Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2010

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 1


 * 1) LaTeX Graphics cut off at the side of the page
 * 2) Simpson Animation
 * 3) antivirus
 * 4) processors
 * 5) Norton Internet Security
 * 6) EMI shield needed for installing internal HD in external case?
 * 7) ebay

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 2


 * 1) Facebook and private friends lists, how?
 * 2) web hosting?
 * 3) Working with JLabels
 * 4) World's Sillest CSS question
 * 5) To Break LAN Connection
 * 6) APNG in GIMP
 * 7) remote start up

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 3


 * 1) How does su work?
 * 2) Windows Live Messenger 2009
 * 3) Permissions (Ubuntu + Vista)
 * 4) Learning Windows 7
 * 5) Removing a reparse point
 * 6) How to open .pcx files?
 * 7) Were can I find information about solving this problem
 * 8) Buying a new motherboard and CPU and memory
 * 9) Looking for old software that combined decision trees with NPV

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 4


 * 1) Vista Sidebar Gadgets in WIndows 7
 * 2) USB headphone
 * 3) HDTV resolutions
 * 4) Ghost images
 * 5) Makefile
 * 6) Animals chewing through ethernet cable
 * 7) Software to overlap two images?
 * 8) Software to give x.y coordinates of points within an image?
 * 9) Segfault in C relating to null string
 * 10) Restricted characters in Wiki URLs

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 5


 * 1) The buttons above the Wikipedia edit window
 * 2) RHCSS
 * 3) CRYSTAL REPORT USING JAVA
 * 4) Microsoft Office Word 2007 PDF Problem
 * 5) Problems with Format Factory (v 2.20)
 * 6) Duff laptop reality check
 * 7) OpenSuse
 * 8) Windows explorer crashes every time

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 6


 * 1) What program can be used to combine multiple PNG images into an animated GIF?
 * 2) Bill Gates's code
 * 3) Linux based operating system emulator
 * 4) Computer's Clock Reset
 * 5) Uncompromised computer
 * 6) webcam as security
 * 7) I tried to ask Yahoo Answers, but
 * 8) FORTRAN-90 Array Syntax
 * 9) windows vista problem, application wont launch, side-by-side configuration incorrect

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 7


 * 1) Xinhua's website unsafe?
 * 2) SQL woes
 * 3) Gaming experience on different platforms: comparable?
 * 4) Qnective
 * 5) Zip file properties
 * 6) Updating hardware under Ubuntu
 * 7) Where to attach USB wires?
 * 8) Wi-Fi question
 * 9) exe extracting
 * 10) On a remote, hosted website: How do I maintain a file that contains the ip address of my local router?
 * 11) Where to find a UK-english version of OpenOffice?
 * 12) Windows Genuine Advantage Kit for Windows XP
 * 13) Answerbag
 * 14) What are "Terms of Service", "Terms of Use", etc for

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 8


 * 1) Does this exist yet?
 * 2) Can I trust Microsoft or not?
 * 3) What causes screen "tearing" in videogames?
 * 4) Auto password feature
 * 5) Question
 * 6) Free or inexpensive web-based email server
 * 7) DVD Copying

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 9


 * 1) genuine software assurance
 * 2) assemble-able cell phones
 * 3) fork system call
 * 4) auto sorting incoming email
 * 5) How do older computers to more modern machines in terms of power usage?
 * 6) eBay and PayPal buyer protection policy limits
 * 7) In-Page Links
 * 8) Excel Circular reference
 * 9) Unusual behaviour by antivirus program
 * 10) desktop computer slowdown and performance

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 10


 * 1) Slow uploads
 * 2) How to open Linpus Linux source code?
 * 3) Bell's theorem and computability
 * 4) IP address
 * 5) Automatic email and web page downloading
 * 6) how  do  i  put  my  name  on   a  new  flashdrive
 * 7) Make Firefox display temporarily narrower?
 * 8) Want to write short sections of text, and/or outlines, then organise them into essay or report
 * 9) PDF
 * 10) Windows Registry problem
 * 11) How do I track an email error?
 * 12) Simple floor plan drawing package
 * 13) Product Reccomendations for hooking a coaxial cable (television cable) to a projector, ie a tv tuner?
 * 14) Want to shorten (front and rear) a .flv video file

