Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/April 2008

= April 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 1


 * 1) Can't boot into Windows XP and/or Ubuntu
 * 2) Firefox search engine plug ins
 * 3) find proxy server on non-admin account pc
 * 4) 10 Gigabit Ethernet
 * 5) windows movie maker
 * 6) Simple editing of a Firefox extension
 * 7) Wikipedia going into "Locked" mode when I try to write a long question....
 * 8) Quicktime Pro Video Recovery
 * 9) OVERCLOCKING
 * 10) download site?

= April 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 2


 * 1) Unix shell script request
 * 2) XML Editor
 * 3) difference in RAM capacities
 * 4) Question
 * 5) Batch processing PDFs
 * 6) Convert VOB to AVI or MPEG
 * 7) Google search field bug?
 * 8) LogMeIn
 * 9) Distributive Computing
 * 10) EAW XML syntax error finding program?

= April 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 3


 * 1) Memory addressing?
 * 2) proxy
 * 3) TCS
 * 4) encode as base64 in html
 * 5) GMAIL in html
 * 6) Movie on iPod
 * 7) Why laptops wide only?
 * 8) Detecting peripherals?
 * 9) Compare digital converter boxes with analog pass-through
 * 10) Widget/Application for a (intel powered) Macbook that will 'monitor' bandwidth usage
 * 11) Moving pages
 * 12) scandisk/defragment problem
 * 13) Wikipedia's CSS

= April 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 4


 * 1) C++ classes: supporting padding and preserving stream state
 * 2) Btech IT and BIT
 * 3) Low-resource firewall for XP
 * 4) Font size
 * 5) Black and white photographs
 * 6) Bill Gates Quote
 * 7) c# what is it?
 * 8) SQL Query.. how to exclude a character?
 * 9) to anyone who has worked with adobe acrobat: create a script to un-blank a form?
 * 10) Flash player file association
 * 11) Firefox crash

= April 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 5


 * 1) Ubuntu's Auto-mounting System
 * 2) Cross Over Question
 * 3) Bootcamp error: "hardware not supported"
 * 4) How do i open a pen drive when there is no removable disk?
 * 5) iPhone programming
 * 6) Anyone know a good paid POP/SMTP email service?
 * 7) Wikipedia error page
 * 8) Graphics card "warming up"?
 * 9) rar
 * 10) Wireless weirdness
 * 11) generating words in a pattern
 * 12) Old emachines computer power supply

= April 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 6


 * 1) python and sqlite
 * 2) How to upload php?
 * 3) Difference
 * 4) the pirate bay
 * 5) Inkscape
 * 6) Overloaded servers damaged?
 * 7) how to operate two Netware servers simultaneously
 * 8) which MMOGs have free priavate servers
 * 9) Large Files question
 * 10) Counter Strike for Mac
 * 11) Certificate Issuing

= April 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 7


 * 1) Help
 * 2) Server Space vs Shared Hosting Space
 * 3) What is this, and how can I get rid of it?
 * 4) 32 vs 64 bit OSs
 * 5) Leap-frogging OS
 * 6) write-proof a cookie
 * 7) Laptop idles at 140˚ F, normal/problem?
 * 8) Realtek drivers not detecting plugged in speakers/headphones
 * 9) How to delete a program I can't rid of...
 * 10) Alternatives to GraphViz for drawing graphics
 * 11) Excel formatting
 * 12) Sockets
 * 13) Ban on commercial use of the internet?
 * 14) Internet Explorer automatically refreshing pages.

= April 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 8


 * 1) PowerPoint VBA question
 * 2) Connecting Etrex garmin GPS eceiver with a laptop
 * 3) Actionscript 3 video playback
 * 4) Random name generation algorithms
 * 5) Firefox Update
 * 6) "Lossless" DVD Video ripping/archiving
 * 7) ISC BIND probs
 * 8) Creative DDTS-100
 * 9) Keyboard buffering
 * 10) MP3 V AAC
 * 11) Domain expiration: what sec exactly
 * 12) Hooking up a laptop drive
 * 13) Moved from miscellaneous -- slow loading FaceBook
 * 14) Sharing an IP
 * 15) using my cache
 * 16) any TINY single executable for Windows that is a "browser" but just displays HTML?

= April 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 9


 * 1) Speech to text systems
 * 2) Games crashing out
 * 3) zip website
 * 4) Ubuntu Root
 * 5) using a digital photo frame as an ebook reader?
 * 6) Delay after locking computer
 * 7) Why is USB important?
 * 8) Captcha
 * 9) Correct term
 * 10) Hosting
 * 11) How to let a third-party developer modify a website safely?

