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I'm connecting an external monitor to my 17"MBP (I'm running Os 10.6.8)

It seems like everything is blown up on the external. When I drag something over to it, I need to drastically shrink it so that I can use it. I imagine there is some simple setting to change in System Preferences to change this, but I'm not sure what it is. Thoughts?
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The resolution setting on the external monitor is most likely not set correctly. Go to "System Preferences" > "Display's"...and set the resolution.

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