Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/August 2006

= August 1 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 1
 * 1) Teaching yourself a programming language from freely available online resources.
 * 2) Bandwidth question.
 * 3) chkdsk and defrag
 * 4) Disambiguation
 * 5) Cordless screen
 * 6) Firefox short-cuts
 * 7) Free software economics
 * 8) Porting programs
 * 9) Cross-compatibility between flavors of Unix
 * 10) Uninstalling Windows Media Player 11
 * 11) Adding a skype link/callbutton
 * 12) wireless power supply
 * 13) putting a picture on a page...
 * 14) USB port
 * 15) Ubuntu system requirements?

= August 2 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 2
 * 1) Looking for an IRC client that meets the following criteria...
 * 2) Java - Lightweighr persistence mechanism
 * 3) Win 2000 & BMP File Types
 * 4) uninstall ctor.dll problem
 * 5) Last AIM sign in
 * 6) IRC question

= August 3 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 3
 * 1) It's really hot in here...
 * 2) email
 * 3) Type code for truetype fonts?
 * 4) Resetting MBR on large drives
 * 5) Seems like a problem with explorer.exe
 * 6) computer won't turn on: power supply issue?
 * 7) webite not opening
 * 8) GoDaddy email problem
 * 9) How do you delete/edit information that you found to be incorrect?
 * 10) Where can I download the free program "Blender?"

= August 4 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 4
 * 1) media players and burners
 * xms
 * 1) music file !!!
 * 2) SLA base pricing
 * 3) C# question
 * 4) Info from IP
 * 5) Converter WMA..............
 * 6) Robots

= August 5 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 5
 * 1) Firewall
 * 2) Remote Desktop Connection
 * 3) Memory Upgrade
 * 4) Computer Problem
 * 5) Processor
 * 6) How did word-processor summarise text?
 * 7) Evolve! Lite

= August 6 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 6
 * 1) Photoshop and Video Ram
 * 2) c++ error 4430
 * 3) Timed shutdowns on Windows XP.
 * 4) visual basic
 * 5) Servers
 * 6) Hacker bank account
 * 7) software for video...
 * 8) Unicode

= August 7 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 7
 * 1) High-speed internet, DSL, and broadband
 * 2) Missing memory
 * 3) more about my computer
 * 4) Question
 * 5) internet security
 * 6) Changing the windows desktop image
 * 7) Connections across the internet
 * 8) Administrating
 * 9) Linux CD tray not opening or shutting

= August 8 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 8
 * 1) Photo Album software
 * 2) make a program portable
 * 3) Latex: Putting pictures into headers
 * 4) Largest (dot-com) corporations outside U.S. or in Singapore
 * 5) slapt-get
 * 6) CD/DVD drive problems
 * 7) Image editing

= August 9 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 9
 * 1) Internet connection failure after a BSOD.
 * 2) installing linux in my 915 gav intel mother board
 * 3) AMD processor
 * 4) LCD monitors
 * 5) Windows XP Taskbar Problems
 * 6) uTorrent failings
 * 7) Multi-Monitor MPG Player
 * 8) Customising Windows Explorer in NT4.0
 * 9) Sony Vegas Problem!!! HELP!
 * 10) Using wireless router as wireless card
 * 11) bad hub??
 * 12) Boot floppy for Windows XP won't recognize an NTFS volume
 * 13) Task Manager (Windows XP SP1)
 * 14) Fair shuffling algorithm in O(n)?
 * 15) Services on WinXP

= August 10 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 10
 * 1) static ip, no connectivity?
 * 2) user data
 * 3) Thin clients
 * 4) Moving the contents of one wiki into another
 * 5) How would one connection be shared evenly between two PCs?
 * 6) ANSI Standard text
 * 7) Quake, Quake II
 * 8) list of IP's on network
 * 9) Archiving data
 * 10) amazon s3
 * 11) FTP behind two routers

