Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/April 2007

= April 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 1


 * 1) Clear browser cache from JavaScript
 * 2) Looking for a GIF animator
 * 3) Multicolor Fill Effects Gone in Powerpoint 2007
 * 4) HP Deskjet 3420 Printer
 * 5) Task manager
 * 6) ATA-48 / Solaris 10 / Sun Blade 100
 * 7) life's little frustrations
 * 8) Proxies

= April 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 2


 * 1) RAM
 * 2) Allowing DVD player, Video game system, and cable box to run on same TV.
 * 3) Cable Question
 * 4) what is
 * 5) XP and available RAM
 * 6) Hardware for reading PDF files
 * 7) SQL query
 * 8) Ask.com Service
 * 9) Research Services
 * 10) TiVo on iO cable
 * 11) Text messaging
 * 12) Pandemonium 1 does not work

= April 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 3


 * 1) Geforce 8800, Soundcards.
 * 2) backing up files
 * 3) Google summaries
 * 4) to send as a mail
 * 5) Vista compatibility.
 * 6) Processor
 * 7) troubleshoot remote desktop
 * 8) Page break in MS EXCEL
 * 9) Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
 * 10) Installation help
 * 11) file.writelines in python

= April 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 4


 * 1) Screenshot
 * 2) Webcam video
 * 3) VD capacity
 * 4) rounding calculations to decimal places
 * 5) A Windows muffler
 * 6) Can I add bluetooth remote function to my mobile
 * 7) download
 * 8) Help! Microsoft Pinyin IME version 3.0
 * 9) Photoshop
 * 10) Video Capture
 * 11) Drivecleaner on my Mac?

= April 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 5


 * 1) Starting a job stopped
 * 2) RTHDCPL.EXE illegal system DLL relocation
 * 3) my perfect blog
 * 4) 'Virtual' graphics card for openSUSE linux?
 * 5) Comcast Technician labor
 * 6) Ebay Sales info
 * 7) Windows update problem
 * 8) Low ink consumption printer
 * 9) new technology
 * 10) Sharing photos on a LAN.
 * 11) SQL Problem
 * 12) Screencast
 * 13) Web 2.0 in Museums
 * 14) lastmeasure
 * 15) removed article
 * 16) Virus on my PC!

= April 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 6


 * 1) Screenshot in Adobe Photoshop CS2?
 * 2) Grub menu
 * 3) bit torrents
 * 4) Superior notepad
 * 5) Country-specific internet search
 * 6) Excel: Calculating average of a product of two columns
 * 7) Character Palette
 * 8) Loophole in blocking IP adresses
 * 9) Wireless internet problem
 * 10) LG DVD firmware update
 * 11) Internet browser windows
 * 12) Photoshop's weak text support
 * 13) Snipping Tool in Windows Vista
 * 14) Linux and graphics cards

= April 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 7
 * 1) Photoshop Question
 * 2) Building a cheap linux box
 * 3) Perl or Python
 * 4) Monitor wont turn on
 * 5) Monitor bonk
 * 6) limeware
 * 7) Audio and Video problems.
 * 8) Strangely encoded MP4 WAV files
 * 9) clearing up a pic
 * 10) DVD Decrypter error or Videora iPod Converter error?
 * 11) Image:School_ip.svg
 * 12) Unknown virus
 * 13) Windows Vista Sleep
 * 14) Icon when image is loading in browser
 * 15) Firefox, Thunderbird trying to act as servers
 * 16) Quicktime, itunes in vista: lot'sa issues
 * 17) MACs and MP3s
 * 18) Hard Drive (And More) Question
 * 19) HDD Question
 * 20) one-click Linux download?
 * 21) 1.20 blocking ip ranges

