LCD refresh rates

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This may be a silly question but would running a game in full screen mode at the same resolution as the desktop's (native) but at a different refresh rate damage my LCD in any way? I ask this since refresh rate seems to work differently on an LCD than a CRT.

The reason I ask is because alt tabbing out of wow and then back in severely drops my frame rate and the only work around at the moment is setting a different refresh rate/res than the desktop or playing in windows mode. I rather not play in windows mode and I wouldn't want a different res than the LCD's native.
 
Generally LCDs are locked at 60hz.
How much ram do you have? I ask this because system memory has alot to do with that issue you mentioned regarding alt tabbing.
 
I have 2gb of ram.

It is possible to change the refresh rate under the video settings. As for it doing anything I'm not sure but I'm willing to change it even if it does nothing in game but fix my alt-tabbing issue. I just need to know if it will damage my LCD in any way.
 
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