OSX 5.7 update display problems

I have never had problems with updates before. With 10.5.7 I have an external display running with my macbook, (which was connected during the install), but since installing the update, I cannot correct the display. Now my macbook display has turned 'super-wide' with large black edges at top and bottom, and the external zooms in on this so that all the periphery of the display is missing. I have tried changing the resolution but it doesn't help. Anyone else had problems like this or have any ideas how it might be resolved short of resorting to a removal of the update..?

You aren't alone:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2004318&tstart=0
If there are solutions offered there you can try them, but I would submit feedback to Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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