XP on my MBP and an external display

I am posting here because I got no love in the boot camp directory. Hi, I have a macbook pro (2.33 GHz intel core 2 duo) that I use for both work and home. We are remodeling our home and I am finally getting a home office put in. I have dreamed for years of getting a large external display for when I work at home. Some of my work requires Windows programs, so I bootcamped my mbp, installed windows XP (SP2) on the other side of my computer and everything is great. My question is once I hook my mbp up to an external display and external keyboard (and mouse) will I be able to reboot it in windows and have everything work (the external display, keyboard, and mouse)?
I searched somewhat through teh forums and couldn't find anything, but it is highly likely that I missed if this question has already been answered, so sorry about that.
Any help/suggestions is appreciated.

If your external display, keyboard, and mouse are all Apple products, then you should be okay, as you would have installed all of the necessary drivers when configuring Boot Camp on your Windows XP partition. Check the Boot Camp installation guide for more information.
If your external display, keyboard, and mouse are of another make, you may have to download the required Windows drivers from the manufacturers' website.
I have had a few different screens work on the XP partition of my MB Pro with no problems.
Good luck!

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can a 15" or 17" macbook pro drive 2 external
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