Windows @ Start-up? Why? But...

Ive had my MBP BC'd for about 3 months, solely to play an MMO, dont use windows for anything else. When I game, I use a single external monitor. Now, suddenly, when I start-up my computer, it goes straight to Windows 7. Here are the issues that have started to add up:
-Start-up now boots to Windows 7 automatically
-When I hold down the option key, to make a choice between the two, the screen (without the external monitor attached), looks, "bloated" like it does when I have an external monitor. Meaning, the icons are huge and fat, lol.
-I can't update Nvdia drivers because it says their 32 bit and the Win 7 I have installed is 64 bit.
Any help on these issues, especially the computer automatically booting to Win 7 at start-up, would be greatly appreciated.

did you yourself install Nvidia driver? you would most like have had to in order to play any games properly.
don't rely on or use the "auto-detect' if it is like AMDs.
most people I think find that they have had to uninstall the grapic driver (Apple's0 first before they can update or install a newer driver.
Driver Sweeper 3.2+ may be necessary to get rid of drivers you have (esp if there was an ATI driver installed by Boot Camp as well).
As to 32 vs 64, I'd thnk most people have 4GB RAM and should therefore use Windows 7 64-bit.
Just manually go thorugh and select the driver you need.
Verde R295 Driver 3-13-2012 296.13
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-296.10-whql-driver.htm l
Booted from Windows DVD?
Gone into startup disk in OS X to change the default?
Windows control panel Boot Camp has startup OS to change the default.
Sounds like a safe VGA mode but I never used laptop and using two desktop monitors.
You are running Lion so boot into Lion Recovery and check your Mac hard drive.

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