From: "Robert Comer" 

Is the external monitor not being identified correctly any more, that would
be my guess, you might have to change the driver for it to the correct
specs...

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:40d6ee14$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Hi.  I think Rich might be able to help with pointing to a specific
register
> key, but someone else might have an answer.
>
> On my bosses Dell Laptop, all of a sudden, when he connects to his dock,
> with an external 17" LCD, the computer (XPHome) defaults to 640x480 on the
> desktop, rather than the old resolution of 1024 x 768, which it used to do
> for the past year.  He's tried manually re-setting the screen resolution,
> shutdown, re-start, and it's back to 640x480 again.  He's tried every
> combination of dual screen/single screen options in the Properties, as
well
> as the monitor selection via the F keys on the laptop.  When booting
> straight to the laptop screen itself, resolution is correct.
>
> Any place to possibly clear a registry key that might be "stuck"?
>
> Any ideas on what might be going on?
>
> This started when he did a PP presentation and moved the monitor to our
> conference room, and back.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
>

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