= August 11 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 11
 * 1) P2P
 * 2) Netsend
 * 3) HTML vs. XHTML
 * 4) Garageband for Windows
 * 5) strange svchost.exe...
 * 6) Wikipedia sidebar redesign problems
 * 7) Screenshot Video Software
 * 8) Broadband Servers
 * 9) I/O
 * 10) ftp browsers
 * 11) Fickle Network
 * 12) making ascii diagrams
 * 13) Bittorrent Performance

= August 12 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 12
 * 1) FAT32 partitions in windows
 * 2) PC system requirements.
 * 3) Strange problem with Java servlets
 * 4) Old Games Running Slowly On New Computer
 * 5) Randomize seed, time
 * 6) Installing Windows

= August 13 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 13
 * 1) DHCP failure.
 * 2) PCI 2.2/2.3
 * 3) Prince symbol in Unicode?
 * 4) X on Java
 * 5) Mosaic browser
 * 6) Computer technological advance slowing down
 * 7) Broken digital camera.
 * 8) mIRC help.
 * 9) That's odd...
 * 10) Windows File Handles
 * 11) Audio storage streaming thingamajig

= August 14 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 14
 * 1) Bittorrent Video Problems
 * 2) Photoshop
 * 3) DVD Decrypter
 * 4) Enabling Japanese input in KDE
 * 5) Torrent help
 * 6) Widescreen monitors
 * 7) who owns 220.227.238.169 :80
 * 8) cutting a song
 * 9) Can computer monitors display television signals?
 * 10) Formatting an External Harddrive
 * 11) Transferring files from computer to computer
 * 12) video memory issues
 * 13) Email Post Dating
 * 14) Software sales

= August 15 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 15
 * 1) Motherboard drivers
 * 2) java folder
 * 3) E-mail
 * 4) ANSI-Text
 * 5) Email headers
 * 6) Old rogue game
 * 7) Firefox help
 * 8) iPod dysfunctional after connecting to Windows machine...

= August 16 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 16
 * 1) Accessing "restricted" folders on Windows XP
 * 2) PROCESSORS
 * 3) Forbidden P2P discussion
 * 4) Mysql syntax error!
 * 5) Stop Drag-n-Drop
 * 6) Changing Colour
 * 7) stylebook 2000
 * 8) plz help > ERROR

= August 17 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 17
 * 1) GPU v. intergrated
 * 2) X won't start after Suse update
 * 3) Change colour of specific link
 * 4) Monospace typespace after particular characters
 * 5) What folder are Temp. internet files found on...
 * 6) registry remover help........................

= August 18 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 18
 * 1) wallpaper changer
 * 2) Password Protect
 * 3) network neutrality
 * 4) 3D animation
 * 5) Midi Output
 * 6) Problems Playing DVD-Videos
 * 7) Can anyone recommend a graphics card?
 * 8) YouTube

= August 19 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 19
 * 1) Changing Hard Drives
 * 2) What
 * 3) JavaScript / Flash Player
 * 4) what lcd monitor?
 * 5) Intel Core Duo
 * 6) PCI simple communication controller problem.
 * 7) LiveUpdate malfunctioning under Norton 2006
 * 8) openCanvas Networking
 * 9) Freeware to animate a series of .png images
 * 10) Viruses in .mp3 files
 * 11) Problems watching DVD

= August 20 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 20
 * 1) Playing DVDs on computer problem
 * 2) Do you know how to use Photoshop?! Then help me out! PLS!
 * 3) Right-click menu
 * 4) Disk cleanup
 * 5) Wipe Master Boot Record
 * 6) Inkscape
 * 7) Heroes of might and magic V map editor
 * 8) whats the best way to approach linux?
 * 9) Mp3 not .wma on WMP
 * 10) How do you see other languages in Firefox.
 * 11) Chipset, Pentium 4 mATX Mainboard............... help!!!!
 * 12) Typing game
 * 13) Dracula

= August 21 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 21
 * 1) Microsoft Office 2000
 * 2) Wikibot
 * 3) Center Media using XHTML Transitional
 * 4) MSN 7.5 windows XP
 * 5) Router
 * 6) Video capture software
 * 7) Some easy HTML help
 * 8) Learning about Networking

