I just got a 2007FP Dell monitor with height adjustable stand. When you adjust the height all the way down, the stand locks with the monitor so that you can transport the monitor safely. But suppose you want to unlock the monitor: you’re supposed to press the lockdown/release button on the bottom rear of the stand, but it gets stuck: you can’t press it!
What you have to do is push down the monitor just a bit further (it’ll still move a little even though it’s locked down), and then the lockdown/release button will be released.
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September 15, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Anthony
Pure genius. I spent 5 minutes trying to figure this out before coming across your blog. Thanks for the tip!
August 7, 2012 at 8:43 am
Aditya Kumar Pandey (@adipan)
ditto 🙂
February 17, 2013 at 7:06 am
anvar
Thanks mate
May 3, 2014 at 11:33 am
Richard
Goes for me too. I thought I had bought a jammed “dud”. Thank you.
January 13, 2014 at 1:58 pm
david
many thanks!!
June 10, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Upsilon6
I shot a couple of hours on trying to free my adjustable height stand before checking this site. Your advice solved the problem in seconds. Thank you.
June 16, 2015 at 6:57 pm
Jay
I spent longer than that and sadly, was a PC Tech 27 years, can I spell embarrassed ?
October 13, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Tammy
How many people does it take to adjust a DELL monitor? Apparently 3 before googling how to do it. Thank you for this helpful hint!
September 16, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Mista G
HAHA, sweetness! My schools computer lab is full of dual monitor setups and half of them have one monitor in the lock down position. It was driving me crazy! Now I want to go around and fix all the others but that may get the lab monitor’s attention.
September 30, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Koyi Kabuto
THANK YOU!!!!!!
October 8, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Mike
FNA man! That worked perfectly. I thought it was broken.
November 20, 2008 at 1:14 am
anon
thanks man, much appreciated
December 28, 2008 at 6:57 am
Kane
THANKS MAN!!!
This is gonna solve my neck strain problem!!
January 15, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Chad Bonanno
nice! Worked Like a charm! We thought it was totally jammed
February 16, 2009 at 8:13 am
petter
saved my monday
February 27, 2009 at 1:11 am
Krithi
Thanks! I was trying to figure this out for 15 mins before I read your blog.
March 8, 2009 at 4:40 pm
CJ
Thanks. Dell sure as heck wouldn’t put this on their support site.
March 18, 2009 at 6:56 pm
lh
Ha ha! Wonderful! Thanks!
March 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Marty
D’oh! That’s it — thanks!
March 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Theep
Thanks….finally.
March 31, 2009 at 4:32 am
kahuynon
At last…. Thanks a lot…..
April 4, 2009 at 3:01 pm
slk
THANK YOU (sane again)
April 30, 2009 at 5:36 pm
john
thanks a lot dude.. Was struggling with it for past 30 minutes or so..
May 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm
chicklittist
THANKS!!! Thanks a lot for posting this up! Very helpful! Took ages to adjust the height!
May 7, 2009 at 3:36 pm
gothicDragonPrincess
My chiropractor bill will be much cheaper now. youRawk.
May 7, 2009 at 8:02 pm
chris
brilliant… thank you so much
May 12, 2009 at 7:38 am
Caleb
Thanks so much i was just pushing it so hard and it just wouldnt budge, great advice
May 13, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Christa
This bothered me for at least a year. This design is not intuitive at all! Thanks!
May 16, 2009 at 7:04 pm
ChurchClown
Great message. Solved my problem. Now if you could solve my finances…
May 20, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Abbas
worked cooll
June 3, 2009 at 11:43 pm
eddy
holy crap. thanks for the post. awesome!
June 11, 2009 at 8:18 am
Avinash
Wow!! My whole company is struck with this problem. All 60 people think it was damaged during shipping. Most of us used a separate stand fo past 3 months. U r awesome.
June 15, 2009 at 12:15 am
Jessica
brilliant – I thought my stand was broken. Thank you so much!!!!!!
July 15, 2009 at 2:52 am
Alex
Thanks God I found your blog page. I have struggled with that lock since yesterday. Phew !! Relaxed now ! Cheers from Vietnam!
July 15, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Josh
OMG THX!
July 17, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Gabby
I’ve been sitting here at work for a week trying to figure this out. Thank you!
July 21, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Karl
Thanks! It worked just as you said.
July 27, 2009 at 9:02 pm
rkm
lol, I got bored at work and pushed it down all the way and it got locked! Thank god I found this!!!!!
July 31, 2009 at 10:48 am
Joe
You are the man…… :o)
August 4, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Jennifer
My husband was so mad at me; he thought I broke it… so thank you!
August 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Hmeister
HI
Thanks for the blog – Yes we discovered this lock issue as well. Now, I have one stand that will no longer self adjust…. ?? Any suggestions on this one?
August 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Luke
Thanks mate!
August 23, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Greg
Awesome!! Struggled with this for 10 minutes before I found these instructions. Fixed it in seconds.
August 23, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Melissa L
holy ****
after 2 years of being stuck.
THANK YOU.
Wow, I’m never going to buy Dell again if I can. What kind of customer service is that? There are NO instructions about this on the monitor directions.
Plus, my Dell laptop broke 2 times in 1 year.
Buy Macs if you can
September 1, 2009 at 11:16 am
Oliver M.
Thank you. I was totally defeated until a few sends ago. Now i can really get some work done.
September 2, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Kamel
gee, thanks very much for this tip. I spent bout 10 minutes trying to figure that out! they should print some kind of instruction on the back of the monitor!
September 2, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Mina
Thank you so much. my neck was hurting all day and it worked like charm. I was trying to release the lock for hours, pushing it down.
September 11, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Olivia
Thanks so much for this! I have a class that uses these monitors and it drove me nuts for days because mine had the lowest height and I couldn’t figure it out.
September 14, 2009 at 6:53 am
Jock
It’s true you can find anything on the net. —- THANK YOU!!
September 14, 2009 at 8:24 am
Apache
YOU ARE THE BEST MY FRIEND!!! It took me 2 whole days trying to figger this out I thought it was broken for good my dude, you’ed think
they would have added that to the easy set up page!!!
