VGA Hookup to Laptop Question

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#1 ikensee
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Okay so I got a 360 cable with a VGA input on one end and hooked it up and all the needles fit in good and everything seems fine, but I turn the 360 on and the screen stays on the desktop. I figured it wouldn't be that easy so I went searching on my computer to see if there was a setting that I could put it on. I didn't see any setting really, but I also am not sure what I'm looking for. Does anyone know if there is a certain "channel" or mode that my laptop has to be on or can a 360 even be hooked up to a laptop in the first place. I just took a shot in the dark hoping that this would work. Oh, I have Windows XP Service Pack 2, if that makes any difference. I may seem kind of noobish, becasue I am. Thanks!
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#2 georgeverity
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you are trying to plug your 360 into a VGA output. you wasted 40 bucks.
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#3 MindFreeze
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You need to have a VGA INPUT on your computer, while most likely you have an OUTPUT.
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#4 Steameffekt
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Only works on VGA monitors not laptops.
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#5 ikensee
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Oops, my bad. Oh, well I only paid $8. Thanks to everyone!

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#6 Steameffekt
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Oops, my bad. Oh, well I only paid $8. Thanks to everyone!

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Wow, only 8 bucks. Wher'd you get it?

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#7 wukepingu
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you need to hook it directly into the monitor.