[stuka_40]

Maybe this helps you!
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...an#p349706
See my answer there! always try to use search button. 8)

I tried to download the file talked about there, but it comes up as a "*.7z" file type that my computer can't read.

I also still don't understand why I am told "Access Denied" when I try to change the text of the conf. There is no option on it to run as admin.

I don't think all this is needed though.

I know there has to be something relatively simple to do here, the only difference between my computer now and when the picture was fine is the monitor. They are different style wide screens, but the first is more stretched thin width ways. And this monitor ran IL2 before with a different computer that was XP, not Win7. Back then I had more resolution options in game too.

As simple as plugging in another monitor nothing internal.

7zip is a file compressing software like winzip or winrar, it is free to download here:
http://www.7-zip.org/ just download the mod and extract it to your mods folder, about your win7 problems, sorry i can't help you because i don't run it! but i think Ecran wide mod will help you. do as it is described there, see the link.