MiniDVI with Dual Link won't display after restart

I have a bizarre problem I can't find and hope to get some help.
I have a brand new late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz with 4Ghz of RAM running OSX 10.6.1 and Vista Ultimate 32bit via Bootcamp 3.0 drivers.
I have the Mini DVI Dual Link adapter so I can use my 30" Apple Display.
When I run Vista Ultimate, the display works fine, unless I run a restart to reboot Windows. When that happens, the mini seems to cycle just fine, but there is no video on the monitor. Sound works fine, and nothing seems amiss with the Mac Mini except that there is no video.
If I then cut the power to the Mac Mini (not a nice thing to do!), when power comes back it reboots and the display works fine with full video.
This must be some foolishness associated with the use of the Mini DVI output into the Mini DVI Dual Link adapter, but there is no other choice in the matter with the latest Mini.
Any suggestions?

I purchased the same computer: 2009 Nov 16, Mac Mini, 4GB RAM.
Computer runs great with the dual-link video adapter connected to my 30" Apple display.
I installed Boot Camp 3.0, Windows 7 32 bit (Business).
The video driver (by default is a 2006 Microsoft version) and only support a max resolution of 1600 x 1000 (aprox - sorry not in front of it at the moment).
I downloaded and installed the latest Windows 7 driver from nvidia to hopefully correct the problem, but matters worsened, with the max resolution dropping to 800x600. I backed out the latest Nvidia driver and am back to the Windows default - which is OK, but not nearly the resolution that I paid for and presently enjoy with MAX OS X.
Does anyone have a solution?
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