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I currently have an Acer Aspire 5739 that has an Nvidia Geforce GT 240M. For years, I've had the laptop connected to a Compaq WF1907 external monitor, which has a resolution of 1440x900, 60Hz. When I first had the computer, I had to open up the Nvidia Control Panel and make a custom resolution for the external monitor. However, after updating the driver to the april 9th version (I have recently noticed some very faint moving horizontal lines across the screen that I hoped the update would help, since plugging in a roommates laptop into the monitor removed all problems--but that's another story), I found that I couldn't get the external monitor to display in its normal resolution. Even after going through the steps of adding a custom resolution, the driver would still display things in 1280x768 even though the Control Panel would say that it was displaying things in the custom resolution I set up in 1440x900. I have attached a screenshot below. Updating to the most recent driver has also caused similar problems.
I would appreciate any help with the subject, including if anyone knows how to resolve the moving lines issue. I'm not particularly tech-sophisticated, but I think I understand enough about computers to at least be able to follow most conversations, so just let me know if there's something I need find for you guys to help me. Thanks in advance for the help!

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