Bootcamp/WinXP and 2nd monitor

My uncle has a 20" c2d imac with the x1600 video. Sadly, he primarily uses WinXP on it and wants to add a second monitor to it. I have connected a 17" lcd to the other video port and it comes up fine in OS X but, not in bootcamp. I set the resolution to 1280x1024 (native res for the monitor) and it looks like Windows is sending a signal to the monitor that it doesn't like. I have changed resolution and Htz to no avail. Also, we are using a vga adapter and not DVI, would that make a difference? Any ideas?

Anyone have any ideas on this?

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