MBP + External Display

So my MBP is my primary computer. I use an Apple Cinema Display as my external monitor. Usually I have it slept.. so when I wake it from my external keyboard, the display shows up on my monitor as usual. My laptop is kept closed under my monitor stand. I can even reboot, and have the external display automatically show up.

Now here is the problem.. I use bootcamp with Windows XP Pro sp3 for my gaming. When I reboot into windows, my external monitor does not automatically work. I have to open up the lid, go into my Nvidia display settings and choose my external monitor from the list to be the primary monitor. This is very annoying because I usually have my MBP under a monitor stand. If I set the external as primary, unplug the dvi cable and replug it in, I would have to go back and set the external yet again, as primary.

Is there any way to have it work like OSX? Just have the external display automatically work upon booting into windows? I hate that I have to unplug all the cables open up my mbp and set it to primary manually.

Help

 

I use a 2 fan laptop cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834999413

Works fantastic. The extra usb port helps also. Hmm windows 7 huh.. is it more bloat than winxp pro? I honestly only log onto bootcamp for gaming, thats it.

What is win+p? Windows key + P key? Or some kind of program?

 

so if i set it to external display only.. and reboot, will it auto display on my external monitor?

i ask because, my laptop is always closed. when i boot into windows, i use bootchamp from osx which auto reboots into bootcamp for me.

so if it doesnt auto set it to external display, id have a tough time having to win+p if i cant see anything

thanks for your help again!

 

sounds like a plan. gonna get my hands on win7 and throw it on my bootcamp partition.

thanks again for the tip