I'm having the same issue as the original poster. I'm using a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop running XP Pro with a NVIDiA GeForce 8600M GT graphics card. Trying to use the Acer V223w monitor for a dual display setup.
Any ideas on what I can try? I've tweaked every setting I can find, using the monitor's button controls, Windows settings, and the included software, and nothing fixes the issue. Any help would be *greatly* appreciated!
For work I'm using a Dell Precision M90 notebook with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500m video card, and they just gave me a plug and play Acer V223W 22" LCD monitor to use with it.
In the display settings, the max 16:10 widescreen resolution is 1680x1050, with 1440x900 being the next step down. When I set the resolution to 1440x900, the display fits on the entire screen and is not distorted, but I want better resolution. When I switch to 1680x1050, the display fits vertically, but I lose some off the right edge of the monitor (the clock plus 1 tray icon). When I move the cursor over there, it slides into view, but pushes the left side of the display off the screen (so I can't see the "start" button).
I've messed with the display settings in both the Windows interface and the NVIDIA controls, but I can't get it to fit. Why would two resolutions with the same aspect ratio (16:10) produce different results? Is there anything I haven't tried to adjust it?

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