A method of providing an indication to a user of a status of an updating process of a video display monitor is disclosed. The method comprising receiving a set of instructions by the video display monitor, loading the set of instructions into a memory of the video display monitor, detecting a status of the loading of the set of instructions into the memory of the video display monitor, generating an indication of the status of the loading of the set of instructions into the memory of the video display monitor, and displaying the indication of the status of the loading of the set of instructions by the video display monitor.