September 18, 2009 at 7:36 pm
MIT Student
Haha Thanks.
I also was stupid pressing the button over and over again waiting for something to happen.
September 22, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Harsha
great tip…thanks…I probably would have taken a lot more time to figure this one out….
September 27, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Student
Thanks! I’ve been trying to figure this out for a long time
October 2, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Ann
Great Tip! Adjusted it just the way I want it.
October 5, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Natalia
thank you so much!!!
October 6, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Pat O
Helped me too! I pushed it down to clean and struggled for 5 minutes before deciding to google!
October 9, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Vatsan
THank you thank you thank you. I had mine stuck for almost 4 months and I gave up on it.
October 13, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Jonty
Great page and nice to see the picture
I had my monitor swapped by Dell and was getting quite frustrated about it being so low.
October 13, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Stand Art
I have and extra stand. Does anyone know if this will fit other monitors that have vesa compatible mountings in the back? Don’t have any spares to check =)
Thanks…
October 20, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Daniel
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
October 28, 2009 at 3:48 pm
ANGIE
whoever you are – THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!!I would not have unserstood what you were syaing without the photo – so extra extra thanks! aarrrggghhhh this has been driving me nuts!!!
October 30, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Guest
THANK YOU so much! I was starting to get sick from my monitor being so low!
November 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Black
Cheers for that, really irritated me that did
November 7, 2009 at 2:13 am
ella
OMG. this is a savior.
i thought i had to call technical support but good thing i came across this blog!! very very helpful..
thank you very much for saving my life (or my eyes) 😀
November 28, 2009 at 10:28 pm
SB
Thank you, I could have saved a minor injury to my hand for trying to use a screwdriver to unlock it. Thank goodness for google and this blog.
December 5, 2009 at 11:03 pm
fullandadequatetest
thanks! unstuck my wagon too
December 10, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Fai
Brilliant. I’m so relieved. I’ve wasted hours on this! Thanks 🙂
January 4, 2010 at 2:21 pm
edta450
Thanks a lot! 😀
January 17, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Tom
Thanks from me also. I too thought I had broken my stand.
Jan. 17, 2010
January 18, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Neil
Simple, non-intuitive solution for obviously a common frustrating problem when first getting this monitor. Kudos to you for knowing the solution, and more for putting it on the web – easily found on a Google search too!
January 27, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Sambora
Awesome! Thank you so much. I was getting so frustrated!
February 25, 2010 at 12:12 am
Rajeev & Binoy
Wow that was cool….. After 10mins of struggling… We came across this blog.
February 25, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Heather
There are an overwhelming number of “thank you”s here, and I’m adding to the count! I’d fidgeted with mine a number of times, resulting in hopelessness. Today I felt inspired, thinking, there must be a awy… After googling “dell monitor a” the auto-fill brought up “dell monitor adjust height” and you were the top hit–I found *exactly* what I was looking for!
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
March 3, 2010 at 3:55 pm
MEC
THANKS! So glad I found this.
March 5, 2010 at 9:36 am
s
awasome
March 5, 2010 at 5:05 pm
apolodor.ln
I got a PhD. as an engineer. This was hard to figure out. Thank you!
March 10, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Melissa
Thank you thank you! I’ve been fiddling with this darn monitor for 20 minutes! So glad I found your post.
March 21, 2010 at 9:26 pm
David
I fiddled occasionally with my 2007fpw for ****a year**** and just coped with the stupid super-low position. I’m an idiot too!!!!
THANKS FOR SAVING THE DAY!!!!!!!!!
March 22, 2010 at 8:56 am
Krishna
Thanks Man. I was struggling for almost 2 hours and then got to your entry by a search on google.
March 29, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Jake
Eureka! Thanks! I was afraid it was going to be stuck like that forever!
April 2, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Angela
As others have said, Thanks! Luckily, I only spent a minute or two trying to adjust it before looking for help online.
April 12, 2010 at 3:38 pm
J
Nice, Thanks.
April 16, 2010 at 3:39 pm
melissa
Thank you!!!!
April 25, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Naomi
Embarassingly enough I have been attempting, then gave up on this for years. (literally 2 or so!) so so so thankful. I just couldn’t get the bleedin thing to move – at all – now it is like a new experience looking at the computer. Thanks!!
May 1, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Gordon Kiely
great stuff, I can put the screwdrivers away now
May 3, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Ricky Shoker
Great!!! Thanks
May 13, 2010 at 7:40 am
Deepali
Thank you, thank you, thank you… it was driving me nuts since my monitor accidentally locked a few days ago 🙂
May 15, 2010 at 5:16 pm
LL
This has been driving me nuts for ages! Thank you!
May 16, 2010 at 4:50 am
Heather
Oh thank god, i think i’m going to go around uni unlocking all the moniters now. thankyou you have just saved my neck!
May 17, 2010 at 9:10 pm
ladulcevida
You rock! Don’t know what I’d do without google.
May 20, 2010 at 12:48 pm
hari
Thanks a lot for your tip
May 21, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Aniyan
Very useful tip…Thanks a lot….
June 1, 2010 at 4:06 am
Raj
Very thoughtful… very helpful. Thanks
June 8, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Alex
Life saver. Dell does not have this on their site. Thanks
June 8, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Kris
Thanks … I wasted a LOT of time on this … it has been driving me NUTS for a while now …
Kris
June 22, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Richard
Thanks! Exactly solved my issue.
June 23, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Kaston
You are my hero (more accurately my neck’s hero) for the day! Thanks!!
June 23, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Ric
Thanks, that was not intuitive (to me, anyway).
June 26, 2010 at 10:33 pm
graypattern
Just like everyone else, thank you thank you thank you
20 minutes of sweating for a 5 second fix
July 6, 2010 at 10:01 pm
S S
Holy crap. You have no idea how useful this is.
July 7, 2010 at 4:59 pm
pheesh
Thanks…had to figure this out after our move. Amazingly poor design…they don’t even mention this ‘feature’ in the instruction manual.
July 10, 2010 at 11:46 pm
the dsl tech
wow omg I really feel like a Dunce thanks for the help lol
July 11, 2010 at 9:43 pm
myron
thanx thanx thanx!! i almost broke my monitor tring to adjust th hieght. u came thru, u th man!!
