Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/February 2008

= February 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 1


 * 1) 3.5 floppy
 * 2) Code Question
 * 3) Are the Wikimedia servers still in Florida?
 * 4) MacBook, Black MacBook, or MacBook Pro
 * 5) Embedded images to attachments
 * 6) Tape Drives
 * 7) Early computer displays
 * 8) Customized context menu search
 * 9) Links
 * 10) weird behavior of fsquirt.exe
 * 11) Buying a video card
 * 12) C++ versus Java
 * 13) Computer performance improvement with more memory

= February 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 2


 * 1) Why does linux suck?
 * 2) Windows Media Player is Kaput
 * 3) Audio Quality Metric
 * 4) HSDPA vs. HSUPA
 * 5) Changing a color in an image
 * 6) Laptop blackouts
 * 7) CMOS problem
 * 8) Mock Laptop
 * 9) Fortran program copied from manual doesn't work correctly
 * 10) Number of network connections to the same server
 * 11) Windows games on Linux
 * 12) Icons in my taskbar--whats happening?
 * 13) Web Pop-up effect
 * 14) google earth

= February 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 3


 * 1) PMR446 Radios
 * 2) Distributed rsync?
 * 3) "Internet Explorer provided by...."
 * 4) Might there be reason to keep any of this old dev/cad software?
 * 5) MSN 7.5 and WLM 8.x
 * 6) Pregap ripper
 * 7) Editor for Lisp
 * 8) MIDI file on waste.exe/DAT/176
 * 9) CIRCLE ALGORITHM
 * 10) ringtone support in Samsung Juke
 * 11) Delete RSS Feeds Into Recycle Bin
 * 12) apple and download
 * 13) Userbox Code
 * 14) Dealio is doing my head in.
 * 15) What does this .jpg warning message mean?
 * 16) Batch file environment variables

= February 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 4


 * 1) Code
 * 2) Putting clips together?
 * 3) SONGS PROGRAM on C++
 * 4) About data storage
 * 5) set up "On Demand" DSL Connection
 * 6) Bridging Networks....
 * 7) Wireless Networking
 * 8) Package management on the Mac - CLARIFICATION
 * 9) Fortran
 * 10) Computer speed.
 * 11) ASP.NET problem
 * 12) Aero-style look and feel for Linux?
 * 13) wireless internet not connecting
 * 14) opening ports so that i can open programmes and download patches properly
 * 15) noname
 * 16) Multimedia keyboards
 * 17) Bebo problems
 * 18) 939 processor
 * 19) Firefox file associations

= February 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 5


 * 1) Does the Wikimedia Foundation only use free sotfware like the Free Software Foundation?
 * 2) standard TRS microphones unpowered, need solution
 * 3) irc passwords
 * 4) Extrapolate a photo's missing piece
 * 5) Batch red eye removal
 * 6) How do you set up a task force on a different MediaWiki?
 * 7) Graphics card heat
 * 8) threads in computerscience
 * 9) Is Google AdSense Completely LEGAL and safe?
 * 10) how to check out timings for executing a function in VB
 * 11) How do you convert an EPS into an SVG?
 * 12) Good NNTP servers
 * 13) Super Bowl Introduction Video
 * 14) MSN live messenger
 * 15) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 5#DRM and .5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.mediaconverter.org.2F Media Converter.5D|DRM and Media Converter]]

= February 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 6


 * 1) getting out of Picture mode -- Vista
 * 2) Firefox bug?
 * 3) MacOS fonts to .ttf
 * 4) Running a game in a Virtual Machine?
 * 5) How to RUN a program in Windows
 * 6) DirectX 10
 * 7) windoz media player won't start and stop ripping, right?
 * 8) Sharing contacts in Outlook
 * 9) rope!
 * 10) making a computer work
 * 11) Videos not playing fullscreen?

= February 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 7


 * 1) Verizon Cell Phone accounts
 * 2) How to select marker bits for data communication?
 * 3) Looking for Team Fortress 2 sprays
 * 4) I want to visit Windows XP land
 * 5) PCMCIA card ?
 * 6) Scheduled Task
 * 7) Second NIC card for Mac G5 Tower?
 * 8) Audio effects plugins
 * 9) Ipod to Itunes
 * 10) Wikipedia and my unfortunate IP exchange
 * 11) RPC server time sync thingy
 * 12) what is YTIMG?
 * 13) VGA to Component hooked up to a 1080p television

= February 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 8


 * 1) Web activity monitoring software
 * 2) C# escape characters?
 * 3) itunes7.6 my arse
 * 4) ISP upload speed percentage too low?
 * 5) What's that element?
 * 6) Nokia 7610 Memory Card Question
 * 7) Lyrics websites

