Ok, here is what I came up with so far. Win7 display settings must be made before one changes the driver settings. I appears that Win7 and/or DirectX is in the driver seat (no pun intended, no really). So this adds more complexity to display changes. And because Win7/DirectX is driving to display (I cannot help myself), channeling the the sim to an extended dispay may not work

. My next attempt is to disconnect the large monitor (oh joy!) and try it again.
By the way, should I change my posts to Win7 thread?