Microsoft Windows features a standard "Plug and Play Monitor" driver which uses the display's EDID information to construct a list of supported monitor modes. The Display Resolution control panel applet allowscan thebe userused to disable this driver's Plug and Play features and manually select any resolution or refresh rate supported by the video card.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309569 |title=You Cannot Select the Highest Monitor Graphics Modes |access-date=2009-10-12 |archive-date=2011-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415020409/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309569 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many video card manufacturers and third parties provide control applications which allowcan thebe userused to select a custom display mode that does not conform to the EDID information or the monitor .INF file.
