Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2008

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 1


 * 1) Derivative of a GPLd work
 * 2) MIDI and my PC
 * 3) How
 * 4) Autocomplete in Internet Explorer 7.0
 * 5) SMS in UK
 * 6) career counselling
 * 7) Feasibility of customisable email reciept notification (e.g. in Thunderbird)

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 2


 * 1) special characters
 * 2) Wikipedia server load
 * 3) Windows XP CHK DSK?
 * 4) Software please!

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 3


 * 1) php mysql not talking to each other
 * 2) I have trouble with a Web site. Please help.
 * 3) Bad Sectors
 * 4) Website down
 * 5) Backup software
 * 6) Shipping hardware internationally
 * 7) Get rid of SELinux notifications?
 * 8) Writing my own Linux filesystem?
 * 9) Can ordinary consumer wirleless routers be used to bridge two wired LANs?
 * 10) Wii
 * 11) gnuplot 4.2 step function plotting

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 4


 * 1) Free Internet
 * 2) Excel update problem.
 * 3) wget when server doesn't allow cwd into the directory
 * 4) Finding Words
 * 5) SAP HR (furnctional) or Oracle HRMS
 * 6) Tracing
 * 7) Computer rejecting iTunes
 * 8) Drawings
 * 9) FREE bandwidth logging software for windows
 * 10) IPv6
 * 11) MS Excel formula help (SOLVED)
 * 12) HDMI sparklies
 * 13) Help in Turing 4.1.1

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 5


 * 1) help
 * 2) Disaster
 * 3) MP3 player help
 * 4) Connecting a computer, a Playstation 3 and a television set
 * 5) More in memory > More electricity usage?

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 6


 * 1) Japanese Input in Internet Explorer 6 screwed up
 * 2) Ordered files
 * 3) WEB SCANNER /ANTI- VIRUS SOFTWARES
 * 4) uml(unified modeling language)
 * 5) Random alterations
 * 6) CD, recordable status ?
 * 7) Compressed SVG readable and displayable by browser?
 * 8) put star chart on mac desktop
 * 9) Windows XP moving shortcut icons
 * 10) Adding RAM to Laptops?
 * 11) Adding RAM from 2001 PC
 * 12) Wireless adapter

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 7


 * 1) windows mouse
 * 2) Printer button lock
 * 3) How to unzip downloaded file RaWrite2
 * 4) How many people read Wikipedia?
 * 5) Help .... eBay
 * 6) Comcast DVR
 * 7) Cool toad
 * 8) Freaky mobile phone/pc question
 * 9) Motorola KRZR
 * 10) Small confusion
 * 11) Imposition/Pagination in DTP software
 * 12) Reinstall Kubuntu from CD without reformatting
 * 13) computer help
 * 14) computer help
 * 15) Backing up iTunes on an external hard drive.
 * 16) Webcam help
 * 17) Ipod File Format Question

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 8


 * 1) HTML table formatting
 * 2) Psp video 9?
 * 3) HD DVD or  blue-ray?
 * 4) Playing Wii on a laptop screen
 * 5) "Any-of-these-tables" foreign key
 * 6) sqlite gui.
 * 7) Excel help required
 * 8) IC recorder
 * 9) I got a Disk Error?
 * 10) PHP operator
 * 11) Securing your wireless internets :)

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 9


 * 1) Partition madness
 * 2) ISO framerate
 * 3) Fedora video cropping tool
 * 4) widescreen or full? why?
 * 5) Windows scripting
 * 6) Sending EOF to QSHELL on System i
 * 7) Print screen
 * 8) Website Frames Question
 * 9) Linux/WinXP combo
 * 10) Computer animated films
 * 11) Making pages live
 * 12) Disposable short URLs

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 10


 * 1) IP question 1of2
 * 2) IP question 2of2
 * 3) How to publish or host a website after creating website
 * 4) linux
 * 5) am shocked
 * 6) Printer cable...
 * 7) help identifying IDE connectors

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 11


 * 1) protecting flash swf
 * 2) String literals in C
 * 3) Hardware problem- Requesting advice
 * 4) MS Outlook - strange behavour
 * 5) Corrupted WMI
 * 6) Rockbox / iPodLinux on nano 2nd gen
 * 7) How do batteryless LED flashlights work and could you use othere magnets?
 * 8) Fragmented system files on non-system partition
 * 9) avi video
 * 10) Yet another waste-of-time product
 * 11) Deciding which mouse to buy

