External LCD

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How an external monitor can affect the MBP. The monitor is connected through a DVi cable. CAn this monitor affect the video performances of the MBP or it is safe like this. Are any special setting which require to be done to have this LCD hooked up.
Thanks

I have a similar issue: external Samsung monitor worked fine on Vista, but I could not stand Vista. I put Win Xp Pro on... and I cannot get any signal out through the VGA port now. The monitor works fine (still), tested with two other latptops.
My suspicion is that the nVidia driver files, possibly the .INF, may need tweaking / replacement / etc.
Any assistance appreciated.

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