Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/August 2007

= August 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 1


 * 1) backup software and external hard drives
 * 2) Mozilla Thunderbird Signature Question
 * 3) ViaVoice v.10.
 * 4) Saving Yahoo Emails to a Folder
 * 5) Firewall Help
 * 6) Using SATA II drive on SATA I bus
 * 7) What is the best computer in the world called?

= August 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 2


 * 1) trying to recall...
 * 2) Printing Problems
 * 3) Ghosts
 * 4) source to jar and losing path
 * 5) Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

= August 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 3


 * 1) Programming
 * 2) Command Prompt
 * 3) Bittorrent trackers
 * 4) Pentium D and Pentium Dual Core Difference
 * 5) 802.11, wi-fi, etc. Data link layer
 * 6) Archos 604
 * 7) iTunes video syncing problem
 * 8) Norton AntiVirus 2007 Addition Error
 * 9) vista start menu
 * 10) Moving to object-orientated languages from GWBASIC
 * 11) CDDL / GPL license question

= August 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 4


 * 1) Passing variables to a Flash movie at runtime
 * 2) PC buy guide
 * 3) Shell?
 * 4) The DOS DIR command
 * 5) Ready to do some reverse engineering!
 * 6) mp3 playback stuttering and skipping in Winamp when hard drive is in heavy use...
 * 7) PlayStation 2 international compatibility
 * 8) Picture effect in Pinnacle Studio 10
 * 9) Firefox, Photos, Facebook, and Java
 * 10) Free virtual breadboard
 * 11) mutliple users at the same time?
 * 12) Photoshopping - Style

= August 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 5


 * 1) Macbook pro (core duo)
 * 2) Lightest and Thinnest Laptop
 * 3) Inspiron 8100 Help
 * 4) Sound Card
 * 5) delete recent
 * 6) Questions on Kubuntu and KDE
 * 7) DVD to PC?
 * 8) MAC (Apple) Computers.
 * 9) Apple / MAC machines
 * 10) Faster PDF reader?
 * 11) DRM and Napster
 * 12) Pseudocode

= August 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 6


 * 1) File and Print Sharing
 * 2) what are those things called?
 * 3) File search in explorer in XP
 * 4) oo confusion
 * 5) speed restrictions
 * 6) bees in my head
 * 7) website design
 * 8) computing
 * 9) Can you figure out what book this came from?
 * 10) page disappeared
 * 11) Geforce 8800 and Core 2 Quad
 * 12) traffic shaping
 * 13) Can i save my computer?
 * 14) PHP user management

= August 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 7


 * 1) Password protected sites
 * 2) Greasemonkey script
 * 3) Software for simple animated game
 * 4) How to insert combo box/combo list box in a cell in MS Excel Sheet
 * 5) Internet Explorer 7 Search Bar
 * 6) Bookmark manager recommendation
 * 7) PHP Download
 * 8) MS Word
 * 9) Mac: fullscreen apps
 * 10) Mobile phone internal batteries
 * 11) C programming questions

= August 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 8


 * 1) simple webcam app
 * 2) Firefox Spellcheck
 * 3) Rules in Microsoft Outlook
 * 4) AVG Detected virus Obfustat.EVN
 * 5) prog...........
 * 6) How to make a folder password protected in Windows XP.
 * 7) USB Bandwidth warning
 * 8) Apache SMTP server?
 * 9) Force a file to play with a specific media player
 * 10) Bustin' outta my iframe (javascript question)

= August 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 9


 * 1) Old Hard Drive Blues: need help.
 * 2) Cannot get internet
 * 3) Error Message
 * 4) What's the secret?
 * 5) Mac OS X backup
 * 6) Wiki
 * 7) necessity of Diffie-Hellman key exchange?
 * 8) Downloading Files on XP SP2
 * 9) Java Programming:Bytecode
 * 10) Another problem with the Windows Movie Maker
 * 11) Finding out library dependencies of a Windows application
 * 12) help! lost data!
 * 13) Need passive RFID locator system
 * 14) Powermac G4 HDD Upgrade
 * 15) Namespaces
 * 16) bots

= August 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 10


 * 1) Auto Network Config
 * 2) Invoking user-preferred file handler in Windows, programmatically
 * 3) inverted screen
 * 4) am trying to get this book so that i can read it offline
 * 5) Entering data into Microsoft Excel
 * 6) Virtual Hard Disks (vhd)
 * 7) Dreamhost - experiences?
 * 8) PHP echo problem
 * 9) Recognizing media player type/ html object backgrounds
 * 10) SIM Cards
 * 11) One-page web photo galleries
 * 12) second-level domain traffic counting
 * 13) GlovePIE sensitivity
 * 14) round-robin program.
 * 15) "Add to cart" button for wikipedia

= August 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 11


 * 1) Playing 3D games in PC
 * 2) Ghost File Win98
 * 3) JavaScript archiving function
 * 4) Nokia 6680 help
 * 5) Wireless Router loosing signal
 * 6) Non-animated animations
 * 7) Clock difference in Pentiumdual core Vs Core 2 duo
 * 8) Dual-ported RAM re-ask
 * 9) HTML_.3Cobject.3E_backgrounds
 * 10) Page Loading Speed
 * 11) CPU designation according to windows

= August 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 12


 * 1) Quintuply Hypnotized
 * 2) Types of processors
 * 3) Pseudocodes, DFDs and Flowchart
 * 4) How can I protect my Laptop's Ac/Dc adapter?

