caractacus wrote: Should I fiddle in here, I wonder...? I never fiddle with the registry... but then I am paranoid. :~ The drivers should have overrides for your default display settings. I have used both ATI and nVidia at various times, I know nVidia best simply because it is ALL that work buys so we have them by the dozens. ControlPanel->Display->Settings->Advanced->Monitor is one of them. The other should be graphics card specific. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)