July 13, 2010 at 6:38 pm
BHN
Thank you so much. It only took me 2 days and 2 seconds from chunking the dumb monitor across the room. Thanks!
July 30, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Stephanie
Thank you thank you thank you!
August 5, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Sankar
Great suggestion. I am amazed at the number of people who hhad got frustrated with simple but irritating problem and overcome it in a flip of a second, reading your post !!
thanks !!
August 6, 2010 at 12:45 pm
leesa
Thank you! Worked like a charm!
August 10, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Thanks!
Wow!
August 25, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Greg
Man, I spent 15 minutes on this thing. So easy.
August 26, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Homa
Thank u very much!
feel a little bit silly, as I tired the button also…
:0)
August 26, 2010 at 7:17 pm
abe
yep..after a long time i can have 2 monitors at the same height!!!
August 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm
tina
lol – spent @ least 5 mins trying to figure this out 🙂
September 2, 2010 at 9:40 pm
MM
Thank you thank you thank you! Now is there a way to lock it in a position other than the lowest one? It’s sliding around a bit too much.
September 2, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Aaron
What can I say that no one else has said already? You are a GOD send, thank you so very much!!!!
September 8, 2010 at 3:43 pm
jason
woohoo!
October 4, 2010 at 2:54 am
Quicksilver
I love you!!! Will you have my baby?
October 4, 2010 at 11:02 am
saskia
Thank you!
October 4, 2010 at 7:04 pm
jEWELZ
THANK YOU! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADJUST THIS THING FOR A YEAR, TRYING SECRETLY WHILE MY BOSS ISN’T LOOKING SO I WOULDN’T LOOK LIKE A FOOL lol!
THANKS AGAIN!
October 14, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Karpil
thanks dear… tht was quick..
October 17, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Julie
Let me add my thanks as well…I knew that button HAD to have something to do with adjusting the height, but couldn’t figure it out. Interesting to note that the first comment on this page is from Sept 2008 and for these past two years not a single month has gone by without someone being helped by your tip!
October 19, 2010 at 9:31 am
Vlad
Thank you! I had struggled a bit, then forgot about it, then my neck hurt, and so I looked it up on the internet and found your solution.
October 21, 2010 at 2:16 pm
MF
Brilliant!
October 27, 2010 at 4:35 pm
anon
that worked
November 5, 2010 at 11:19 pm
anontmous
That worked. Thank you! I can’t believe how long I spent trying to get that button unstuck. Good thing I found this page. I can’t believe how many comments there!
November 7, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Michael Tran
Wow I agree with everyone else. Thank you
November 11, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Juliette
Thank you so much– I just moved offices and the docking station for my laptop here has this newer monitor, which I was looking forward to… I spent a lot longer than 5 minutes trying to figure this out! Thanks again!
November 17, 2010 at 1:08 am
Jennifer
THANK FREAKING GOD for posting this. I’ve got it to move/adjust twice but never knew exactly what it was I had done differently with the button that it worked… likely worked after I put the whole damned thing in a headlock, swore bloody murder and incidentally- pushed the monitor down a bit.
December 1, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Wells
Thanks a lot! This blog saved my time!
December 9, 2010 at 6:56 pm
T
Thank you very much Amoebe! I was just given one in the same stuck position and almost tried a hammer.
December 11, 2010 at 11:54 am
Paul Mason
Thank you and thank God for the web!!!
December 16, 2010 at 9:21 am
Maqsood
I wasted hours on this as well.
Thanks for the solution
December 17, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Shannon
Awesome directions. Thanks so much!
December 20, 2010 at 6:25 am
Bo
thanks so much. Really helpful
December 23, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Z
Thank you!
January 8, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Octavia
Top spot on Google where it should be. Took two minutes. Really. Thanks.
January 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
Mel
Thanks – It worked very well.
January 21, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Miguel
Thank you!! This post still helps after more than 3 years. 🙂
January 27, 2011 at 4:34 am
Cliff
Thanks! Worked immediately!
January 29, 2011 at 2:31 pm
michael
thanks brilliant tip, my uni has these monitors everywhere and i hate it when they’re so low you’ve saved me so much frustration 😛
January 29, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Jay
3+ years later and this post seems to be helping people almost daily. thanks so much.
February 7, 2011 at 9:49 am
Laurent
Hello, hey we have many monitors like this one in the company, it was THE TRICK we were looking for ages !
THANK YOU !
February 7, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Phil
Thank you very much – this was driving me nuts!
February 13, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Michelle P
Oh God, thank you!!!! Thank Google and thank you. I was looking like a complete nutter for a few minutes.
February 24, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Lawrence
Super helpful! I pulled mine out of storage and was dumbfounded until I came across your post. Thanks!
March 7, 2011 at 4:44 am
Shan
Thanks for the tip – I was getting ready to throw a proper tantrum at my new work screen until I found your post.
March 9, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Richard
Thank you very much !! Me and three coworkers search fifteen minutes before to ask to google and found your page !
March 9, 2011 at 2:36 pm
N M
Thanks, really helpful. Simple but not obvious. Dell 0 You 1 (won)!
March 28, 2011 at 8:38 pm
mazco34
Count another one as pleased. Thank you for the tip!
March 31, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Muhammad Saqib Qureshi
I was wondering how to adjust the height of this lcd i have spent alot of time but in no vain Thanks for your blog and kind help
It solved my problem
Thanks Alot Dear
April 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Tom
Wow, that is one hell of a tip, I was on track for having to do one of two different bad things:
1. Yank it so hard the damn thing just breaks off while everyone in the office stares at me.
or
2. Have to get a hold of IT and get treated like a nub =)
Thanks a bunch.
April 6, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Cisco Employee
What a poorly designed product. Thanks for the help!
April 9, 2011 at 5:22 pm
luis
thank you
April 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Ken
Brilliant! First Google result, first search!
April 20, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Chris
Just came across this. This answer was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
First Google Result as well for me.
May 27, 2011 at 4:05 am
TonyC
Wow! Four years later and you’re still helping people with this post!!! Thanks so much!!!