= April 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 8


 * 1) Custom Equalizer Changes In Songs
 * 2) MP3 players and cars
 * 3) Multi-touch
 * 4) Unix and shells
 * 5) Display contrast
 * 6) Starting program
 * 7) Load up
 * 8) Backup problems
 * 9) MSAccess2000 problem with running wizards
 * 10) What does "mount a network drive" mean in Unix/Linux?
 * 11) Backup .bkf file with Vista
 * 12) Program to change the keys on a keyboard.
 * 13) The Return of the Stickiness
 * 14) synchronization
 * 15) "US Server down" for over 24 hours now
 * 16) Batch generation of SVG files
 * 17) Skills for user interface design

= April 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 9


 * 1) MAC vs. Mac
 * 2) Hooking up N64 to PC
 * 3) Movies in ppt
 * 4) Laptop keyboard - stuck key
 * 5) Beginner's use of a database
 * 6) Limewire not working
 * 7) ~$ on Microsoft Word documents
 * 8) LINUX open source sponsoring
 * 9) DVD BURN
 * 10) Samba asymmetrical speeds
 * 11) Full Screen
 * 12) Question about bibliographic management software
 * 13) DVD burner not allowing the burning of DVDs
 * 14) acceptance testing
 * 15) Content Based Image Retrieval
 * 16) Free Video Edit / Subtitle
 * 17) Free tools for creating PDF file from HTML file with inline TIFF images?
 * 18) Connecting my computer to my TV
 * 19) Recommender system
 * 20) Climate Change

= April 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 10


 * 1) 14 inch widescreen or 14" ordinary resolution
 * 2) Processor comparisons
 * 3) Installing GCC
 * 4) Print Screen
 * 5) LINUX O/S
 * 6) restoring Firefox bookmarks
 * 7) Benefits of SL Island for a University

= April 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 11


 * 1) Inkscape
 * 2) Ad free services from Google
 * 3) What links to this
 * 4) Windows task scheduler versus Unix Anacron
 * 5) Get Firefox to accept Opera so I can import bookmarks
 * 6) Disconnections
 * 7) winpe
 * 8) video game composer?
 * 9) Programming in excel
 * 10) printing a copy of the information
 * 11) Homebuilt computer
 * 12) Interchangability of Antennae
 * 13) Autoclicking with mid button
 * 14)  RS232
 * 15) Simultaneous Connection To Multiple Wifi Networks
 * 16) Does this exist?
 * 17) Will a Pentium M 478 pin processor work with a standard socket 478 motherboard?
 * 18) PowerPoint
 * 19) Audio

= April 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 12


 * 1) VPN and gaming
 * 2) Virus Isamini.exe
 * 3) HTML to wiki for use in MediaWiki-template
 * 4) mp3 player file transfer
 * 5) Disk change detection
 * 6) A vivid definition of philosophy
 * 7) Linux and USB volumes
 * 8) rtorrent and screen
 * 9) Question about Shared network
 * 10) Converting torrent files
 * 11) Problems with DualView with nVidia 8800 GTS
 * 12) Does anyone remember these Apple ][ games?
 * 13) Updater 5

= April 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 13


 * 1) Deleting spyware shit
 * 2) Different permissions for subdirectory in Samba-share
 * 3) MS Windows Multi-Monitor API
 * 4) System forced shutdown
 * 5) Monitor problem
 * 6) AI and reference librarianship
 * 7) Entry for Invicta Networks?
 * 8) OS Choice Question
 * 9) digital preservation programs at US businesses and organizations
 * 10) SDRAM question

= April 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 14


 * 1) Business Network Layout
 * 2) Convert VCDs into iPod format
 * 3) intelligent batch process of mp3 files
 * 4) Want to find Hide Files
 * 5) video/computer game
 * 6) RedDot Web Content Management System
 * 7) This code fragment confuses me.
 * 8) Gigabit Ethernet Networks
 * 9) MIDI Wavetable Synth Question
 * 10) How do I get a dark background in Firefox ?
 * 11) Good font viewer for Windows
 * 12) V card & freeview coverage
 * 13) Artificial intelligence & Problem Solving Software
 * 14) re-opening

