Bootcamp Windows Screen Resolution/Blurry?

Hello. Running Bootcamp on new Macbook Pro, installed and also running Win XP Pro. When using Windows the resolution on the screen seems just a little blurry/fuzzy. Definately not as sharp as the screen when running the Mac OS. (Also had the same issue with older Macbook Pro with bootcamp also). I've adjusted all display properties and nothing really improves it. I know its it's Windows, but is it possible to make the resolution sharper?
Thanks.

Lion is 10.7.1
Boot Camp incl with Lion is 4.0
If you have older Mac OS X discs, well, the new 2011s are totally different changed hardware motherboard chipset and you won't find drivers even if you try using BC 3.0.
So goodbye to 10 yr plus OS that is EOL no longer getting patches and updates and 20X vulnerable as a Windows 7 64-bit (or even play with free Windows 8 Deve Preview, but expect a few things to need tweeks).

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Thanks for this Info!
I had the same issue with my Macbook. After installing Bootcamp 2.1 a blurry screen .
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2009 Macbook Pro, 3.06 GHz Intel 2 core, Max 10.6.8.
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
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SMC Version (system):          1.42f4
Serial Number (system):          7302300GANE
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