= August 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 13


 * 1) Fireworks Cs3 Transparency
 * 2) Physics on Graphics cards
 * 3) HTML_.3Cobject.3E_with_a_transparent_background
 * 4) Unicode usernames
 * 5) Pictures

= August 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 14


 * 1) Trackballs
 * 2) Vista sound card problem
 * 3) Rechargeable CR2032 button batteries
 * 4) FrontPage html
 * 5) Youtube search
 * 6) Knowing the age of a computer
 * 7) SharePoint vs. wikimedia
 * 8) A question about DDR RAM
 * 9) Email and Applescript
 * 10) A beginning relational database application?
 * 11) Hard Drive System Conversion?
 * 12) webcam capture/basic editing.
 * 13) Reverse image search

= August 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 15


 * 1) Vista "Run" and "Run as administrator"
 * 2) 10-Key SPM
 * 3) vista in-place upgrade
 * 4) where to buy .fr domain name?
 * 5) Thunderbird folder display
 * 6) TDEncypt Application
 * 7) ChartXL by Harvard Graphics
 * 8) Can't enter BIOS
 * 9) Maximum size for iPod?
 * 10) What is the data-link protocol used between the routers on the Internet

= August 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 16


 * 1) What Are The Different Types/kinds Of Browsers, wap browser, mobile browser, mini browser etc
 * 2) Printer ink cartridge
 * 3) Top IT companies in Israel
 * 4) Wireless-N backwards compatibility
 * 5) VOB (DVD files) to any other format
 * 6) Find / replace
 * 7) Firewall again
 * 8) Fluctuating router
 * 9) Mozilla Thunderbird
 * 10) Free video streaming from input
 * 11) Vista and takeown

= August 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 17


 * 1) Dual monitors and fullscreen games
 * 2) Question and issues concerning software/hardware firewalls
 * 3) Web accelerators
 * 4) CD Drive exploaded with cd spin
 * 5) MSN Messenger
 * 6) Password protecting VLC http interface
 * 7) looking for a blank, dual-layer, double sided DVD
 * 8) Recursively compare files in two directories on Linux
 * 9) Launch external process with ruby on windows
 * 10) Game Networking Shop
 * 11) help with recommending an improvement to the wikipedia front page
 * 12) Need a program to take a bunch of jpegs into a movie
 * 13) Security on an open wireless network

= August 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 18


 * 1) windows action on highlight
 * 2) writing to a wiki, best practices
 * 3) Screensaver as video?
 * 4) Dynamic Scoreboard/Table
 * 5) handicaps
 * 6) Is opera mini legal?
 * 7) USB flash drive in linux
 * 8) graphics cards
 * 9) Amarok scoring
 * 10) Transparent Overlay
 * 11) What is the ruby syntax construct with a colon and square brackets
 * 12) Can't play starcraft
 * 13) VMWare question
 * 14) Is there a freeware equivelent to Adobe Flash?
 * 15) Wikiwix
 * 16) What does "www3" means in web address like www3.nationalgeographic.com?

= August 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 19


 * 1) The moment of truth: Windows Vista
 * 2) Flagging Youtube users
 * 3) Accessing Wikipedia
 * 4) response time
 * 5) ATRAC3 Plus
 * 6) MP3 player won't use USB port
 * 7) Adding Image Overlays Remotely in Google Earth.
 * 8) Can two or more people register a domain name?
 * 9) Diablo II crashes when starting game
 * 10) Problems with "locked" documents on microsoft word
 * 11) Bittorrent ?
 * 12) Beginner's class for Senior Citizens
 * 13) Protection afforded by DMZ?
 * 14) voice recognition / AI
 * 15) monitor connection
 * 16) Displaying 4:3 with a widescreen monitor on an ATI card
 * 17) Browser bookmarks

= August 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 20


 * 1) Image Scanner
 * 2) Questions about Puppy Linux
 * 3) Public domain SHA512 code
 * 4) Touch pad scroll
 * 5) Repeatable table in InfoPath 2007
 * 6) programming
 * 7) Bare 'buntu?
 * 8) Activation of extended buttons in Edit box toolbar.
 * 9) Transferring hand written text to the computer
 * 10) tv on computer
 * 11) What's wrong with Wikipedia? (or my computer?)
 * 12) dvd writer drive that doesn't write dvds!
 * 13) harddrive recovery?
 * 14) Keyboard switching languages
 * 15) Shape tweening in Flash CS3
 * 16) download speeds
 * 17) Tracking down an IP range

