Dual Monitors in Boot Camp

I have Vista installed under Boot Camp and I am trying to use an external monitor hooked up to my MacBook Pro. However, I have encountered some problems trying to do this. When hooked up the external monitor, the external monitor screen flickers and does not display in the correct pixel ratio. What do I have to do to get the monitor to display properly?

Hi,
have you tried the Drivers Apple mentions in this document ?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306891
Maybe it helps.
Regards
Stefan

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