Screen resolution on Win 7 set to 1920x1080 instead of 1920x1200 (MBP 17 early 2011)

After performing a SMC reset on my MacBook Pro 17 (early 2011), the screen resolution of my Windows 7 on the bootcamp partition was set to 1920x1080, instead of 1920x1200. On Control Panel, the option for the 1920x1200 resolution doesn't appear. How can I fix this? Reinstall BootCamp 3.2 64-bit? Thanks.

Try command-shift on boot up. If all else fails boot from your OS installer disk and run Repair Disk from Disk Utility.

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(TLDR in bold)
(1) Take note of your power management settings (Terminal: pmset -g custom)
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==============================
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