May 27, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Tong
Wahaha~You really helped me a lot!
June 15, 2011 at 11:33 am
Julianna
thank you, thank you, thank you!!
June 17, 2011 at 1:50 am
Pete
Thanks a bunch. You just saved my wife from PT. It is unfortunate that Dell knows for years that their screen design is faulty and does nothing to either fix it or put a sticker with instruction on new screen deliveries.
June 17, 2011 at 2:13 am
dick
perfect – i’ve been trying to figure this out for a while
June 17, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Clay
Wow, I’m the third person today. I’m going to elect you as the most helpful person on the internet! (Today, at least)
June 26, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Natalie
Ahhh! Sweet relief! Indeed, you should be making money on your blog. This has been bugging me for quite some time! Cheers!
June 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm
lostere
Kuddos from Rochester, MN !
Sick! So I just got a new job, first day @ work…… and my whole offfice uses these monitor, issue with that is that half of them are locked! This sure made me a rocket science engineer for today or even a Guru! Everyone is talking about how I solved an issue that has been bothering half of staff for more then two years.(kuddos to you, i do have to say i did not tell them i found it online 🙂 sorry) I salved a lot of headaches, neck aches…. you name it….“ I am Dr. Phill” in my office today, This post is sure enough is plain and simple, “brilliant” post of a day! Thanks for posting this blog!
July 7, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Fazela
Goodness, cant believe how stupidly simple it was. Cant believe that how many people have already been through this 🙂 🙂 🙂
July 8, 2011 at 1:51 am
Jailbot81
Bought a monitor with this mount off of craigslist… thought I bought a dud, but you totally saved the day! 5 minutes of pure frustration before I decided to google this crap.
Thank you!!
July 26, 2011 at 11:32 am
Aquinus
Thanks! I was struggling with it for ages until I read your tip! Now I can move my monitor into portrait, yay!
July 30, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Whyyouask?
THANK YOU!!!!!!! The best part was this was the first google result!
August 2, 2011 at 7:32 pm
thepickyconsumer
Oh sweet E-sus Thank YOU!
I have been playing with this thing at work for 15 minutes.
So easy I am ashamed 😦
August 10, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Terri
oh.muy.goodness thank you sooo much….youre a genius.!
August 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Hannah
This has been driving me crazy for the last few months at work!!! Thanks so much!
August 24, 2011 at 1:15 pm
David G
Fell for this one twice! How short is my memory?! Nice one.
August 29, 2011 at 1:27 pm
MABEL
MIL GRACIAS, estuve un gran rato intentado mover este monitor!!!!!
September 9, 2011 at 11:52 am
Greg
THANKS! Worked like a champ. Glad I found this info. The monitor being stuck in the down position had been frustrating me… thought I was going to have to replace it.
September 12, 2011 at 12:11 am
Alex
Thanks! I was selling the PC and suddenly the monitor stuck! I was worried jeje
September 12, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Kevin
Thank you! I wasted 10 minutes before finding your tip.
September 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm
hrichmondHolly
Five minutes?! I spent about an HOUR trying to get my monitor unstuck! I wish I could marry this blog post. And also that I would’ve found it an hour ago.
September 24, 2011 at 10:38 am
Juris
Thank you so much, I had already gotten out the screwdriver to disassemble it when I thought I’ll google it and found this simple solution.
You saved me a lot of hassle.
September 27, 2011 at 9:25 pm
nah mayne
thanks nig
October 21, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Judy
Thanks!! I thought my monitor was broken.
October 25, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Ruby Whitaker (@RUBYnSPUD)
Just wanted to add to the ‘Thank You’s. The monitor was a hand me down, i picked up because it was bigger than my previous monitor. After 2 days of tinkering with it and still unable to adjust the height, i was feeling like i had made a terrible mistake. But after a quick google, i found your fantastic suggestion. Thank you so much!
October 26, 2011 at 2:31 am
Elizabeth
Awesome… thank you for the tip! The lockdown debacle was driving me crazy!
November 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Stewart
4+ years on and this post is still helping – Thanks!
November 10, 2011 at 11:15 am
Mike Sweeney
Ah yes. I wondered when someone was going to spot that (BBC “Dads Army”, Captain Mainwaring circa. 1970). Does anyone want to buy a wll-used Monitor Stand?
November 14, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Diana Bitting
Glad I am not the only one to struggle with this and feeling like a dope now that I know the answer. Thanks!
November 16, 2011 at 5:27 am
RAMSDALE HARQUAR
Add me to the list of grateful readers. I moved today, the monitor was stuck in lock down. It’s almost 10 at night. Who can help? The internet of course. It’s never closed. THANKS!!
November 19, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Jen
Thank you!! What did we do before the Internet? Probably busted a lot of monitors.
November 23, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Ken
Thanks so much!!! been trying to figure out how to adjust the height of these god damn monitors for the longest time. Thank you so much.
December 3, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Singing Bird
Thank you. You save my neck.
December 9, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Lisa T
I’ve had this “stuck” for 3 1/2 years…even called Dell way back when and spent 45 min being passed around to 3 different depts as they tried figured out how to even help me because I didn’t have a “code” that you get when you buy a computer….my $600 monitor wasn’t eligible for phone service but a $400 computer would be! They never answered my question nor did anyone ever respond to my email.
Unfortunately, your blog wasn’t posted until AFTER I’d given up. I’m so thankful I got ticked with it when moving it around yesterday that I looked it up again and … VOILA! Freakin’ Dell…
December 27, 2011 at 4:56 pm
dinesh
thanks a lot
January 6, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Jen
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This was soooo helpful
January 8, 2012 at 9:30 pm
mc
Thank you so much!!!
January 11, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Alex
that was counterintuitive! thank you!
January 11, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Jolene Singh
Wow thanks. looks like a LOT OF people have been seeking answers to the same question and that was simple! 🙂
January 13, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Stephen
I was pulling my hair out trying to figure this out until I found this. Thanks.
January 14, 2012 at 6:57 pm
mancklin
Likewise. Dumb design. Thanks!