= April 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 10


 * 1) iTunes
 * 2) Make file usage
 * 3) resize pngs to specified filesize, rather than dimensions
 * 4) deleted emails
 * 5) Text replace
 * 6) sql and python help
 * 7) How would I How do I make specific files password protected?
 * 8) YouTube.com
 * 9) Zoom
 * 10) downloading an entire website
 * 11) Digital Canuckistan ?

= April 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 11


 * 1) RAM problems freezing the computer
 * 2) floppy recovery
 * 3) warning: function call has aggregate value
 * 4) useless cd
 * 5) Mirror for ftp.digital.com?
 * 6) Looking for a programming language.
 * 7) Remote shutdown on Windows networking
 * 8) How to convert VHS to put on youtube
 * 9) Document Management
 * 10) PS3 ~ TFT Monitor
 * 11) Razer Tarantula or Razer Lycosa
 * 12) Music in Powerpoint
 * 13) Firewire OS
 * 14) Default font

= April 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 12


 * 1) Instant Messengers
 * 2) Linux system requirements
 * 3) Webcam Question
 * 4) Typeable pdf.
 * 5) squirrels
 * 6) Firefox 3 pretending to be Firefox 2
 * 7) desperate
 * 8) CD DVD rom speed up
 * 9) What makes the hard disk tick?

= April 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 13


 * 1) famous sayings
 * 2) Excel 2007 chart labels
 * 3) USB Webcam
 * 4) paypal stuff
 * 5) Dual internet
 * 6) "Folder" label appearing...
 * 7) non-wiki contributions
 * 8) Online Courses

= April 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 14


 * 1) USB vs. headphone jack computer speakers
 * 2) MMORPG staff
 * 3) black box on power cord
 * 4) Windows Vista posting a lot of nonexistant and double entries
 * 5) Full harddisk backup - including operating system
 * 6) I cant go to Yahoo and Google,but I can still go to Wikipedia?!?!
 * 7) mac & pc
 * 8) Automated description of graph features
 * 9) Computer on TV
 * 10) DSL and my IP address

= April 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 15


 * 1) Unistalling Skype
 * 2) Simple method to get the filename out of a URL?
 * 3) C#: remove x00
 * 4) Security of BitTorrent

= April 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 16


 * 1) what was that filesystem bit called?  stupid bit?
 * 2) non-wiki contributions (2)
 * 3) Skype problem
 * 4) Smart card questions
 * 5) Office transfer
 * 6) Software Configuration Management Tools - A Matrex for Comparing Vendors' Products?
 * 7) Virus activated by a phone call?
 * 8) Codasyl database
 * 9) Registry

= April 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 17


 * 1) e-mail etiquette
 * 2) Animated Pictures and Sounds
 * 3) Linux related disk management
 * 4) webcam driver
 * 5) Turning link color
 * 6) Internet Explorer proxy scripts
 * 7) Downloading a file with Firefox
 * 8) is iBook's 'boot into "target" disk mode' possible only for firewire or USB too?
 * 9) I-Scream MP3 players
 * 10) H-809A MP4 Player
 * 11) Averaging Dates in Excel

= April 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 18


 * 1) Is wireless encryption secure from other users?
 * 2) Is there Orthodox Islam?
 * 3) Sony NWZS515B
 * 4) Installing OS from a USB
 * 5) How to course on designing html websites
 * 6) Getting different results from hash-programs
 * 7) Snes Emulator editor
 * 8) Well..while im in the area...
 * 9) Another computer changing question
 * 10) Overclocking
 * 11) Google Groups won't let me post
 * 12) SATA transfer mode

= April 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 19


 * 1) going away for a few weeks but i'd like access to my windows pc, any freeware to do that?
 * 2) code
 * 3) Blogger and Adsense
 * 4) C/C++/Java/WhatHaveYou prefix/postfix increment
 * 5) Looking for a nice, high-quality, free midi synthesizer
 * 6) web-based MRI file viewer
 * 7) Boot Camp Keyboard
 * 8) Camera behind video display
 * 9) Random rebooting
 * 10) gaming
 * 11) Error Messages
 * 12) usb hard drive not giving itself a drive letter
 * 13) Javascript image preloader

= April 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 20


 * 1) Don't Think that Digital Data will Last Forever
 * 2) C# Syntax
 * 3) Visual Studio 2008 Express
 * 4) Mozilla Thunderbird -- Top-Quoting Possible?
 * 5) AutoPlay stopped working
 * 6) satellite communication
 * 7) Sandisk Sansa c250 microSC capacity
 * 8) VPN for getting around ISP throttling
 * 9) APL Keyboard Layout
 * 10) 301 redirects

