Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/February 2011

= February 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 1


 * 1) DMS -doc managing system- for Ubuntu?
 * 2) Gmail very slow in IE8
 * 3) Real URL of a PDF file
 * 4) ISO 8691 or 8601 for date formatting?
 * 5) Too much files in a folder?
 * 6) Sound cards
 * 7) Ripping Video DVDs
 * 8) Singular table names in Rails-generated tables.
 * 9) Windows Vista microphone not monitored
 * 10) Firefox: clearing EVERYTHING
 * 11) What happens when the arrow keys don't work?
 * 12) Facebook's Suspected Sockpuppet fan pages

= February 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 2


 * 1) How to download winxip
 * 2) my question is can we protect our wired modem with password
 * 3) Resources for learning everything about Java EXCEPT writing Java code.
 * 4) Does a registered agent of an IRC network serve as the HQ?
 * 5) How to identify who accesses a certain file on a shared drive?
 * 6) Command prompt
 * 7) Strokebased to Outline conversion (svg to ttf)
 * 8) A use case diagram to represent an ATM system
 * 9) Gah! AutoCAD!

= February 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 3


 * 1) fapemaia malware
 * 2) Possible Spam in Subject Line
 * 3) What does Winlock.exe (malware) do?
 * 4) PC Upgrade question
 * 5) Windows Vista Broke!
 * 6) Geometers SketchPad 5 and chaos method of Sierpinski Triangle

= February 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 4


 * 1) Facebook Wall
 * 2) Not having the e-mail I send wind up in other people's spam folders
 * 3) my laptop doesn't like me anymore
 * 4) Free HTTP proxy with full request/response logging
 * 5) Last value query
 * 6) Mount Override
 * 7) DVI cable for my comp monitor

= February 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 5


 * 1) Code Obfuscation in C++
 * 2) Shrink an ntfsclone image file to restore to a smaller partition
 * 3) Images and videos are invisible
 * 4) Windows Aero does not work even when I select it
 * 5) Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Editions
 * 6) Clash of the antivirus programs
 * 7) Office 2007
 * 8) Lightweight browser for Windows
 * 9) computer updates

= February 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 6


 * 1) Is there any way to do these two tasks in Microsoft Word using the mouse instead of the keyboard?
 * 2) free poker online with real players but no real money?
 * 3) macros application in excel
 * 4) usb
 * 5) how much does a short optical audio cable cost?
 * 6) IP address
 * 7) Audio backmasking software

= February 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 7


 * 1) Cannot access printer
 * 2) Interoperability, between operating systems, of GIF and PDF files on FAT32 flash drives
 * 3) When will WiFi overtake wired ethernet in terms of speed?
 * 4) Will a basic dongle be OK?
 * 5) troubleshooting with start up errors in computers,laptops etc..
 * 6) Can't Install Visual Studio
 * 7) Why would someone want an iPod touch?

= February 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 8


 * 1) IPv6 for XP
 * 2) Scam, spam, or wrong number?
 * 3) Ubuntu, showing thing bigger, how to disable
 * 4) Can high Internet traffic cause my browsing to slow down?
 * 5) Lil icons in the "List" or "Details" format directory listings
 * 6) Launching a Website.....
 * 7) Got a problem with my mouse pointer-arrow
 * 8) Interactive guides
 * 9) Is there a way to disable F5 in Firefox?
 * 10) iPhone, Blackberry, bought in one country, used in another
 * 11) Youtube password
 * 12) Pre-installed Windows without CD

= February 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 9


 * 1) I think I am dating myself
 * 2) Conversion
 * 3) Batch convert .bmp (only) to .png
 * 4) photo from telephone to computer
 * 5) alt-codes in Firefox
 * 6) Is there a way to restrict a Google search to an absolutely exact phrase?
 * 7) Script to save/restore Firefox settings (Linux)
 * 8) Java: Main vs Run Methods
 * 9) iOS SDK on older macs
 * 10) MS Access 2007 question. How do I record a keyboard shortcut to tell the DBPIX  plug-in to rotate the view of the image?
 * 11) Why are 2 Amp USB rechargers faster?

