X61 Extended Display - reconnect issue - Ctrl+F7 is NOT available when I reconnect to monitor

I use an X61 running XP SP2.
When I am at my desk, I connect the laptop to my 24" monitor via VGA cable.  
Via Ctrl+F7, I can modify my display settings and receive options such as:
- Notebook only
- Same display
- Extended display
All of these work fine.  However, just recently, after I disconnect (either using Ctrl+F7 or simply unplugging the VGA connector - both end up with the same result) and later try to re-connect, when I press Ctrl+F7, no menu option appears.
When I go to Control Panel | Display, I can 'see' the monitor is connected and I can 'extend' display to the desktop monitor BUT cannot set-up 'same display' from here.
The only option that works is to restart the system and then Ctrl+F7 works fine again.
I do not believe that I have made any changes to the system that would warrant this change (however, there may have been a recent automatic MS XP update that was loaded).
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this?  Do I need to update anything related to the system? 

Win 7 can't shut down, it reboot PC right after it has shut down!
I've tried the following before and it worked for once only ...
Step 1:
    Try this:  Press (Windows Key) + R (keyboard key) ... the Windows key is between the Ctrl and Alt key. SO press Windows (Start) key + R key to bring up the "RUN" menu.
Step 2:
  In the "RUN" menu, type in "regedit", then press the Enter key
Step 3:
  In the regedit, find and search by this keyword: "PowerdownAfterShutdown" ... it should be located in:
Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
  But once I've tried to manually browse to the above location and couldn't find any "Winlogon" in it, not until I used the find and search feature!
Step 4:
  Double Click on "PowerdownAfterShutdown" to bring up it's entry menu.
Then,
Change it to "0" if it is "1" OR
Change it to "1" if it is "0".
  I found it's "0" before I changed it to 1.
And hit the Enter key.
Step 5:
 Then restart the computer. Once it has reboot the PC to Windows' desktop, shut it down again. It should be able to shut down properly now and then ... NEVER!
Here's how to "NUT" down:
  Look for "ShutdownWithoutLogon" in the regedit, set it to "1"
  also set "PowerdownAfterShutdown" to "1" as well.
  Each time you want to shut down PC, you need to log off first. Then at the log in/off screen, to the bottom right corner there is a SHUT DOWN button, mouse click it to shut down PC! That works for hell !
DEATH COMES SLOW !!!

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