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 12


 * 1) Keylogging
 * 2) Wiki Technical
 * 3) Guillemot graphics
 * 4) WatchWAN alternatives for logging bandwidth usage.
 * 5) Wirelessly bridgin a NAS-device
 * 6) does opening keyboard's tiny hind legs improve ergonomics?
 * 7) shrunk hard disk
 * 8) Screenshot?
 * 9) how to splice wires with electrical tape
 * 10) mechanical turk proxy
 * 11) Sense and absurdity of firewalls
 * 12) USB 2.0 on WinXP SP2
 * 13) 60 fps to 25 fps

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 13


 * 1) MS Outlook
 * 2) Transparent Webproxy for Dumb Applications?
 * 3) Ubuntu Mailserver Help
 * 4) MediaWiki semi protection
 * 5) USB HDD Tower?
 * 6) DIY computer
 * 7) HDs always hot but supposed to be powered down
 * 8) Facebook profile picture
 * 9) Laptop specs advice

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 14


 * 1) BlueJ
 * 2) Nvu website on 1&1 account
 * 3) Vista Ultimate 64bit Query
 * 4) Magic Workstation card images
 * 5) free keylogging software
 * 6) About the name 'wireless'
 * 7) Sony Ericsson and Nokia agreement on mobile phone keys?
 * 8) Disk Cloning

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 15


 * 1) Running x86 Binaries on PPC
 * 2) Vista 32-Bit or 64-Bit
 * 3) xfce theme
 * 4) Acquiring and using a digital signature
 * 5) A small question about music software
 * 6) Linux question
 * 7) Editing song tags
 * 8) Graphical User Interface
 * 9) eee pc in budapest

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 16


 * 1) AIM
 * 2) Alternative to Parallels Compressor? (Compressing a virtual disk)
 * 3) I want a cheap web domain name and domain-based email but I don't need hosting - any ideas?
 * 4) Need help installing Ubuntu
 * 5) How can I host my own wiki?
 * 6) "Windows Explorer" right click options
 * 7) Object Oriented Programming
 * 8) Boot message
 * 9) Video Card
 * 10) accounting and machines

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 17


 * 1) can I get there from here?  A very small virtual machine just for a web browser.
 * 2) Bash script help
 * 3) Accessing router without browser
 * 4) Google questions
 * 5) Kubuntu questions
 * 6) Video Cards
 * 7) sorting problem (question moved from Language desk)
 * 8) Unexplained computer shutdowns
 * 9) Idle time on Linux and Windows
 * 10) HTTP Guide
 * 11) Best Video Software
 * 12) iTunes update

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 18


 * 1) Voice Modulation
 * 2) Booting from a copied virtual drive (but with non-virtual questions too)
 * 3) China
 * 4) Sudoers file with wrong permissions?
 * 5) Hosting an mp3
 * 6) Close rs232 serial port using turbo c
 * 7) Please forward VB topics?
 * 8) Protecting a backup
 * 9) Colorspaces and desktop publishing
 * 10) Desktop Expresscard readers?

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 19


 * 1) Compressing a video file
 * 2) "Live" screensaver?
 * 3) sandisk sansa c250
 * 4) File transfer on Lan
 * 5) Programming manual of style
 * 6) Computer hardware for dummies
 * 7) virtualPC, qemu, etc I can run *UNDER* windows 3.1

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 20


 * 1) Blocking Texts
 * 2) wireless monitor
 * 3) EVE subscriptions
 * 4) Localhost
 * 5) Password for folder
 * 6) flow chart
 * 7) Languages to learn to get a job as a programmer
 * 8) Determining a microprocessor instruction set
 * 9) C++ struct
 * 10) Batch zipping of .txt files in a folder

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 21


 * 1) Keep losing connectivity on wireless connection
 * 2) What to do with laptop monitor?
 * 3) Help with deleting photos
 * 4) Watching videos on iPod and Video formats
 * 5) is $336 too much for a 1200 lumen 800x600 projector USED?
 * 6) projector specs for dvd-watching
 * 7) Radiation in computers.
 * 8) GOOGLE EARTH HATES ME!!!
 * 9) Non Destrucitve Partitioning
 * 10) DVD burner for old laptop
 * 11) Questions posted on 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st?
 * 12) JavaScript
 * 13) Question about scripts
 * 14) keyboard vs. Tablet pc

