Windows 7/vista & macbook pro & external display unrecognized on reboot

Hello,
I have my new macbook pro 13 with an external display, keyboard and mouse connected. With MacOs that's ok, when I reboot the macbook closed the image comes to the external display all the time (booting the system, too).
But when I do the same on windows Vista or seven (I installed both with the same result) I just can't do it. I have to wait windows to be booted, disconnect the minidisplay to vga cable and connect again, and then, it's again recognized.
I don't know why it does not recognize the external display without doing this. Is there any way to do it?

I figured out that you are referring to booting in Windows, and inserting the Snow Leopard DVD, launching the Windows installer. The Boot Camp drivers installer is therein.
I ran this installer, and when I rebooted to Windows, I got a couple BSODs, the display was reset to 640x480, and one time it hung during boot. I managed to view the display adapter driver, and it was blank! I installed the latest NVidia display driver, and it resolved the crashes and hangs, but the external display is still unrecognized when the lid is closed. The best that I can do is to configure dual monitors in the NVidia control panel, and move application windows over to the external display. This isn't useful while the lid is closed because the start menu is located in the MacBook display.

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