= April 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 15


 * 1) Connect two computers with an ethernet
 * 2) Word Math Plugin
 * 3) Perl or PHP
 * 4) GIMP batch operation
 * 5) Blue Screen of Death
 * 6) index.dat
 * 7) yahoo messanger
 * 8) ClearType on Adobe fonts

= April 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 16


 * 1) Macs vs PC's
 * 2) and then there's the security issue
 * 3) Adding internal speakers
 * 4) New processor
 * 5) Soup's on
 * 6) Inode conversions
 * 7) Flying Windows XP
 * 8) Regarding e-duc low cost Pc of South America
 * 9) distances
 * 10) Which RFID chips are safe to implant in human bodies?
 * 11) KDE Scripting
 * 12) gcc parse tree

= April 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 17


 * 1) Linux on Razr
 * 2) Blackberry BES
 * 3) Computer  stuffs
 * 4) HEL3 - ethernet config weirdness
 * 5) Video Editing and Reverse MP3 Playback
 * 6) forgot password
 * 7) Cleaning LCD screens
 * 8) Google's earnings - answered

= April 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 18


 * 1) AppleScript and styled text
 * 2) Reliability of YouTube view counts
 * 3) Excel question
 * 4) CD Image work virtually but not when burned...
 * 5) word - page numbering
 * 6) Buying a new laptop

= April 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 19


 * 1) Folding@Home
 * 2) IP adresses
 * 3) Proxy settings
 * 4) Magnetic Stripe Writer
 * 5) MD5Summer For Context Menu
 * 6) Random numbers in bash
 * 7) Own Valid Windows Key - Don't Own Windows Disc
 * 8) Belkin Wireless Router uninstall

= April 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 20


 * 1) PID
 * 2) Grand Theft Auto Vice City
 * 3) Transfering all blog entries & best blog hosting for design
 * 4) parttime_job
 * 5) Resize Jpeg
 * 6) Computer Programming
 * 7) Windows Genuine Advantage
 * 8) switched power supply
 * 9) OpenSSH VPN in Windows?

= April 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 21


 * 1) Tracking Cookies
 * 2) Can I solve this problem with my MP4 player?
 * 3) AIRPORT EXTREME
 * 4) Creating a new web site
 * 5) monitoring problems
 * 6) JavaScript/AJAX Problem
 * 7) 4 && xml.handler.status
 * 8) monitoring problems
 * 9) PROJECT 64!
 * 10) Dual monitors (kinda)
 * 11) Airport Express and AirTunes
 * 12) character based mood icons
 * 13) Multiple IP addresses & open proxy
 * 14) PDF file
 * 15) iPod Video
 * 16) Disc Drive
 * 17) internet service at a school or business building
 * 18) Winamp and Emusic

= April 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 22


 * 1) Smiley Face
 * 2) SS instead of tables: left align, center, and right-align, all on one line
 * 3) Image question
 * 4) Request for details on Error message "Skein 0.0.3 error code 2"
 * 5) Joost invitation
 * 6) Optimal encoding of (not with) a Huffman tree
 * 7) Computer Spec, difference between processors/etc
 * 8) Computer thinks its dual core
 * 9) Drawing/sketching applications for UIQ 3
 * 10) Ubuntu 7.04
 * 11) Ubuntu/Linux Software
 * 12) Clock speed and FLOPS
 * 13) Nintendo Wi-Fi
 * 14) The Wall Street Journal mug shots

= April 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 23


 * 1) Google blurbs
 * 2) Mp3 files that display very long running times
 * 3) Laptop Screen and Magnet
 * 4) Video Problem
 * 5) Sync Byte
 * 6) computer ideas
 * 7) who made the first computer game

= April 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 24


 * 1) Anyone know about Adobe Photoshop Elements?
 * 2) windows vista and msn messenger
 * 3) Smart Keystroke Recorder
 * 4) DDR error simple explanation
 * 5) simple term please
 * 6) computer
 * 7) PrefixSpan Algorithm
 * 8) networking
 * 9) catergorization
 * 10) JPEG Image Files & Animations
 * 11) Information Systems
 * 12) iptables firewall
 * 13) FirstClass On Linux
 * 14) Is DjVu an open format?
 * 15) Word Ques.
 * 16) Flipping text upsidedown in Microsoft Word
 * 17) Power consumption.