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 22


 * 1) Microsoft Outlook 2003
 * 2) DRM software
 * 3) Network related activities
 * 4) Checking unreplied emails in GMail
 * 5) 1clickDVD verses Any DVD
 * 6) Problem connecting wirelessly to router
 * 7) LaTeX, Sections and New Pages

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 23


 * 1) FL Studio question
 * 2) Weird Webpage
 * 3) "Redlining"
 * 4) Micro SDHC card
 * 5) Dual-head + onboard video
 * 6) Adobe (photoshop)
 * 7) Object Oriented Programming
 * 8) HTPC
 * 9) iTunes on Vista

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 24


 * 1) Video game choppiness
 * 2) how to stop a message being sent
 * 3) Rescuing DVD video contents
 * 4) ip hostname lookup customized
 * 5) RAM on my Core 2 Duo
 * 6) Macbook turns off when I close lid
 * 7) Wacom Tablet
 * 8) Stupid Excel
 * 9) Inserting .jpg images *in the body* of an email (not as attachment...)
 * 10) Making an address list in Eudora 6.2
 * 11) Map creating software
 * 12) streaming audio on non-windows machine
 * 13) Best mix of graphic cards
 * 14) With the newest patchs, is possible to a modder create customs playables race or classes to others players play in neverwinter nights 2 ??

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 25


 * 1) Vista games
 * 2) Dual core speed equivalence
 * 3) A Certain Website
 * 4) Linux stuff
 * 5) Leopard and GNU
 * 6) Blurry Picture on External Monitor
 * 7) Windows Vista
 * 8) MediaWiki templates opening html tag
 * 9) Elegant mySQL Table Transformation
 * 10) OEM Vista
 * 11) OS upgrade -- is it worth it?

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 26


 * 1) slow computers
 * 2) jamba juice
 * 3) Runescape
 * 4) Worm.Win32.NetSky
 * 5) ZTE USB Modem
 * 6) FAT-16 and Long File Names
 * 7) overconfidence
 * 8) Bridging networks
 * 9) my first spam
 * 10) ray tracing hardware
 * 11) Slow Startup
 * 12) Gimp or Inkscape bug?
 * 13) Ubuntu demo cd
 * 14) RAM stuff

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 27


 * 1) online sex robot
 * 2) Integer Variables
 * 3) pdf creator for Apple
 * 4) Authenticated protocols
 * 5) More DIY computer help please!
 * 6) Short-term broadband?

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 28


 * 1) Different graphic cards
 * 2) The most convenient library search interface?
 * 3) Video editing/compositing software with music sync?
 * 4) Clear reasons why employees need to use their work email accounts
 * 5) Freenet: tracing the source
 * 6) UPS software
 * 7) meta.xml

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 29


 * 1) Google Talk compatible program on Mac
 * 2) Web proxy that will support flash?
 * 3) Typedefs in a hurry
 * 4) secure pseudorandom number generation
 * 5) About the RD itself...
 * 6) Spell-checker algorithm
 * 7) Google searching without calling up maps - possible?
 * 8) Removing email addresses

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 30


 * 1) MS power point 2007
 * 2) Windows My Music song attributions
 * 3) Age of Empires 3: Asian Dynasties
 * 4) Converting a series of JPG pictures to MPEG
 * 5) No picture shown from Samsung SyncMaster 913N monitor on nVidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card
 * 6) MSN Live Messenger
 * 7) Cash Box
 * 8) Wikipedia from the MS Office Research task pane?

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 31


 * 1) Freeware Cartoon makers
 * 2) Default font for notepad in vista
 * 3) Wikipedia freezes Internet Explorer
 * 4) Formulas
 * 5) How do you make a WYSIWYG Editor for websites?
 * 6) Pushy web pages
 * 7) Hard drive max
 * 8) Extracting part of movie file
 * 9) biggest memory
 * 10) When did Brussel change their telephon numbers from 6 figures to 7
 * 11) Advice on Information Technology Degree and employment opportunities it may offer in France
 * 12) Slideshow software for very large number of files
 * 13) Linux on SONY VAIO VGN-NR21M/S