Extrnal widescreen monitor problems

Hi
I Have recently bought a 19 inch widescreen monitor Acer AL1916w and the resolution setting is 1440 x 900 which comes up as well as the name of the monitor when it is plugged in, however it doesnt expand the full size of the screen it 's about the same size of my powerbook screen, it works on the 1024 res but obviously the quality is bad.
Please Help
Thanks stiltcreature

Hi,
if you mirror your internal display this behaviour is normal. have you pressed F7 once to switch to dual display ?
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