= April 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 25


 * 1) Internet in Qatar
 * 2) Mbps settings
 * 3) Word 2004 sporadic crashes
 * 4) What computer should I buy?
 * 5) Innertube on cbs.com
 * 6) Compaitibility of Sports Car GT with Windows XP?
 * 7) DDR SDRAM at DIMM (s):1error  continues
 * 8) My computer can't reach Google
 * 9) A program to "undirectorize"
 * 10) Wikipedia largest reference in what languages
 * 11) map
 * 12) Boot computer
 * 13) Saving Liferay passwords.
 * 14) Shadow Effect
 * 15) Paid screen shot software
 * 16) Best resolution

= April 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 26


 * 1) Javascript onclick assignment
 * 2) wierd yellow box that now appears on every wikipedia page
 * 3) Help check over my UNIX shell script?
 * 4) Computer temperature
 * 5) Program to print a conversation-view summary of an email folder
 * 6) /boot-equivalent for Microsoft Windows?
 * 7) Computer display transfer
 * 8) The Ugly Bug Called
 * 9) changing keyboard layout
 * 10) need help to understand.
 * 11) a place do download colors schemes for windows XP
 * 12) Ubuntu 7.04 on a Macbook Pro

= April 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 27


 * 1) Viewing deleted page content in a PDF file
 * 2) Creating an exception to the Windows Firewall for Mac/PC networking
 * 3) Sticky Excel/Access 2000 problem regarding importing DB with URLs hidden with anchor text
 * 4) Running a website anonymously
 * 5) what is the architecture of a core 2 duo processor?
 * 6) RDBMS
 * 7) Hard Disk Partitioning Query
 * 8) Rogue television streaming
 * 9) del.icio.us for windows XP
 * 10) "blind group" email
 * 11) Installing a Windows XP MBR
 * 12) compilers and interpreters.
 * 13) Installing Software on XP

= April 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 28


 * 1) Protecting illustrations from Acrobat OCR
 * 2) Oh crap
 * 3) Question about this computer font style?  older computers used it
 * 4) Why can two anti-spyware programs happily co-exist on the same computer...
 * 5) DR2 backwards compatibility?
 * 6) Percent encoding of forward slash in Firefox gives 404 error in Wikipedia
 * 7) Hiding my ip address
 * 8) Internet radio
 * 9) Music making program
 * 10) ExpressCard and USB
 * 11) Can you recommend a group discussion website?
 * 12) Can WinXP be installed on a laptop with a Turion 64 X2?

= April 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 29


 * 1) Flash Drive 1
 * 2) Flash Drive 2
 * 3) Fonts
 * 4) Cell phones that read .PDFs and .DOCs
 * 5) GB DS3P Raid setup problem.
 * 6) Information system
 * 7) Error message in Microsoft Access 2003
 * 8) Transparent background
 * 9) Internet economics
 * 10) P-RAM in Apple Computers?

= April 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 30


 * 1) Hard drive to oblivion
 * 2) How can I convert a avi divx file to wmv?
 * 3) Geforce 8800GTS, DirectX 10.
 * 4) Reinstalling OSX
 * 5) AutoHotkey for linux
 * 6) Digital TV signal encoding
 * 7) Need help with Linux
 * 8) GIF Animation
 * 9) Google Earth
 * 10) ClarisWorks and Microsoft Works
 * 11) Movie maker and google video
 * 12) Largest USB Flash Drive
 * 13) flash drive usb