" button of "Display Properties"? This has annoyed me for ages. In fact I'm sure this was the case on Windows 2000, XP, and Windows 98 (but I might be wrong).

And of course on Windows you have to use this button each time you plug your laptop into a new monitor, as it will randomly (not even consistently) choose a resolution for you. And once you've changed that to a higher resolution, it chooses the lowest possible frequency for you, like 60Hz, even though it knows (demonstrable via the "hide modes that this monitor cannot display") that the monitor can support a higher frequency: so you have to change that via the "Advanced" button.

Ah and in researching this post, it seems to be that Windows Vista has got it right! Amazing. A good reason to upgrade!

In many ways, apart from the "…", that panel doesn't seem to have changed that much in the years since Windows XP (or Windows 2000) came out.

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