= April 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 21


 * 1) How come
 * 2) Gmail bug?
 * 3) Mozilla Thunderbird: resetting folder tree
 * 4) Suspected spyware
 * 5) Over 4GB on fat32
 * 6) XP re-reinstall
 * 7) "No more fuzzy channels"
 * 8) object oriented programming with c++
 * 9) pmd (file format)
 * 10) Windows XP Hibernate Mode
 * 11) Full Hard Drive Backup

= April 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 22


 * 1) Linux backup server system partitioning for Bacula and other questions
 * 2) Spreadsheet formula
 * 3) c++
 * 4) Mobile domain for google earth?
 * 5) How to increase partition size of a drive without formatting the PC?
 * 6) Interpreting Licenses
 * 7) Developing
 * 8) Windows explorer in XP - file rename

= April 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 23


 * 1) Swollen caps?
 * 2) Which Google page does it show up on?
 * 3) computer programs
 * 4) Dilbert.com
 * 5) Safari browser
 * 6) CNF_for_QBF1
 * 7) Ant vs Make
 * 8) Hex to dec in PostgreSQL
 * 9) XML "shorthand" language
 * 10) MyLibraryDV video playback
 * 11) New Username at login page
 * 12) Strange BSOD on Win XP SP2
 * 13) Don't know what type of PC to go for
 * 14) What is the max size (in km) that the battlefield 2 engine support???
 * 15) Photoshop
 * 16) Cookies and user click trails

= April 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 24


 * 1) Disabling Windows XP automatic folder type detection
 * 2) hash fails
 * 3) Memory Stick Pro on the Clie?
 * 4) cd problems
 * 5) Network Drives
 * 6) A script that searches out and responds to certain elements in a website?

= April 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 25


 * 1) Extending Classes in Java
 * 2) Tracing IP address
 * 3) Moniter the remote system
 * 4) running wengophone
 * 5) Photoshop

= April 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 26


 * 1) FirstClass: Accepting External Incoming Email
 * 2) Definitions
 * 3) Free Movie Making Program
 * 4) Glitches in Google News
 * 5) Video Encoding for Ipods
 * 6) windows desktop items
 * 7) book for AutoCad(student edition)

= April 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 27


 * 1) difference between wireless broadband and wifi
 * 2) What's in a force-feedback pack?
 * 3) Install/Unistall
 * 4) Google Error message
 * 5) Bar at the bottom of the browser
 * 6) Strings in Java
 * 7) Linux video editor?
 * 8) Any alternatives to RealPlayer besides RealAlternative/Media Player Classic?
 * 9) Graphics card
 * 10) Conflicting character encodings

= April 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 28


 * 1) is this a virus?
 * 2) Database languages vs general programming languages
 * 3) First OOP language - Python ?
 * 4) I needs help with Lunar Magic
 * 5) Warcraft:Orcs vs. Humans
 * 6) Voyager game
 * 7) Xbox 360 Arcade Model
 * 8) iPod manager
 * 9) InnoDB Index making things slower
 * 10) Time Magazine search engine

= April 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 29


 * 1) filed away
 * 2) Simple journal article formating? Easy LaTeX style creation?
 * 3) Using Javascript to update textbox with another textbox
 * 4) How to Connect to Proxy
 * 5) Apple Wireless Keyboard batteries
 * 6) Translation Wikipedia page
 * 7) Botnetted?
 * 8) Microsoft Excel formula
 * 9) Excel User Defined Formula
 * 10) Are "Worms" compatible with Windows VISTA?
 * 11) Tempus Fugit
 * 12) TI-BASIC, learning languages, and et cetera.
 * 13) Enabling Åero on windows vista home basic
 * 14) ssh by email
 * 15) White Border around Publisher document
 * 16) What internet connection speed is required for using youtube?
 * 17) If ATSC is the HD version of NTSC, what is the HD version PAL called?
 * 18) Directory/filestructure under XP
 * 19) Computer speed question

= April 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 April 30


 * 1) How to record high definition programming for watching later without an unwanted TiVo subscription
 * 2) case analysis of sun microsystem
 * 3) Flash + InDesign = nowt
 * 4) A surely easy PHP question
 * 5) RAM
 * 6) Clicking on one webiste; leading to another
 * 7) LMA Manager 2009
 * 8) Need the 1.1.0. patch for Betrayal in Antara
 * 9) Torrent weirdness
 * 10) SMART-capable USB enclosures?