= February 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 9


 * 1) Coding Theory
 * 2) Wine / Ubuntu
 * 3) Visual Boy Advance.
 * 4) SATA to PATA adapter?
 * 5) Google Earth
 * 6) Google Earth / Google Maps comparison
 * 7) virtual keyword in programming
 * 8) PDF to HTML/DOC
 * 9) Network bridging...........
 * 10) Opening URL in links with an external program in Firefox
 * 11) PDF Files
 * 12) Thinking of switching to an Imac computer
 * 13) recording music on a dvd blank disc
 * 14) Linux
 * 15) Unreal Engine 2, 2.5 and 3 system requirements
 * 16) sound direction software

= February 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 10


 * 1) sharing
 * 2) RuneScape
 * 3) *.dat video format on Ubuntu.
 * 4) Is iPhone too big?
 * 5) wireless internet not connecting(2)
 * 6) Security on Linux
 * 7) Navigating to a specific website using a keyboard shortcut
 * 8) xbox
 * 9) MSN TV or WEB TV
 * 10) Java Script
 * 11) Parsing HTML with PHP
 * 12) Laptop Hard Drive RPM's

= February 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 11


 * 1) Software for Information graphics
 * 2) RuneScape II
 * 3) Linux Uninstall
 * 4) Size of email message
 * 5) Mac data recovery (moved from Language desk)
 * 6) USB Connection
 * 7) OpenGL
 * 8) psp feeder

= February 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 12


 * 1) PSD to Vector
 * 2) wireless router disk
 * 3) Unix Commands
 * 4) Annoying virus, perhaps rootkit
 * 5) comparison of MediaWiki vs Drupal-Wiki
 * 6) Windows 3.1
 * 7) Unix filesystem question
 * 8) RPM of Flash harddrive

= February 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 13


 * 1) PC Blackout
 * 2) Vista Business vs. Home Premium
 * 3) Using unlocked iPhones
 * 4) I Want My Own MMOG
 * 5) Apache HTTP server won't execute PHP on "localhost"
 * 6) Flash drive and programs
 * 7) pokemon crater
 * 8) Linux/Booting
 * 9) Templates &userboxes
 * 10) Average pay for first line tech support in USA

= February 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 14


 * 1) C++
 * 2) Cannot Format Jump Drive
 * 3) Firefox bookmarks backup
 * 4) Repair Office 2003
 * 5) Changing the title of an article
 * 6) Graphics card
 * 7) PDAs and e-books
 * 8) Answer plz
 * 9) Mozilla password
 * 10) Hard drive noise, and performance with external case
 * 11) Laptop network cables
 * 12) HTML (Picture Fading)
 * 13) Microsoft Word question
 * 14) Microsoft Excel question
 * 15) Mac OS X kext
 * 16) A song i found on youtube

= February 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 15


 * 1) ie search
 * 2) Photoshop -- Photocopy-like effect?
 * 3) Dev-C++ Compiler
 * 4) XML schema?
 * 5) 3D graphics cards - just for games?
 * 6) fonts in the terminal
 * 7) Software cracks
 * 8) Edubuntu Installation
 * 9) runescape
 * 10) Powering a video card
 * 11) Resizing the partition on a windows xp system.
 * 12) Carriage return
 * 13) A WYSIWYM XML editor?
 * 14) smartax mt882 modem
 * 15) wii LAN-adaptor or nyko ethernet adaptor thingy
 * 16) viruses on Wii?

= February 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 16


 * 1) rstatd/portmap access through firewall
 * 2) Image issue
 * 3) Free Virus Protection
 * 4) Javascript: events with generated content
 * 5) Disabling SE Sidebar
 * 6) Getting MS Access data into a MySQL database
 * 7) Make a data logger
 * 8) NNTP control messages in Thunderbird
 * 9) Script class
 * 10) Proxy question
 * 11) iMovie
 * 12) Is my iTunes Music Library.xml file corrupt?

= February 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 17


 * 1) A Mystery: Connection losses while streaming
 * 2) Is there difference between widgets and applications
 * 3) havin problems with my modem on ubuntu
 * 4) Professional Photographic Printing Resolutions
 * 5) 'Collaborative' Web Browsing
 * 6) nokia hack
 * 7) Vista window won't stay open
 * 8) Bluetooth headset emulator
 * 9) Extract vector from PDF
 * 10) Firewire box?
 * 11) html on invisionfree
 * 12) Writing a Programme
 * 13) Unusual Outgoing Connections Blocked by PeerGuardian

= February 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 18


 * 1) Types of computer
 * 2) Accessing second computer
 * 3) CLI app for determining if a sound file is stereo or mono?
 * 4) E-mail address availability
 * 5) Give a Brief Note on Hiriyur Town.
 * 6) Ubuntu root login
 * 7) Apophysis Batch Rendering
 * 8) Mac or Cross-platform OpenGL demos?
 * 9) linux drivers, root, and X
 * 10) Digital camera "face" feature
 * 11) Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 4.0
 * 12) remote port forward
 * 13) Exploding a video-file into individual images

