I asked this question before
(http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=504596) and I'm
revising/relisting it as I didn't get the answer I had hoped for - I
do appreciate the helpful comments though.

I have a IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop from work. I would like to connect
it to a Viewsonic 17" LCD monitor (model VP171b)when I work at home.
Native resolution for the T23 is 1280 x 768. The native resolution for
the Viewsonic monitor is 1280 x 1024. When I connect the T23 to the
Viewsonic the screen looks
very distorted and text is fuzzy/hard to read (note: the monitor works
fine with my home cptr at 1280 x 1024 - it's a beautiful monitor!) I
have tried many different things including: installed the Viewsonic
driver, downloaded a monitor dirver update from the IBM website,
downloaded Microsoft Clear Type Tuning (which helped some) - all with
no luck. Problem seems to be that the graphics card is designed for a
native resolution of 1280 x 768 and even though I can switch to 1280 x
1024 it just does not look good.

After reading the comments/suggestions  I did get a Viewsonic 15" LCD
(model E510b) with a native resolution of 1280 x 768 and the dsiplay
looks perfect, but I still want to use the 17" monitor. I could not
find a 17" monitor with a native resolution of 1280 x 768. Does one
exist, or is there a software based solution to my problem? Any
thoughts?

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Request for Question Clarification by hedgie-ga on 04 Jun 2005 22:31 PDT

".. is there a software based solution to my problem? .."

   Yes. It is a question of selecting a proper driver for the monitor.

        Thinkpad, actually all computers, can have several drivers installed
        and laptops should be able to switch automatically, when
external monitor is plugged in. If you have wrong driver (which is
software sitting
between your video-card and your monitor) not only it looks
'horibble;, but it can damage the monitor).

 Usually, driver comes with your OS or with your monitor, and it may easiest
to have it installed by a technician.

If you want to do it yourself, you need to give us your OS (like win2000,
Linux MDK10, etc ...) as Thinkpad can run with many different OSes. 

(and this answer is open for all - unless you have Linux - as I do not do windows)

Hedgie