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 11


 * 1) Specification for TeX / LaTeX?
 * 2) Blog, but on my computer
 * 3) The mouse & computer hardware development...
 * 4) computing
 * 5) VC++
 * 6) CD/DVD
 * 7) Website
 * 8) Installing flash on an offline computer.
 * 9) Installing VLC plugin for Firefox on RHEL or CentOS
 * 10) Combining gifs
 * 11) Microsoft Works Problem
 * 12) Word VBA code - select all text boxes
 * 13) Is there I way I could have this connect to the internet?

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 12


 * 1) source code
 * 2) Password cracking
 * 3) FastCGI and Catalyst
 * 4) Movie-making software for animated GIFs
 * 5) Display stuck in text mode or print mode.
 * 6) MS bookshelf 95
 * 7) intel graphics driver for windows 7
 * 8) How do I know if vision is connected?
 * 9) Runescape question
 * 10) Sudden Problem with HD TV
 * 11) very very very very simple gui programming language thing
 * 12) Should I Virtualize My Server?
 * 13) strange problem - Dell system restore

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 13


 * 1) Utorrent
 * 2) How to charge battery w/ wind but not create a fan
 * 3) BSOD...not able to start windows...
 * 4) backup synchronization?
 * 5) Is "compiler" the right term?
 * 6) Laptop meltdown: stuck in boot loop
 * 7) OpenOffice - how to change the default font?
 * 8) How can I run, not save, downloaded files with Firefox?

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 14


 * 1) System Restore to get rid of malware
 * 2) Free RSS to email forwarding service
 * 3) 1GB vs GDDR5
 * 4) Mail merge into objects and advance records in Word - VBA code?
 * 5) old php
 * 6) Function keys
 * 7) neural network integrated circuits
 * 8) Photoshop and PNGs
 * 9) LaTeX textstyle in a region

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 15


 * 1) Malware keeps opening webpages
 * 2) DFD FOR BMC REMEDY USER TOOL
 * 3) Automatic image search?

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 16


 * 1) Images in Wikipedia don't show up
 * 2) Windows 7-like theme for Ubuntu?
 * 3) java apps in XP - set program access and defaults - can't uninstall
 * 4) Real player (bug) can't delete files - "file in use"
 * 5) Firefox rss tabs

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 17


 * 1) Add date to toolbar
 * 2) Hidden folder search
 * 3) .flv split
 * 4) DIY screensaver or moving wallpaper?
 * 5) media player
 * 6) LHC Computing Grid
 * 7) Processor speeds and graphics hardware
 * 8) Windows 7 wake up alarm
 * 9) Windows Product Key Update Tool

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 18


 * 1) Nameservers and domain question.
 * 2) Windows - file & folder permissions q
 * 3) Printer driver problem
 * 4) analyze internet connection
 * 5) Instant alerts for web-based email
 * 6) Ubuntu: add "gksu" to a GNOME action
 * 7) Windows Media Player shutting down

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 19


 * 1) Long Range wireless router
 * 2) last logon time in yahoo mail
 * 3) Graphics in BASIC (1)
 * 4) Graphics in BASIC (2)
 * 5) is JSP a Servlet?
 * 6) Crack search engine
 * 7) Serpentine Gallery
 * 8) WLAN problems
 * 9) Eurasian telephone country and area code

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 20


 * 1) Right click to mean ESC
 * 2) Acer eDataSecurity/EmpoweringTechnology
 * 3) web design consensus on floating CSS sidebar menus?
 * 4) Emailing RSS feeds
 * 5) Permissions in Ubuntu & Vista
 * 6) Re-Activating Windows XP
 * 7) Game recommendation
 * 8) Probably not too hard OpenGL question
 * 9) Special characters question

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 21


 * 1) Program start
 * 2) Bank statement in CSV/spreadsheet - want to put each amount in a category
 * 3) Trojan - question
 * 4) Why do virtual machines peg the CPU?
 * 5) power supply issues
 * 6) e-Ink longevity
 * 7) Quick Java question on Thread.interrupt

