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**Shenan Stanley**

wrote:
I am reposting this with a different thread name because I now have
a quite different understanding now of what is going on. Although
the CCC interface works somewhat clumsily, when I reinstall CCC
version
10.2—each time I reinstall it in fact, I am able to extend my screen
on to the second monitor. I see an icon for screen 1 and a separate
icon for screen 2 as I should and I can control the resolutions of
each monitor independently of the other. When I reboot, no matter
what I do, only the screen 1 icon appears and, although I can clone
onto the second monitor I cannot extend my main monitor desktop
onto it.

Coincidentally with every version of CCC I have used in Vista 64 I
have always had to reset the resolution (it defaults to 640 X 480)
after every reboot. Now it is bad enough having to reset the
resolution after every reboot. I would hate to think that I also
have to reinstall CCC after every reboot whenever I want to extend
the main screen onto a second monitor.

I am hoping that this new information may help someone help me
understand and fix what is going on here.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Re-iterates two things for me. ;-) (Sorry - yes, I felt it should be
said.)
- Avoid ATI hardware.
- Skip Windows Vista if at all possible.

I know one of those things is almost like attacking a religion and the other
is all but a known fact. ;-)

What happens if you uninstall the video driver you have downloaded and just
use whatever Windows Vista finds for you - not from Microsoft Updates, mind
you, but just what it defaults to if you uninstall the Video card and
reboot - allowing it to install whatever and without all the catalyst
software?

After that - what happens if you ensure all the catalyst software crud is
not there at all and you just install the *driver only* from ATI's
support/download site - can you better control the monitor(s) and
resolution(s)?

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