How to use Clamshell mode in windows 7 via bootcamp

I have a 15" MBP, on SL, running bootcamp for Windows 7. I need it for work, and doing mostly email and spread sheet. I have set up like this
---MONITOR 1 ------------- MONITOR 2 ----------- MACBOOK
( USB TO VGA) (DVI TO MINIDISPLAY)
I can extend my desktops to all three, and have made monitor 2 my "main desktop", and have changed power settings in the control panel for when i close the lid to "do nothing". Yet when I close the lid on the MacBook to store it away, it turns off monitor 2, and reverts monitor 1 as main display.
Any one else run into the same problem?
Side note: my nVidia control panel says my drivers are up to date, but the only option on the left side is "stereotopic 3D" no other settings

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