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 22


 * 1) What countries has the internet not spread to?
 * 2) Some printer trouble
 * 3) OpenOffice and Firefox - bloatware?
 * 4) Apache redirect question.
 * 5) CD players
 * 6) Text-to-speech in Voice Chat for Source Games
 * 7) why is Model Mayhem always 404?
 * 8) Blu-Ray color sub-sampling

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 23


 * 1) What Windows tool is good for gathering bandwidth statistics?
 * 2) Notebook stops in the welcome page
 * 3) Image help
 * 4) Virus
 * 5) How to remove the password from a pdf
 * 6) difference between html server componemts and asp.net server components
 * 7) Pascal prob.
 * 8) program remember
 * 9) Networking question : What layer in the osi model does a server work with
 * 10) need new monitor - what happened to full screens?
 * 11) SATA Drive not recognized

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 24


 * 1) Spin-button control in HTML form
 * 2) How to connect speakers to my tv
 * 3) Looking for a data entry job
 * 4) php database question
 * 5) Wireshark help
 * 6) Precision of older British credit cards
 * 7) 4G Network
 * 8) Finding and adding to CSV (Comma-separated values) files

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 25


 * 1) Origins of wizards
 * 2) Telephone calls management
 * 3) Upgrading Graphics Card in Laptop
 * 4) windows 7
 * 5) Cannot delete video file
 * 6) Does intel atom architecture have special virtualization accelerating instructions?
 * 7) Approximately how many megabytes is the Internet as of Today?
 * 8) Google earth images
 * 9) downforeveryoneorjustme
 * 10) Use optical  drive on one PC to install software on another PC

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 26


 * 1) TOR inside a LAN and destination IPs
 * 2) wants to get data structures subjects
 * 3) The differences beetween white DVD and purple DVD
 * 4) Execute a file when computer has been inactive.
 * 5) Why am I spam?
 * 6) surfing sux
 * 7) File permissions?
 * 8) Adobe/Acrobat product suite questions

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 27


 * 1) Range decoding and random numbers
 * 2) Got something I need ID'd
 * 3) open new rss items into new tabs
 * 4) Looking for Parrot Basic 1.0 and Parrot Basic 2.0 - something to do with Perl.
 * 5) bugging devices for night clubs
 * 6) Do laptops or notebooks nowdays use SATA internally?
 * 7) error report
 * 8) hellos
 * 9) is there a single enterprise user of windows 3.1? (in a vm of course)
 * 10) Toolchain
 * 11) Apple Time Capsule
 * 12) When you buy software on the internet.....
 * 13) javascript - name of behaviour type

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 28


 * 1) PHP Login recommendation please?
 * 2) USB drive shrunk....
 * 3) EXCEL short cut
 * 4) Facebook question.
 * 5) A New Undertaking
 * 6) Safe Keylogger
 * 7) about the racing car engine
 * 8) bash filenames and redirecting output
 * 9) Google Earth
 * 10) TrueCrypt Recovery Disk
 * 11) Threat detected and quarantined but site in history
 * 12) Wierd attempts to access port 44281

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 29


 * 1) micro-SIM
 * 2) Regular expression - write n at nth match
 * 3) Where to get a capture card?
 * 4) Laptop Problem
 * 5) Cyberarticle 4.364
 * 6) Screensaver or program showing progression of night and day across the atlas
 * 7) Automating downloading a page after a menu choice
 * 8) how do I use a networked printer
 * 9) IE7 peculiarity
 * 10) Graphics card question
 * 11) General Purpose GPU

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 30


 * 1) Cannot delete user accounts
 * 2) Java bytecode vs. machine bytecode
 * 3) Getting Office 2007 Student on my eeepc
 * 4) MHTML VS HTML
 * 5) CSS question
 * 6) how does an Intel Atom compare to an old Pentium III?
 * 7) Ubuntu Dual Boot
 * 8) Is an ATX psu suitable for 24vdc supply?
 * 9) Accidental forks?

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 31


 * 1) Connecting wirelessly
 * 2) do I have to do something with my complex printer to turn it off, or just flick the switch?