>>>I think I had the same problem with XP Pro also, but the older monitor I have (ViewSonic VG150 flat panel) only runs in 680 x 400 resolution with no other options available. I have tried finding/installing drivers, etc. but Windows only allows it to be a Generic PnP Monitor. I'm not sure whether I should be looking at the Monitor or something else. Anyone have any advice on this? Thanks!
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>>What's your video card (or internal video) type and version? I had problems maintaining a high resolution until I replaced the lousy internal video with a decent video card.
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>Yeah, it's the default on on the motherboard. I hate to buy a card for it as I'll have to buy two - same monitor, two boxes - but if I can find one cheap that will give me higher resolution. Any suggestions anyone?

You won't need the latest greatest, so just find yourself a cut rate place that sells older cards. You probably don't need more than the ability to work with DX8, so you can probably pick up something cheap. That's what I did. I don't recall the version, but I picked up an ATI card real cheap.

Now, I have to add though that there is no guarantee that this will matter. It's possible that the monitor itself can't do better than 640x480. Personally I doubt that, but you never know. It just seems to me that by the time flat panel monitors were introduced, everything could do better than 640x480. (I'm assuming you didn't really mean 680x400)