Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've bought a new monitor recently and
now am able to display much higher resolutions. However, every
time I reboot my machine, it's on 1280x1024, the resolution on
my old monitor. I can set it to the highest resolution once
logged on, but why can't Windows 7 remember the resolution I had
before rebooting?  Any ideas? Thanks a lot!  share|improve this
question add comment  4 Answers  Have you tried updating your
monitor drivers to see if that will keep the screen resolution?
share|improve this answer Yeah, it doesn't work. It's not the
display drivers. Sometimes I reboot, it remembers the resolution
after I log in and then... it switches back to original
resolution my old monitor was in. –  Dennis van der Stelt Mar 9
'11 at 20:06 add comment   1. Check the drivers for your monitor
in Device Manager. If posible use specific drivers for your
hardware.   2. Upgrade your display adapter drivers if possible.
3. Do a full shut down after setting the resolution. I had an
issue where a us