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Edit:Problem solved. It was an issue with my AGP drivers (ULi 1695)

I installed Windows 7 and everything was just peachy. Perfect resolution (1440x900)

I've got an ATI 9600 Pro.

Anyhow, Windows update gave me a nice new version of the ATI driver. Screen flickered a minute, everything is fine.

So, I restart the machine, and when I'm back in Windows 7 I'm in 800x600 or something awful, with no option to go back to my native resolution!

I looked in Device Manager and there isn't even a category called Display Adapters... so I can't find my graphics card anywhere, or any way to troubleshoot.

Any ideas?

Yes, I have tried installing the canned ATI drivers.

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If you?re using Windows 7 with an ATI display adapter, you might want to check out this preview driver package. I?ve installed it here on a system running a Radeon HD 2600 XT and it appears to be working fine.

I strongly recommend reading the release notes first. In particular, note that the AVIVO converter is disabled (which means you?ll get an error message after setup if you choose that option). Also, there are warnings about instability with ?certain display configurations,? with a special note that Desktop Window Manager ?will become disabled in high resolution and multi-display extended modes.?

It supports only the following GPUs:

* Radeon? HD 4000 Series

* Radeon? HD 3000 Series

* Radeon? HD 2000 Series

* Mobility Radeon? HD 4000 Series

* Mobility Radeon? HD 3000 Series

* Mobility Radeon? HD 2000 Series

* AMD 780G

* AMD 780V

* AMD 790GX

There is no editing as your card is not supported. It looks like windows 7 will not even see your display adapter. You should always check out any driver you are going to install even if it comes from Microsoft update.

Edited by sweetleaf

Okay... as I said, Windows 7 used a proper driver right off the bat, giving me me native res and everything.

The preview driver package is exactly what I tried installing. The installer claimed that it was successful, but it didn't installed the Catalyst Control Center or anything. It appears to have installed Catalyst Install Manager... but not the actual drivers, somehow?

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