January 15, 2012 at 11:47 am
Ed Coxrson287
Haha I love how many people have had this problem, but it helped me too. Thanks!
January 17, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Mierkina
A Million thanks!!!
January 17, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Renee
Thank you!!!!
January 25, 2012 at 11:27 pm
lisa
Thanks for this great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 26, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Fred
Thanks so much, Now re-adjusted height and back to normal. Thanks again…..Fred (London, UK)
January 27, 2012 at 1:20 pm
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Thanx a lot:))) My hubby was trying it from an hour but couldn’t do that…He’ll be surprised when he’ll be back:))))Again thanx!!!
February 21, 2012 at 1:09 am
Andrew Graeme Gould
Found this post of yours on a search. Thank you so much!
February 23, 2012 at 1:14 pm
anoop nair
really useful
…thank you for posting
February 27, 2012 at 7:53 am
Jasmine
Thanks a lottttt….
That was really a great help!!
February 28, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Jessica
Thanks!
March 9, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Alice
That was far from intuitive. Thanks for the tip! Saved me a lot of time.
March 11, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Steve
Thank you for such a useful post – been using two monitors in lockdown position for a year sitting on piles of books.
I hope somebody shows the Dell monitor Product Manager this post!
Thanks Again
March 20, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Bala
Awesome.. thank you for the tip… this saved lots of frustration and the ugly idea of having this over pile of papers on a neat desk… Really a cool tip…!!!
March 21, 2012 at 5:31 am
Brett
Just adding my ‘thanks’ to the list. 200+ replies now from people who couldn’t figure out how to get their monitor’s height adjustment to unlock. #signsthatyourproductisdesignedpoorly
September 27, 2013 at 4:28 am
Jeff
In that single aspect I agree it should be in the manual BUT otherwise the Dell 2007FP is most versatile monitor I’ve ever had in 25 years!! . Multiple extra USB ports. Heavy so no wobble. Matte finish so no glare. Nice pass through in the monitor stand for wires. Screen angle adjustable as well as having easy rotation for multiple screens on one desk. VGA or DVI video input plus audio inputs to share speakers between multiple systems. AND the last (apparently) 4:3 aspect monitor ever made in case you want to run below maximum resolution without distortion. (###**XX!!! widescreen)
The engineers that designed this monitor should be cloned! The only thing it isn’t is a high frame rate gaming screen. Fine for other games.
Damn Dell for discontinuing it. Bless Dell for hanging on to this design so long.
Does anyone know a source for unopened stock on this blessed rarity?
March 27, 2012 at 10:38 am
Conor
Still helping people….. Cheers!
April 3, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Carol
I’m adding to the chain. I’ve been trying and trying to figure this out. This advice was wonderful and worked. THANKS.
April 5, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Matt
Thanks interwebs
April 12, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Eric
Fantastic I was scratching my head trying to fix the height of my monitor.
Well done for a great posting and well presented.
Thanks from Glasgow, Scotland.
April 20, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Smari
How simple 🙂 thanks a lot… I was worried it had become damaged and would be stuck with it on bottom hight forever 🙂
April 22, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Lee
I’m serious-for YEARS I have been trying to figure out how to raise the height on my dell monitor. None of us at work could adjust our screens either. I just could never unlock that stupid button. Thanks a million!!!
April 25, 2012 at 7:37 pm
Steve
Thank you! A post that has been saving people time and frustration for years.
May 15, 2012 at 4:21 pm
KD
Was about to take a hammer to that button…
May 24, 2012 at 3:09 am
ray
Perfect. Brute force was not working! Thanks dude!
May 24, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Valerie
Awesome, thanks! Several coworkers were involved in trying to figure it out. DUH!!
June 3, 2012 at 6:50 am
news
I Am Going To have to come back again whenever my course load lets up – however I am getting your Rss feed so i can go through your blog offline. Cheers.
June 6, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Anne
Hey !!! Cheers for that info !!. I am amazed that this is such a common poblem with the Dell monitors. Mine is a 1708FPb, and it does’nt say anywhere on the manuals how to actually release the lock from ‘ship’ mode. The question has to be asked – Why did not Dell simply explain (as you did) how to disengage this lock-down in their manuals ??
June 9, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Giving Thanks
Clearly this is a tribe, having wandered through the desert lost, dazed, angry, bewildered, we welcome your cup of water : )
June 20, 2012 at 9:35 pm
christina
OMG THANK YOU!!!! I was scared the monitor was broken!
June 25, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Birgit
Thanks so much!!! I moved the monitor from one desk to another and it slid down. For one week I tried to move the damn thing up again without luck! I was already doubting my sanity, but it seems I’m not the only one with this problem. LOL.
June 27, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Hirotana
Wow, thank you so much!!
July 2, 2012 at 7:26 pm
arungov
Wow… that’s a nice design..just that most of us miss using it. I consulted my colleagues around and nobody knew this.
thanks a million!
July 11, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Katie C
Reblogged this on just a comma and commented:
This was a lifesaver today!!
July 30, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Robert Scott
Thanks. This is just the solution I needed. I’m glad to know my eBay seller locked the hight adjustment down before shipping it to me but, working the hight adjustment out of that locked position was not intuitive for me. Thanks again.
July 31, 2012 at 7:05 pm
ihroisgio
thank you so much
August 24, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Becky
wow. that was easy. thank you!
October 27, 2012 at 6:00 pm
rev. sK
Thanks – 20x30x20 PLP setup now complete. 🙂
November 12, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Bill Gates
Thanks from Venezuela. Terrible design from Dell.
November 23, 2012 at 4:02 am
J-Dog
Thanks man! Been driving me nuts all night!
January 18, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Atherlos
Fantastic! Have been wondering about this for ages
February 9, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Alissa Conaty (@VolunteerJunkie)
I was about to take a hammer to it in frustration, when googling led me here. Thanks so much!
March 4, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Kathy
Google led me here as well. After almost 1 1/2 years with my current computer setup at my job, I finally decided to fix the height of my monitor. My neck thanks you!
March 6, 2013 at 9:13 am
Angela J Veysey
This is good, many thanks. Just could not figure it out myself!
