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I have a new monitor which I'm sharing between two computers: a laptop with Windows 7 (Windows 7 from now on) and a home assembled desktop with Windows 8 Developer Preview (WinDev from now on).

Windows 7 recognizes the monitor resolution of 1920x1080, and many others. Windows 8 Developer Preview doesn't; the best resolution I get on that OS is 1600x1200.

Windows 7 has:

  • Mobile Intel 965 Express video
  • Generic PnP Monitor as monitor #2

Windows 8 Developer Preview has:

  • MSI Nvidia 9600GT with 1Gb RAM video
  • Generic Non PnP Monitor

I'm using Belkin Flip USB to share the monitor between boxes

Hennes
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Given that you have a non-PnP monitor you might want to see how you can add a mode and force to use that mode, you can do this in the Nvidia Control Panel > Change resolution > Customize.

Caution: Only do this if your monitor is known to support the resolution you need.

Tamara Wijsman
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There's a suggestion here to uninstall the NVidia drivers and to allow Windows Update to install the NVidia drivers, as they are substantially different for Windows 8.

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