T400 XP Presentation Director Problem

I just did a clean install of XP on T400, and could not get Presentation Director to work.
Whenever I was trying to apply or test a scheme (even the "Captured display settings" with no external monitor), I got this error message "The following settings you have selected cannot be applied properly. Change the setting and try again.
Display Configuration".
I suspect there was a conflict between Presention Director and Catalyst Control Center.(CCC could control the displays without problem.)
The lenovo ATI driver was just released in March, while the PD was released last year.
Could that be a problem? I am reluctant to downgrade to old ATI driver. Did Lenovo not test their drivers for compatibilty before release?
If anyone has solved similar problems before, please advise.
T400 2767
XP SP3 clean install
Presentation Director 4.32 02 2009/09/11
ATI Driver 8.712-100302b-097094C-Lenovo
Hotkey feature 3.02.0001
BIOS: Discrete Display only
The problem is 100% reproducible with above settings.

Been there, but its been a while, and although I can't give you an exact step-by-step solution, I hope given the urgency on your side that I can point you in a direction you haven't gone or gone far enough in. I fixed the same nagging problem by working with both the basic and Advanced menus at: Desktop Right-Click>Display Properties>Settings. In particular check all settings for both displays in the tabs of the Advanced menu. It is a careful process to be sure you check the properties of EACH monitor and not just run through them once which will apply for just the default monitor. The cause in my case was a conflict of a setting between the Presentation Director and the Display Settings. You may do best if you nix the presentation director while getting the settings sorted out. Also, ATI has a great display management program similar to Windows' Presentation Director. I am sorry to be strapped on time as I write this. You may have been through everything I suggest, but I do hope something I wrote helps you get it fixed. I'll check back when possible today. TSRing
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Hello,
I enjoy really to work with the Presentation Director (PD); I also enjoy now working with Windows 7 x64
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Hello Joel,
try to uninstall and install prasentation manager.
May be the old version, stored in factory condition to c:\SWTools will help you out?
Install that version, if the new versions is causing problems.
You should also read the installation instructions carefully, because some programs are dependend to others
like Energiemanager or Hotkey-Features.
I would suggest not touch a running system, some updates can mess your system up.
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Presentation Director

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