= February 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 10


 * 1) djvu viewer
 * 2) how to use ir sensors...
 * 3) Similar question to my previous one - Adding Firefox add-ons by script (Linux)
 * 4) Livescribe Pulse Smartpen
 * 5) Huggle with Wine
 * 6) Need  a piece of software to help with statistical research on speedy deletions
 * 7) Qualcomm BREW
 * 8) MAC address

= February 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 11


 * 1) Apache Tomcat counters
 * 2) Why do Alarm Clocks sometimes not ring?
 * 3) nokia 1280 ringtone
 * 4) sql in c
 * 5) A heuristic autoplaying bot that can defeat Lone Wolf on Halo: Reach - Exists?
 * 6) Changing a wiki logo
 * 7) ReferencePreservingDataContract in WCF calls
 * 8) Connecting keyboard + monitor to a smartphone

= February 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 12


 * 1) Change language of OpenProj?
 * 2) AES-256 Encryption Parallellism
 * 3) Objective C Pointers
 * 4) What flavor for Puppy Linux?
 * 5) 3d or 3d?
 * 6) Sporadic wireless connectivity
 * 7) Multi-threaded Data Compression
 * 8) Search engine that ignores robots.txt

= February 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 13


 * 1) QVOD player
 * 2) Avoiding the double-plug cables with USB bus powered devices.
 * 3) rsync question
 * 4) Apple Mac
 * 5) [JavaScript] Not a number
 * 6) Vista - 'Read Only'
 * 7) Severe Bluescreen problem - I may have to format and reload Windows 7
 * 8) Svg vs GIF
 * 9) Laptop
 * 10) Google Maps
 * 11) Forms on MS Word
 * 12) Editing a .docx (MS Word) document that has fields

= February 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 14


 * 1) Two questions:
 * 2) windows
 * 3) Clear Screen C++
 * 4) rm -rf / on Linux
 * 5) Even the task manager wouldn't come up on Firefox
 * 6) GPL and other Open Source licenses
 * 7) iNAC managed access blocking of prison phone calls - how does it work, and is it the same as the suppression of cell phones at political protests?
 * 8) iPhone 3GS with an old bootrom
 * 9) The Art of computer programming
 * 10) voice

= February 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 15


 * 1) Maximum Length of Petaflop-Year Crackable AES-128 Password
 * 2) Replacing a processor
 * 3) Vector in C++ and maths
 * 4) Slow ADO Query over Access with VB6 over a LAN
 * 5) sound from heal
 * 6) NEW MOTHERBOARD
 * 7) Get silverlight
 * 8) When pdf files fail

= February 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 16


 * 1) Did IBM Watson take the lead tonight on Jeopardy! ?
 * 2) Error while calculating Windows Experience Index in Windows 7
 * 3) extract text from PDF
 * 4) VuDroid
 * 5) GPS
 * 6) How does IBM's Watson choose the categories and dollar amounts on Jeopardy?
 * 7) Thumbnail images in Windows Vista
 * 8) Standby

= February 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 17


 * 1) Generic DVD/RW software for Win XP
 * 2) How do I save an LUA file as an LUA file in Vista?
 * 3) Drive size increases after copy then delete files
 * 4) WYSIWYG Wiki Editor
 * 5) Kaspersky Internet Security fouling up my devices
 * 6) Graphics/visualization question: converting vector field samples into continuous streamlines
 * 7) Valve holder tax
 * 8) Crossword puzzle generators
 * 9) Keyboard/start-up problem
 * 10) IBM Watson
 * 11) WATSON interface

= February 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 18


 * 1) Good Alternatives to file and folder shortcuts  on a USB flash drive?
 * 2) Identifying disks on Linux, similar question to the above
 * 3) Installing Fedora 14 with every single package?
 * 4) Best choice of writeable DVD disc types
 * 5) Strange connectivity issue
 * 6) Long term data storage

= February 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 19


 * 1) What do you do?
 * 2) How can my organization's editor, or I, do minor updates and corrections on your posted biography of me (Amory B. Lovins)?
 * 3) Glasses less 34
 * 4) The history of branch prediction
 * 5) where to find someone who is interested in making something new easily
 * 6) The use of Eq in Haskell
 * 7) Restrict access to one port
 * 8) I want to run old PC games under Windows 7
 * 9) Trying to save with Firefox
 * 10) Lock File in folder
 * 11) usb
 * 12) Overheating graphics card?