March 9, 2013 at 3:03 am
Alvin
TQVM
March 10, 2013 at 2:41 pm
simontkb
Brilliant – many thanks, worked perfectly.
March 10, 2013 at 7:04 pm
codenameBlue
I laughed at myself after following this direction!!! It basically took me less than a second to adjust my monitor after spending almost half an hour the previous day!!! Good information here!
March 21, 2013 at 9:42 am
DEl_BOY13
Thanks
March 21, 2013 at 8:29 pm
probonogeek
w00t! Glad I found this page.
March 22, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Bazz
dell set us all up. I had same issue. now resolved. maybe some instructions behind the monitor would’ve helped.
March 25, 2013 at 1:02 pm
MEL
Thank you so much!! This was very helpful!
March 29, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Carl
Thanks! Had the same issue.
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April 13, 2013 at 2:07 am
Oh No
Thank you much.
April 25, 2013 at 3:25 pm
txsccs
Just got a cast-off monitor from a coworker, and it was locked in the lowest position. I have to wonder now if this was not the reason the monitor was being dumped? Thanks for the tip!
May 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm
Sean C
Thank you so much!!! This was not intuitive at all. Great user experience, Dell!
May 17, 2013 at 4:03 am
lamsi
Thank you so much for solving this mystery for me. I have been trying for years to raise the height until now ….
May 22, 2013 at 5:09 am
oggy
I should have googled for this months ago. Thankssssss
May 22, 2013 at 4:15 pm
PJ
I really thought I’d broken it permanently. Thanks for sharing!
May 31, 2013 at 1:28 pm
noala
Thank you so much.
June 16, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Pelican Bay Books
Thank you thank you thank you! I’d screwed around with this for way too long before I found this post.
June 17, 2013 at 11:31 pm
kris
yo..u r great
July 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Molly
I have about 15 of these monitors and eventually they all got locked down. The on ein my office was sitting on a telephone book. Great post. Forever grateful
July 5, 2013 at 2:18 pm
dij
thank you Jedi Knight
July 5, 2013 at 8:30 pm
Puasa
Thank you so much. This saved my day.
July 10, 2013 at 2:13 pm
Jeremy
Cheers. I’ve just spent 20 mins looking stupid, but I’m now sorted. Thank you!
P.S. How does it feel to be helping people 5 years after you first made your post? 🙂
July 14, 2013 at 4:10 pm
safas
Thanks a ton!!!!!!!!!!! This save my day.
July 22, 2013 at 8:07 am
Penelope
This is the best post EVER! Thank you so much.
Does anyone know how to relock it, once it’s at the height you want?
Thanks again for the brilliant post!
August 3, 2013 at 12:47 pm
Aditya
2013 and still a valuable post!!! cheers! 😀
August 14, 2013 at 3:28 pm
Nan
Thank goodness for google searches and your great tip!! Thank you!!
August 14, 2013 at 4:42 pm
Lisa Martin Smith
I have to agree with everyone else here. Thank you so much for this awesome tip!
September 4, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Steve Conway
2…frickin’…years…stuck… Thank you!
September 10, 2013 at 8:52 am
Ahmad Hokan
my friend thank you very much i just bought a used one yesterday and i was going to take it back to the shop thinking the stand might be broken or something again thank you 😀
September 19, 2013 at 7:19 pm
chrr
Fantastico, I felt so stupid. Goes to show that sharing just a little bit of advice, like this one, goes a long way!
September 23, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Angelina
I very much appreciate this! I was looking everywhere for an answer and have spent the last month wishing I could move the monitor. You are the answer to my prayers!
September 24, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Casey
Thank you so much! This was driving me insane yesterday, but it was a quick fix after reading your post!
September 26, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Rhonda
Been living with this for over a year but neck pain forced me to spend time trying to fix it. Thanks so much
September 26, 2013 at 6:36 pm
JoAnne
I THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH
September 27, 2013 at 3:52 am
Jeff
Bless you my friend
October 8, 2013 at 1:22 am
Scott
My granddaughter thanks you sincerely and very dearly.
October 17, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Bill
Thank you!
October 21, 2013 at 9:57 am
Kev
thanks!
October 23, 2013 at 8:48 am
Mary-Margaret Walker (@mmwalker)
Thanks!
November 6, 2013 at 6:50 pm
IM
Pure genesis!!! I was about to get the sledgehammer out!!
November 12, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Kris
I owe you a big “Thank You” for this… I’ve just received a hand-me-down monitor with the height adjust locked down. I thought it was busted, but had a quick search just in case. I’m glad I did.
Thank You!
November 21, 2013 at 8:01 am
PS
Awesome! thank you so much man. I thought my monitor was broken
November 26, 2013 at 6:08 am
My iPad
This was the most hated monitor at the office for the last couple of years because it was stuck in the bottom position. Finally I was told to take it home because everyone refused to use it. I figured it was broken. Then my son and I worked on it for this evening determined to figure it out or break it off. Before he had an all out anger attack I decided to google it. In 5 seconds it was fixed. We looked at each other and just smiled!
Thx
December 5, 2013 at 1:57 am
Julian
Six years later, this blog post is still relevant and useful!
thanks much!
December 9, 2013 at 11:30 pm
Les
Holy smuck!
I’m holding f. stand in my hands for past hour, trying to figure this shit out. Pressing here, pressing there, twisting this bloody thing for f. sake, like an idiot.. Trying youtube – unpacking this thing with some hope to see a glimpse about bloody stand adjustment,… all in vain.
I (kind of ignored) haven’t read the very top headline, ..and I’m reading down here, all these positive comments, and I’m saying, — …….whatttt?
What did they all do? Halfway down, – I went back on top to see where the solution is…………..
So…………. I push this sucker down, an f. thing ‘spring up’ to the top like a butter.. ..give us a break, Dumb Dell idiots!
DumbDell artist who invented this, should get slapped and kicked.
December 20, 2013 at 1:08 am
Syu
Thank you very much for your post. It’s really help peoples around the world!!!
January 21, 2014 at 12:50 am
sungheon
Thank you very much for your invaluable information. I have been tried to fix this from time to time for more than 2 years. You are so clever!!!. Thanks again^^ ……………….. from sungheon in Seoul, South Korea.
