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Does anyone know of a good and inexpensive VGA switch that will automatically switch to the active video feed?

Some of the options I've considered:

-Kramer VP-211

-StarTech AVS210

-Aten VS201

They all have the features I'm looking for, but are a bit too expensive.

I have a device (laptop) that lists a power requirement of 19A 2.64A on the back. I don't have the original power adapter, so I'm forced to use one of two I already have on hand - which aren't perfect.

Am I better off using a 19V 2.6A or 18.5V 4A adapter?

What needs to be done to properly ground a coaxial cable running from an antenna on the roof of a house? I'm guessing that running a cable straight from the antenna to the VCR/TV through a window is not the ideal setup!

Flash memory has a certain number of read and write cycles - what happens when these have been expended?

Does the memory give any warning to its impending doom?

What happens when the r/w cycles have been expended? Is the data still accessible?

How would you go about making your own shortbread mold?

or

What are shortbread molds made out of, and are those materials readily availible?

What is the best way to get semi-reliable internet access (speed is not crucial) across a distance of about 800 feet? Cost is the main factor - wireless APs (Linksys WAP54G) are already in place, if that helps.

After a buzz will hair grow back the way it was before? For instance, if someone with curly hair got a buzz would it grow back to be curly in the same way?

I am having trouble with typing in foreign fonts/scripts in Vista. I have the language toolbar showing me a selection of languages (3 total), but it makes no difference which is selected when I am typing. Using Windows Vista Home Ultimate.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

I'm looking for software that will let me do a Find and Replace option with IPTC tags. I use Adobe Bridge to tag images, and Picasa to search them. I've misspelled someone's name in a few hundred photos, and would like to be able to fix them easily.

I'm trying to get a RCA DRC257N HDMI Upconvert DVD Player to work with a Planar PR5020 XGA DLP Video Projector - I have a small adapter that converts the DVD player's HDMI to the projector's DVI.

The DVD player's menu and default screen, along with DVDs I've burnt, show up (although it seems overexposed) via the HDMI/DVI configuration I have, but when I try to play a commercial DVD I get the Anti-Piracy warning then static/snow.

From my research it seems that this 'snow' results from the display device (in this case the projector) not having HDCP. The projector documentation claims that it features a "DVI-D digital input with HDCP decryption (High bandwidth Digital Content Protection)."

I don't know if this will help, but when trying the setup with a LG RC199H DVD Recorded/DVD Player (w/HDMI) all I could get was a very poor picture, with little color quality, and a heavy purple tint.

What I can I do to resolve this problem?

What exactly is the purpose of this Bluetooth Service in Windows Vista?

I'm looking for websites that let you do thins with your webcam online, using embedded software like Flash so that you do not need to download software. Maybe something that does green screen?

Stickam is an example of a website that uses Flash in the way I am talking about:

http://www.stickam.com/

Grouper is another:

http://www.grouper.com/

I know its hard to compare a single core processor to a dual core processor, but could some of you more savvy in the ways of the processor give me an idea of what a AMD Turion Mobile ML-40 (2.2Ghz) would relate to in both a Core 2 Duo and an AMD Turion 64 X2, speed wise.

I'm not necessarily looking for the model name (eg TL-50), but rather what speed (eg 1.6Ghz) would be equivalent.

Apparently, from experience, Windows XP Professional does not always create a new profile/account when you join a domain (eg user.domain). What determines if a new account will be created?

I have seen multiple computer create a user.domain account when there is already a user account, but one computer kept the user account for both the local and domain profiles.

In areas where kilometers are used, as opposed to miles, what is the equivalent to the term 'mileage'

When booting into Safe Mode on a Windows 2000 Professional box I see "Service Pack 4Free" at the top of the screen - something I haven't noticed on other boxes.

Is this service pack legitimate? I would assume it is, except that I'm cleaning spyware and viruses off the machine now, so I'm suspicious.

I know there is a Partner Switch in Tango where two couples will switch (walk forward, spin the female, on O together), but is there such thing as switching the partners of more than two couples, possibly even four or more in a similar fashion?

What explains someone feeling required to be an expert in any activity they participate in, going so far as not to participate if they do not feel they are experts?

Is there a name for this, or how would you refer to it?

Is it possible to have a Windows XP Home computer route all traffic, except that of a specific IP, MAC, Name, or IP Range, over one network interface (wireless), and route only the information destined for a specific computer over a different interface (Ethernet).

I don't want to bridge connections, as the second computer (wired) cannot have access to the wireless network, but I would like the first computer (wireless & wired) to have access to the wired computer. Security is really not an issue, so it doesn't have to be hacker-proof.

I would think this was not possible, except for these statements:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chat...

^ Search for "if you're joined to a domain"

http://www.hackerthreads.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t...

^Search for "When I attempt to ping"

Sorry I couldn't include the full text, but it was well over 1000 characters.

Is there any way to install My Font Tool on a normal Windows XP desktop?

My Font Tool is a Microsoft Powertoy for Tablet PCs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/power...