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and the rest of the world what Real Americans are capable of! In the true spirit of September 11, I say “Let’s set some records!”. Let’s get out our Powerballs and show them that Real Americans are not disheartened by godless terrorists! Let’s roll our balls and set some records of our own!

Answer to Police Question Above:  The police actually came, Ron reported, but they were not in riot gear and there were really only a couple of short fist fights over the software. (Okay, I made that part about the fighting up, too.)

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IMGSCAN.OCX

IMGTHUMB.OCX

3. Register the OCX files in the system. If you have installed XP PowerToys do this by right-clicking the new 'Imaging' subdirectory IN THE LEFT PANE of Explorer. Click 'Open Command Window Here'. If not, then in Start/Run, type 'cmd' and navigate to the new imaging sub-directory. At the prompt type:

regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx

Repeat for:

regsvr32 imgedit.ocx

regsvr32 imgscan.ocx

regsvr32 imgthumb.ocx

(Unregistering is regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx /u)

4. Now when you double-click Kodakimg.exe the program should load ok.

5. Finally, change the association of .tif and .tiff files in WinXP Explorer to point to kodakimg.exe.

From LockerGnome Tech Specialist 11/21/2001.

At the last Advanced Users SIG meeting my attention was focused on the “Toy of the Month”. Yes, KVM [keyboard/video/mouse] switches. What are they? Well, I will try to tell you.

This is not a new computer switching apparatus, but has been around for quite a while. But it is reemerging in modern electronic dress, is more flexible to connect up and use, and is now much more affordable.

Essentially, you operate two or more computers but use one keyboard, one video monitor, and one mouse, connecting everything through a KVM switch box using special cables. Why do it? Because the cost and convenience of this apparatus way offsets the cost of two (or more) of each of the peripherals, and with careful selection of a KVM switch you can eliminate those duplicated peripherals. KVM switches have even branched out to support USB devices.

Using this system is very much a personal custom setup, which could have great appeal to the SOHO [small office/home office] user and hobbyist with limited cash resources, or no room for all of those peripherals. Of course, there are large commercial installations, but to the small businesses or hobbyists this is of no interest.

Now, if the KVM idea appeals to you, it might well be a system to investigate. There are so many possible setups that you should do your homework before grabbing some thing off the shelf. Cost? Depends on features, but look at about $90 and up including cables.