External Monitor Resolution Problem

[slick1]

Hi all,

I just started to connect my Acer 2450 laptop

to an external HP 22" widescreen flat panel monitor,
via the VGA connection.

The laptop is set at it's highest resolution of

1280 x 800, but the external monitor shows very
fuzzy images. I have set the new monitor resolution
to the same resolution, but the external monitor does
not seem to accept that. Any idea's what the problem
may be?

I'm a new user on computers and and I don't know a lot

of all the tech. procedures, etc.

System: Acer 2450 laptop

XP Home - SP2
IE-7

 

[xxx_]

The external monitor's native resolution is 1680x1050 so using a 1280x800
resolution will cause the image on the external monitor to be fuzzy.