T42 extension monitor won't work

Hi, hoping somebody can help. Bought a seconhand T42 thinkpad that already had windows 7 (originally XP) . Had blue screen problems so computer repair chap did something with the video card driver and now it works fine but i cannot display an extension monitor or play games properly. The display adapter says it is standard VGA. Thinkpad is type 2373-7WG.

they basically removed the video driver of the original system and made it work that way. You won't get external LCD back unless the video driver reinstalled.
If i am you i would return the machine to whom you bought it from, and get a Thinkpad T60 instead. Or ask the person or the shop you bought it from to install Windows XP.
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Jin Li
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I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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