= February 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 19


 * 1) OpenGL over SSH
 * 2) examining old Mac fonts
 * 3) Concatenation in Perl
 * 4) Start-up problem in Windows XP, German message
 * 5) Defragment fails.
 * 6) IBM RSC (RISC Single Chip)
 * 7) Audio communications.
 * 8) Email Repeat Send Online Service
 * 9) iPlayer WMV
 * 10) Windows XP Pro Booting problem
 * 11) Deleting Files from Recycle Bin via Command Prompt
 * 12) computer problem
 * 13) What's wrong with this excel function?
 * 14) Piracy
 * 15) Running wiki offline

= February 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 20


 * 1) Green Colour Prints
 * 2) Memory Advice
 * 3) Processor Advice
 * 4) SQL question
 * 5) Sharing with Vista and XP
 * 6) ALT+??
 * 7) census date for Summit, California
 * 8) nokia
 * 9) Audio communications II
 * 10) internet explorer hanging up from constipation

= February 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 21


 * 1) Web Browsers
 * 2) Any free programs that let u turn text into mp3?
 * 3) Microsoft Word - keyboard puzzle
 * 4) Mercury Levels in Laptops
 * 5) MIDI to WAV
 * 6) how to use a plotter?
 * 7) Recurring appointments in Outlook/Pocket Outlook
 * 8) Prevent Apple Software Update ever starting in Windows XP
 * 9) my.yahoo script mystery
 * 10) PowerPoint
 * 11) FLV joiner
 * 12) Mozilla and download manager
 * 13) Wikilinks.js

= February 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 22


 * 1) Odd DNS-related (maybe?) Internet problem
 * 2) Windows Live Messenger on USB?
 * 3) Hydra on ubuntu PPC
 * 4) Quicktime in the site www.nveil.com
 * 5) PDFs
 * 6) auto variables(local variable)
 * 7) Windows XP - Password
 * 8) Digital Camera TYPE
 * 9) Standby and Hibernate Modes

= February 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 23


 * 1) iMac HD upgrades
 * 2) Malfunctioning recycle bin
 * 3) Problem in Hibernating my PC
 * 4) Boot ISO from HDD
 * 5) Firefox search suggestions?
 * 6) Weatherbox
 * 7) Game Name
 * 8) iPhone V. Blackberry Pearl?
 * 9) Apple remote in Powerpoint presentation in MacBook
 * 10) Three-part question: Building a PC, Programming, and Hardware website

= February 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 24


 * 1) Linksys Wireless-G Router
 * 2) Amarok requirements
 * 3) Recognizing the uniquely-decodable property of a set of strings
 * 4) Firefox searching Wikipedia
 * 5) Arabic transliteration font
 * 6) Operating systems?
 * 7) Vista explorer issues
 * 8) Linkedin
 * 9) iTunes problem
 * 10) Linux

= February 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 25


 * 1) Overclocking a G4 Powermac
 * 2) PNG/FLAC are lossy?
 * 3) 'programmable' stack
 * 4) Juice sync with Sansa c250 on Tiger
 * 5) Seemingly Bricked Thinkpad
 * 6) SRS reporting
 * 7) where i could find the the different interesting  programm codes that could run on borland version 3.0 of C++

= February 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 26


 * 1) Laptop and External Monitor Resolution
 * 2) Firefox Resources
 * 3) Time-Consuming Machine
 * 4) Specially enumerated list in LaTeX
 * 5) iPod managers
 * 6) List files
 * 7) Back
 * 8) Excel data sieve
 * 9) Frontpage = problem...
 * 10) Linux Puppy display problem
 * 11) HELP

= February 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 27


 * 1) Executing a command over ssh doesn't preserve the return value.
 * 2) Computer longevity
 * 3) Gamer Fo life :P
 * 4) Tell me how this is done
 * 5) a lightweight (couple of megabytes!!) LOCAL web server with cgi support for windows? FOUND IT!
 * 6) Harddrive misreporting size
 * 7) bash aliases
 * 8) .bashrc.7C.bash_profile.7C.profile:_SSH_vs_SFTP
 * 9) Setting up workgroup names
 * 10) plays sound files at the press of a button
 * 11) LaTeX issues
 * 12) what do tr and td stand for in html tables

= February 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 28


 * 1) creating 3D objects
 * 2) Typing speed over time
 * 3) Weird MS Access problem
 * 4) New name for iPod
 * 5) USB battery pack
 * 6) about drupal base website
 * 7) Fast redirect
 * 8) modular algorithm in javascript ? need source codes
 * 9) Is my computer dead now?
 * 10) LaTeX issue
 * 11) Linux and Windows: both?
 * 12) three
 * 13) boot  fom flash?
 * 14) hack
 * 15) Linux installation

= February 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 29


 * 1) Extent of destruction of opening an email
 * 2) download speed
 * 3) Email for Paypal?
 * 4) Headings in XHTML
 * 5) youtube problems
 * 6) Windows Character Map
 * 7) proxying with a CGI python script?