Using a 4:3 17" LCD with a 1st gen intel MacBook

I have 2 MacBook's that we use in the office for our sales team. They like to have them hooked up to the 17" LCDs with external mice and keyboards. The problem is that when I mirror the display it shows up on the monitor as a 16:9 display... giving me the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen... almost as if to match the resolution on the MacBook.
The weird thing is that I have the LCD Monitor set to display 1280x1024 (4:3)... any ideas why this happens... I had it working before but not sure what the issue is. I have just recently formatted and installed Leopard fresh with all the latest updates.

Yes, if you go into Displays preferences, you will see an Arrangement tab anytime that two or more displays are active. Under the Arrangement tab you will see miniature, rectangular representations of the screens that are running. One of them will show a small white bar across the top, which is meant to represent the menu bar. You can click on and drag the bar to the other rectangle. This will cause the real menu bar (and dock) to be on the other screen.

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