= February 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 20


 * 1) My CD drive has disapeared
 * 2) Verifying that copied files are identical with their source
 * 3) Power issues, pt. 2
 * 4) Apple's Darwin License
 * 5) Javascript and regex
 * 6) Asus and Toshiba
 * 7) international email
 * 8) compress
 * 9) Adobe Flash Player
 * 10) GIMP plugin to read Canon EOS raw files?

= February 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 21


 * 1) becoming a Unix hacker: Vi
 * 2) YouTube doesn't work in Safari
 * 3) iPhone un-shuffles
 * 4) Help me with Craigslist, please. Also, what great alternatives are there that are like CL?
 * 5) Will a USB harddrive meant for Windows also work for Ubuntu?
 * 6) What font is this?
 * 7) user agents

= February 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 22


 * 1) Network Traffic Monitor- Mac?
 * 2) images and videos
 * 3) Supercomputer
 * 4) Add own update sources in Microsoft Update?
 * 5) How to avoid any conflict between internal DVD drives
 * 6) Making back-up DVD data disks secure
 * 7) Fault tolerant files from extra redundancy
 * 8) batch files
 * 9) How to copy a nonprotected, noncommercial DVD
 * 10) Firefox Not Responding
 * 11) Upload Image to replace old one
 * 12) What is the name for a word...
 * 13) Question on mobile format on iPad
 * 14) javascript

= February 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 23


 * 1) "Studio magic"
 * 2) Microsoft Group Policy
 * 3) Chaining .avi or .mkv files
 * 4) Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS - Changing the Screen Resolution
 * 5) free video converters
 * 6) Ubuntu Lucid Lynx - displaying text on /dev/tty1 from /etc/rc.local
 * 7) Video Annotating
 * 8) Word doc format-from Mac to PC
 * 9) Stand-alone spreadsheets for Windows
 * 10) avoiding SQL injection attacks?
 * 11) Reciprocal www redirect checking
 * 12) Permanently delete pages on MediaWiki?
 * 13) Internet Archives

= February 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 24


 * 1) Three-Disk RAID 1 Array
 * 2) Quake 3: Team Arena won't install on Win7 64bit, alternative games offering experiences?
 * 3) opinion wiki
 * 4) Blocking Websites in OS X at specific times?
 * 5) How does a browser set up an HTTPS connection through a proxy?
 * 6) Python problem
 * 7) SMS spam...but not quite
 * 8) .net equivalent to system function of stdlib.h
 * 9) Wiki fundraising account
 * 10) where did the people who used to be on slashdot go?
 * 11) How to reset USB's memory of ports in WinXP sp3?
 * 12) Laptop

= February 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 25


 * 1) Free software definition (FSF) vs Open source software definition(OSI)
 * 2) Google Android
 * 3) Lock users in directory
 * 4) Attach to Email in Acrobat Reader X
 * 5) University crest disappeared on Wikipedia Facebook page
 * 6) Honeywell 200
 * 7) wget
 * 8) Browser cannot navigate to any page
 * 9) CCleaner & Passwords
 * 10) Firefox rendering of small tag (in OS X)

= February 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 26


 * 1) Accessibility  issue with geoiplookup
 * 2) Microsoft Update preventing USB pen drive auto-start
 * 3) What does this mean?
 * 4) Can my programs make Windows leak memory?
 * 5) Help Please
 * 6) printing to network printer via company desktop from personal laptop?>

= February 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 27


 * 1) SQL UPDATE statement to multiply each value by 10
 * 2) How can a distributed p2p database work at all?
 * 3) Searching Amazon.co.uk
 * 4) java programming
 * 5) LinkedIn spam
 * 6) Locating (and re-allocating?) Lost Disk Space on Vista
 * 7) mht
 * 8) Problem with signature

= February 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 February 28


 * 1) RAID 1+1 Array
 * 2) Copy and run a file into C: drive and all folders, sub folders, subsub folders.etc
 * 3) Garage Band: recording with real instrument, converting to software instrument
 * 4) MacBook battery bar problem
 * 5) Free PDF reader - not Adobe
 * 6) Wikimedia Commons
 * 7) like a live powerpoint, but a video
 * 8) Motorola Droid Series Bootloaders
 * 9) Mac OS X Interface Builder
 * 10) This is a followup to the above question
 * 11) Javascript - what does constructor prototype equality signify?