Setting as extended desktop won't take after a reboot

sorry to post in this forum, but i couldn't create a new topic in the bootcamp forum. on to my problem. i use an apple cinema display with my macbook. when i boot to mac os, the cinema display acts as intended, as an extended desktop. however, when i boot to windows, the external monitor is always reset to mirror the monitor on the mac book, even after i set it in the windows control panel to extend. the next time i boot to windows, it has reset agian. it was not always this way, however. there are to things i can think of that may have contributed to this, but i'm only speculating. i recently upgraded to 10.5.7 from 10.5.6. the other thing was that i also update the boot camp software on windows to version 2.1. could either of these be the cause?

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2. I wonder if the Macbook Air and The new Retina Macbook Pro has this same issue being that they too come with SSD styled storage. If anyone have these macs please reply with your findings.
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