January 28, 2014 at 7:22 pm
AegeanBM
It was driving me crazy. Thanks for restoring my sanity.
January 29, 2014 at 7:39 pm
amhe
life changing
January 30, 2014 at 12:40 pm
AB
Thanks for posting this.
January 31, 2014 at 2:50 am
Canuck
This totally worked in mere seconds!! I’ve been frustrated by this problem for months. Thank-you so much for this post!!!!!!!! Amazing that such a short post written over 6 years ago has helped so many people since it was posted. Kudos to you!!
February 27, 2014 at 10:03 pm
John
Thank you for this help.
March 7, 2014 at 3:52 pm
Anita
Hallelujah! This has been driving me mad for months since I inherited my hand-me-down monitor. What a stupid counter-intuitive design. You are a genius and I hope you still check back on your ancient post to see my BIG THANK YOU!
March 14, 2014 at 12:50 am
Mark
THANK YOU!
March 14, 2014 at 2:15 am
Michelle
Yep….Thx bunches!!!….7 years later and you are still helping folks with this monitor…who would have thought!?! 😉
March 25, 2014 at 10:27 pm
Dj Liamnardo
Reblogged this on DJ Liamnardo and commented:
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April 8, 2014 at 5:49 am
TechCall
This advice kept me from buying a replacement stand! I owe you!
April 14, 2014 at 7:35 pm
Gary
lifesaver, give the man a medal!
April 16, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Mohan
Great Advise, have been struggling to figure out, how to adjust the height.
May 6, 2014 at 10:13 pm
pcgamerextrodinaire
THANK YOU!!!! sorry caps 😛
May 20, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Marilyn
Thank you very much. Tried several times and have to push down on monitor , hold and push in button at same time to get it to lift.Marilyn
May 23, 2014 at 1:11 pm
thanks
thanks! still helping people out..
June 8, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Dondi Ron Limgenco
Almost…. threw away my office Dell monitor.
After a few minutes, searched the web, saw your post.
THANK YOU!
Now back to work!
June 9, 2014 at 7:15 pm
Daniel
At last! School computer lab will no longer cause neck strain. 😀
June 19, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Brian
Thanks for you tip, still useful 6 years later on a Dell 2009W monitor!
June 19, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Misti
Such a simple fix…I probably would have pitched the stand in the garbage if not for this. Thanks SO much!
June 21, 2014 at 12:25 am
m1fcj
Genius… I was just about to buy a new stand…
June 25, 2014 at 12:51 pm
debt
This is the same with the 2407WFP model – thank you! I was working up a sweat trying to push that blasted button in and pull the monitor up! You’d think Dell would put a sticker beside the button “To unlock…”
July 3, 2014 at 10:29 am
Psyche
years of monitors being assigned to the junk cupboard in our company…
we thought they were just not very well made
July 14, 2014 at 7:34 pm
sabyne
Yaaaaaayyyy!!!1 Thank you I love the internet and I love you!
August 17, 2014 at 5:26 pm
racecar56
The first time I had this happen, I didn’t know what to do, but I just had it happen again on a Dell 2009Wt (probably the same model as the last), and I found this post, and the instructions worked. Thank you!
August 31, 2014 at 8:38 am
Chloe
Thankyou so much!! That worked for me I appreciate you posting this!! It was stuck for yrs for me
September 1, 2014 at 1:37 am
Tony
Many thanks. Both mine locked down and I was going crazy trying to figure it out
September 30, 2014 at 1:42 am
chlozo8858
The only thing with mine is that I can’t lift it any higher??
September 30, 2014 at 1:42 am
chlozo8858
Reblogged this on chlozo8858's Blog and commented:
So easy!!
October 30, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Jolene
A propper thank you is in order…THANK YOU!
November 3, 2014 at 6:45 pm
Adi
7 years after the original post.. thanks! 🙂
November 10, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Ben
Thanks a ton – again, so many years after your post, you saved another person (me) from more wasted time and frustration
November 12, 2014 at 1:41 am
Boy
Thanks a lot who ever wrote this blog…All the best best in the world!!!
December 3, 2014 at 2:12 pm
Chris
Thank you!!!
December 3, 2014 at 5:19 pm
Dude123
Thank you
December 15, 2014 at 8:56 pm
Niggu
Thanks 🙂
December 30, 2014 at 10:16 pm
person
Thank you!!!
January 3, 2015 at 6:27 pm
someone
i love you man, thank you.
saved my weekend.
January 10, 2015 at 9:55 pm
Attique Choudhary
oh my god thank u soo much i dont know why i didnt think of this before
January 15, 2015 at 8:34 pm
Michelle
For a second, I thought I broke my companies monitor. You are awesome, thank you!
January 21, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Sheida Arabi
helpful
February 1, 2015 at 5:58 pm
DavidON
Many thanks from your latest grateful reader.
February 4, 2015 at 6:14 pm
Mike
I pushed the “release” button (without knowing if it was even such a thing) for several minutes to no effect. This post continues to be helpful. Thank you.
February 11, 2015 at 3:34 am
In Awe
you are truly a god among office workers
February 11, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Susie
Thank you! Thank you!
February 22, 2015 at 8:03 pm
Rehman
Thank you for youR help… Too bad that I came across this useful link 4 minutes later I lost my shit over it… Now I need a couple of drinks and a box of chill pills.
March 16, 2015 at 9:20 am
Romisa
GOD bless you man 🙂
March 16, 2015 at 6:26 pm
Mike Berman
Worked for me. Thanks!
April 5, 2015 at 2:06 am
Derwin White
Thanks, this issue was driving me insane, before just now! 🙂
April 21, 2015 at 12:21 am
Deanna
Thanks!
May 5, 2015 at 11:29 pm
Charlie
Yup, that did it. Spent waaaay too much time trying to figure this out. Thanks so much!!!
May 25, 2015 at 10:00 am
Jonhn
Thanks so much !
June 11, 2015 at 2:13 am
Scott
Thank you!!!!!!!
July 15, 2015 at 7:39 pm
Sheryl
Thank you!!!! I was so frustrated until I read this!!!
