Yes, I tried changing the resolution through that menu and through the right click screen resolution menu. I guess since i have my windows 7 installation imaged I can go back to trusty old XP and re-image if need be. I don't know why else it wouldn't work.
The title explains most of it. My hard drive crashed on my one pc so I changed to windows 7. In windows XP 1080p to my samsung HDTV via HDMI looked terrible for text but great for video so I stayed with VGA. I had no problems with my radeon 4550 running 1920x1080 60Hz through XP and used that...