= August 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 21


 * 1) Flash video to MP3 conversion
 * 2) Free Website Advertising Services
 * 3) This is bad...
 * 4) ip not resolving but name through resolving..
 * 5) Keyboard/mouse codes ?
 * 6) Windows Movie Maker
 * 7) Domain name selling related help
 * 8) duplicates
 * 9) Pentium D with 2 cores?
 * 10) Fedora Core Install
 * 11) D-Link DI-624+
 * 12) New printer
 * 13) Viewing Burmese characters on Wikipedia

= August 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 22


 * 1) converting lat/long to pixel coordinates
 * 2) Anyone heard of this?  Windows XP cannot ALT-TAB or switch tasks properly
 * 3) GoDaddy page appears for all invalid domains
 * 4) Need HDTV 1080i recorder
 * 5) File Format of Azureus download
 * 6) Websites Hacked?
 * 7) duplicates in outlook express
 * 8) Fonts in PDF
 * 9) How accurate are biometric tools at the present time ?
 * 10) Hit Highlighting in SQL Server
 * 11) At what size does 720p HDTV become unwatchable?
 * 12) Fading text in Flash CS3

= August 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 23


 * 1) Digging info about an ELF file
 * 2) Question Related to VBA in MS Excel
 * 3) Are there any public domain wiki engines/softwares?
 * 4) iPod transfer
 * 5) "Adobe Printshop Software"
 * 6) Cron Executing PHP Script
 * 7) gsmarena.com
 * 8) Corrupted registry on an OEM machine
 * 9) Forums hosting service

= August 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 24


 * 1) itunes music cards
 * 2) PHP Lexicon
 * 3) The Printshop
 * 4) color space
 * 5) Simple Question about Myspace and HTML
 * 6) Quick Java question
 * 7) DOS Torrent
 * 8) Effort formula to move a load up an incline with weight on two wheels
 * 9) Video recording
 * 10) Is it possible to manipulate strings in dos/batch (windows) without using anything but the built in windows commands (not using temporay files)
 * 11) I've typed that license key like ten times already!
 * 12) Wireless Internet Lock
 * 13) PHP user security

= August 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 25


 * 1) Mmorfe, DVD Burner Specifications
 * 2) japanese.exe
 * 3) CDs
 * 4) PNGout
 * 5) newsgroup reader for windows XP
 * 6) Changing just the container of a video
 * 7) IP Adress?
 * 8) Hooking a laptop 2.5" drive to a desktop PC
 * 9) Upgrading to Xbox360 Elite
 * 10) echo
 * 11) Infinities, NaNs and IEEE 754

= August 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 26


 * 1) TotoBaggins's (also known as Sean) code
 * 2) Carbon not working properly in Mac OS X 10.4.10
 * 3) Removal of Spy Shredder
 * 4) Wikipedia and money
 * 5) itunes plus help
 * 6) OUP/Basic sample

= August 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 27


 * 1) Top websites
 * 2) Is this a good computer?
 * 3) Erdős number in computing?
 * 4) Keymap
 * 5) Vista "Audio Mixer" for xp?
 * 6) Free flash video player?
 * 7) Emulating a computer that's useless.
 * 8) OpenGL command

= August 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 28


 * 1) default password
 * 2) School Internet Filtering
 * 3) seminal paper
 * 4) Not intended blanking
 * 5) XML extensions
 * 6) HQ1
 * 7) The Forum Game
 * 8) Programming Language for working with hardware
 * 9) Transferring data between computers
 * 10) Malware on Vista
 * 11) Software release date database
 * 12) Interchanging desktop and laptop RAM
 * 13) Wordpress, Markdown and New Lines

= August 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 29


 * 1) Word doc into picture
 * 2) Internet Speed
 * 3) Google Maps/Earth
 * 4) Free antivirus software for Windows XP?
 * 5) How difficult is starting an ad agency?
 * 6) Google Earth Help
 * 7) My line-out is acting up!
 * 8) Video conversion software
 * 9) The Simpsons Hit & Run
 * 10) mod_rewriting
 * 11) Font family
 * 12) Old RAM with new RAM
 * 13) AVI codec

= August 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 30


 * 1) Ipod/MP3 player memory upgrade
 * 2) desining of logical circuit
 * 3) Website
 * 4) windows installer for vista
 * 5) live cd to live usb
 * 6) How to remove a motherboard secured with clips not screws
 * 7) how many writes
 * 8) Sample flash / flash video files
 * 9) Screen saver quirk
 * 10) Wireless newtworking/router
 * 11) Continual failure of wireless network

= August 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 August 31


 * 1) Laptop external monitor
 * 2) Boosting saturation on laptop monitor
 * 3) DVD-lab - Project does not compile
 * 4) WHIRLPOOL