Solved Vista not recognising native resolution

This is starting to get rather frustrating. Windows has randomly tricked itself into thinking something untrue. When I installed Windows, it left me with the basic service pack 1 (or whatever the default is) and I had to update a few times. Could that have possibly affected this kind of setting? Surely I can open some sort of registry and edit it so Windows thinks the default resolution is whatever I set it as?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    MESH
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 2.4GHz @ 2.9GHz
    Memory
    3GB RAM, 500GB HDD
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron 22" Widescreen TV Monitor
As you have no idea really what updates went in, its possible.

Are you setting your custom res in Nvidisa control panel?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Initially I was using the Nvidia control panel but I've since changed the Windows setting that hides 'incompatible' resolutions. Using this, I've been able to use my 1680x1050 resolution.

I tried the Metro 2033 demo the other day though and it seemed to want to automatically use the "default" resolution of 1600x1200, which meant I was stuck in the game with my screen saying "Out of range". Alt tabbing wouldn't work and Ctrl, Alt, Delete didn't work either so I had to hard boot the PC. Even after that it still wanted to keep the 1600x1200 res so I had to use the BIOS thingy to boot up at 640x480 and then change to 1680x1050. Long story with little significance, I know, but it's pretty frustrating. Is there a way to uninstall service packs so I can see whether that'd change anything?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    MESH
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 2.4GHz @ 2.9GHz
    Memory
    3GB RAM, 500GB HDD
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron 22" Widescreen TV Monitor
Yup, you can uninstall them through the add/remove part.

Click view installed updates.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
I have had a quick look at this monitor. It appears some people have had to install the drivers manually.
This screen uses a standard refresh rate and modes.
Have you tried reseting the monitor to the factory defaults?

Try clicking on control panel,device manager,monitor update driver software then update with the monitor.sys file that came with your monitor CD.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
I got this monitor about 3 or 4 years ago, so even if I did get a CD with it, it's now long gone. I'll see if I can find the files through Google though.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    MESH
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 2.4GHz @ 2.9GHz
    Memory
    3GB RAM, 500GB HDD
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron 22" Widescreen TV Monitor
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