= August 22 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 22
 * 1) 1 on 1 video conferencing
 * 2) Photoshop parallel lines
 * 3) Public Messenger 2.03
 * 4) Category:Accuracy disputes
 * 5) WMA to MP3
 * 6) Jgl_Rt
 * 7) Resetting a Hard Drive
 * 8) Trojan/Zlob-QK
 * 9) Programming languages

= August 23 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 23
 * 1) iTunes Library Transfer
 * 2) Can standard DVD players read DVD-DL?
 * 3) debug with modems in linux
 * 4) Resolutions and video memory
 * 5) CPU fan making lots of noise
 * 6) 3D/4D Graphing software
 * 7) Konqueror krash?

= August 24 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 24


 * 1) Table of Kilobytes to Megabytes and Gigabytes
 * 2) Software based selftesting of embedded processor
 * 3) computer program
 * 4) Google search
 * 5) Firefox auto-refresh?
 * 6) How many Wikipedia users are aware of the Reference Desk?
 * 7) Software to print large text over several sheets of paper
 * 8) Error message
 * 9) virtual memory

= August 25 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 25
 * 1) U3
 * 2) Free web host
 * 3) Swapping in ID3 Tags
 * 4) Linux lockup problem
 * 5) Payment Systems/Vision Plus
 * 6) Display rotate 90 degrees
 * 7) RUNESCAPE! and mso frontpage
 * 8) Half the files I download get corrupted
 * 9) WinXP connection and DNS problems

= August 26 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 26
 * 1) reinstalling windows
 * 2) using a Laptop
 * 3) study abroad information science
 * 4) How long would it take to download a movie?
 * 5) Sony VEGAS -- WHAT do I RENDER as if I want to BURN to a DVD?
 * 6) IDE channel
 * 7) Sound Recording Software!!!!!!!!
 * 8) fixed wireless Vs fully mobile
 * 9) Printing
 * 10) Unix environment variables question
 * 11) Computer colours

= August 27 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 27
 * 1) Networking a Performa 575
 * 2) Clicking HD noises on bootup
 * 3) Playing DVDs on Linux
 * 4) Mobile phone consumer software publishers
 * 5) 64 bit CPU
 * 6) How to get PDF thumbnails to display?
 * 7) Online startups?

= August 28 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 28
 * 1) Boot-up Problems
 * 2) Internet Cafes
 * 3) C programing
 * 4) Trusted paths outside of Windows
 * 5) Computing/IT
 * 6) Bad, invincible, double-redirect-fixing bots
 * 7) VGA and DVI: connecting a monitor to a PC

= August 29 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 29
 * 1) Robot Eye
 * 2) Internet speed record breakthroughs?
 * 3) WHAT DO I OPEN WITH???
 * 4) accessing a UK-only site
 * 5) Finding my ip address
 * 6) set of objective type questions relating to computer system, processing, language.
 * 7) Game boy Advanced Game.
 * 8) my kingdom for a transclusion bot
 * 9) language
 * 10) Bridgehead Server
 * 11) DVD Drive
 * 12) Persistent error with Subversion over tunneled webdav connection
 * 13) PAL Format
 * 14) Appending a .rar or a .zip to a .jpg or a .gif

= August 30 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 30
 * 1) Boot-up Problems (Continued)
 * 2) hidden file
 * 3) PC Beep error
 * 4) Numeric Keypad Inverter
 * 5) HOW
 * 6) processor
 * 7) Internet Security
 * 8) SVG file format
 * 9) Programming Languages
 * 10) Upgrading Windows

= August 31 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 August 31
 * 1) Apps wont open, CPU running very slowly, other things
 * 2) Which Graphic Card????
 * 3) slow printing from Acrobat reader
 * 4) Can not connect to some SSL sites
 * 5) Merging colours and detail
 * 6) Identifying ISP while traveling
 * 7) iTunes
 * 8) Downloading Wikipedia
 * 9) Tracking Internet activity on OSX 10.4.7
 * 10) RAM
 * 11) *NIX for older Mac?