July 21, 2015 at 8:02 pm
Akinleye Abdulwasiu
Thanks I’m greatful.
August 7, 2015 at 10:55 am
Jane
Sweet! Nine years after you posted this, you are still being a blessing! Thank you for your kindness to all of us!
August 10, 2015 at 7:47 am
MrJN
just because my stupidity i lowered the monitor and got it stuck.. didnt realise until I bought the sound bar and tried to attache it.. couldnt get the damn thing slide up…. pissed off would be an understatment …angry over myself , children, pets wife..and anyone came near me for that 20mins… after lot of swearing.. and cursing… sweet wife suggests “why not google”.. and here it is.. THANK YOU Man.. if you were near me I would have given you a hug that would have almost choked you..wife coped it anyways.. Thank you Thank you internet GODs..
August 28, 2015 at 8:23 pm
Sarah Watson
Thank you!!
September 30, 2015 at 3:45 pm
Giri Fox (@girifox)
Thank you, yes, I just had this same puzzle.
September 30, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Linda
This is the second time I have had to look this up. When it locked all the way down today I knew there was a trick, it was fixable. Thanks again for the second time !!!
October 6, 2015 at 4:06 pm
Roger Hand
Thanks! You just saved my neck! Shame on the designers and testers at Dell for letting this out the door!
October 16, 2015 at 6:33 pm
bert
I was just getting the jack hammer out…thanks for this counter intuitive tip
October 17, 2015 at 6:55 am
k g sunil
Thanks.Worked great
October 28, 2015 at 5:24 pm
cgenchi
Yes! Thank you!
November 21, 2015 at 11:38 pm
GalynM
And yet another big thanks! I knew there had to be a way!
November 24, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Widestrides
Thanks! You’D think they would be more clear in their instructions!
December 2, 2015 at 11:58 pm
Ian
Thanks!!!
December 10, 2015 at 11:27 am
Hani
Thank you so much! I have just read all the comments from the beginning of this great post. You really did help a lot! Thanks once again!
Cheers!
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to YOU! xD
December 12, 2015 at 10:41 am
Setsuna
I don’t normally comment on things but this one post seriously just solved a problem I haven’t been able to fix for over 5 years. THAT deserves my gratitude at the very least 🙂
December 22, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Bob C
You have solved a vexing problem for thousands of people over the 8 years since you posted this. All I can say is thank you very much – have a great holiday!
January 16, 2016 at 11:23 pm
Ashanti
Omg this worked -! Thank you! !
February 5, 2016 at 8:59 pm
Jill
My turn!!! Thanks for the help!!!
February 9, 2016 at 6:59 pm
Ponce
Thank you! I almost gave up and finally found this fix.
February 24, 2016 at 3:59 pm
Robin
Thank you! I was about to give up too and ran across this simple fix. I feel like Jason Bourne now! 🙂
March 20, 2016 at 12:27 pm
Jim
I found this article 10 yrs after I bought my 30in Dell monitor with this lock feature of the height and finally in 3 seconds fixed my height of the monitor. I feel stupid and I am an IT person.
April 7, 2016 at 10:32 pm
Mike
Thanks for the easy fix and especially sharing it with the world! I was getting ready for major surgery on the stand mechinism when I found your post! Kudos!
April 20, 2016 at 4:16 am
Mark Nettleton
Thanks! I was about to pull the thing apart, and had already started to hit it with a hammer!
April 21, 2016 at 4:43 am
Richard
From Sydney Australia – Mate – Thank you – I too started to get road rage just like some of my fellow readers. Lesson: Sometimes you do have to read the manual…
May 25, 2016 at 9:09 am
Emmanuel
Still not sliding up…what do i do
July 8, 2016 at 6:31 pm
JMor22
I’m also an IT person and this damn lock had me confused as well. Thank you for this tip and keeping this page up.
July 25, 2016 at 5:10 pm
nath
halleluyahh.. thanks man
September 28, 2016 at 1:48 pm
Jackie
I’ve been trying to get this to work for days. I had it turned on it side, it was driving me crazy, never thought to google it to get an answer.
November 11, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Morgan
Thanks!! Does this monitor not adjust at different heights? I can’t get it to stay half way up.
December 2, 2016 at 12:21 pm
Dolores Doherty
mine seems to lean way forward vs back a little–I try everything to straighten it, dropped it on my brand new monitor and made a small chip-so frustrated–their instructions leave alot to be desired.
February 15, 2017 at 11:21 pm
Oliver R
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Worked.
February 19, 2017 at 7:39 pm
Ian A.
Totally worked — thank you!! I was thinking the height adjustment had broken, because i could NOT push in that little release button at all. Your page was the first to come up on a google search — did exactly what you suggested, pressing down on monitor whilst pushing in the release button. Presto! You the man. You’ve been getting kudos for this for almost a decade now 🙂
March 12, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Sebastian Filip
OMG THANKS!
March 21, 2017 at 12:56 am
Frank M.
You have given me my dignity back! I am finally smarter than this stand! 🙂
April 5, 2017 at 6:44 am
Maultier
Godsend.
May 1, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Gwen De Luca
That’s the greatest – thank you! I spent all morning trying to figure it out!
May 9, 2017 at 8:05 am
matt
incredible. even in 2017 you’re still saving the sanity 🙂
thanks!
May 25, 2017 at 8:37 am
Frank
Thank you! Thank you! I spent 1hour trying to figure it out!!! And your post saved my night! It’s 1:35am where I am now. The stand came with a 20″ Dell Ultra Sharp I just bought on Ebay!
November 4, 2017 at 10:05 am
Sally Potts (@sallybrailsford)
Thanks a million! Iiyama user manual no help at all but this fixed problem in seconds,
February 8, 2018 at 12:05 am
Ken
sitting here a in a public library, the Dell manual was worthless; your tip was a treasure.
October 4, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Steve Dickinson
Add my thanks to that of everyone else. 10 years on and still helping poor souls trying to push a button that will not push. Thanks again
November 22, 2019 at 1:07 pm
miu
Amazing, thank you!
August 19, 2022 at 11:53 pm
puppy
2022 and you are still a lifesaver for this information haha