Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/July 2009

= July 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 1


 * 1) Computer beep when notebook is off
 * 2) Player which can play with maximum Sound
 * 3)
 * 4) intermittent monitor problem
 * 5) Excel IF/AND problem
 * 6) Microsoft.com windows support

= July 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 2


 * 1) Boolean as tinyint(1)
 * 2) 400 bad request
 * 3) New tab problems in IE8
 * 4) Internet Connections and Topology
 * 5) USB flash drive/pen drive/stick drive failures
 * 6) Ajax with Scripted Content
 * 7) Data transmission speeds
 * 8) SQL Server 2000 & 2005 Residing on the same server
 * 9) Linux keyboard issue

= July 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 3


 * 1) Does anyone know of a good macro program?
 * 2) Morphing
 * 3) Attempts to access TCP port 445 and 135
 * 4) editing firefox add-ons
 * 5) help regarding the asteganography project
 * 6) Facebook's insides
 * 7) What happened to my Copy Response Body option in Firebug's Net tab?
 * 8) Turning off DEP
 * 9) Delphi Debugging Tips?
 * 10) Spider Web Evolution Program
 * 11) Use PSP for both music playback and GPS?
 * 12) LCD vs CRT VGA ouput

= July 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 4


 * 1) Neurotypical computer scientists/programmers
 * 2) Unable to Login Into Wireless Router Configuration Page (Using Firefox)
 * 3) geforce gt220
 * 4) YTMND audio loop problem
 * 5) VPN w/o tweaking router
 * 6) Steve Ballmer - lifestyles of the rich and famous
 * 7) Edits
 * 8) Unicode - Related Characters

= July 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 5


 * 1) How do i play the games stored on the hard drive of my chipped Xbox?
 * 2) Play speed
 * 3) Jsp custom tags
 * 4) running a c-programm
 * 5) WiFi, iPod and Email

= July 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 6


 * 1) ActiveX on Wikipedia
 * 2) Question on size of English Wikipedia
 * 3) Missing file: NTDETECT
 * 4) Laptop battery life
 * 5) WinTV Software Alternatives
 * 6) Hibernation
 * 7) Outlook 2003 IMAP warning
 * 8) context free grammar and regular expressions
 * 9) Ubuntu operating system?
 * 10) M4A conversion software
 * 11) question about library programs for solving partial differential equations
 * 12) gnuplot
 * 13) comp
 * 14) Adding MP3 durations
 * 15) BEAV for Windows 98 ?

= July 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 7


 * 1) 1000 ft Ethernet Cable
 * 2) pspwxp(wobzip)
 * 3) Hard drive space
 * 4) Chipset flashing?
 * 5) InstantAtlas Error
 * 6) malloc and structs
 * 7) Accessing Wikipedia through my iPhone
 * 8) Mouse totally f....d up
 * 9) Choose a topic
 * 10) SImple MySql question
 * 11) Service Packs for Linux distros exist?

= July 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 8


 * 1) Troubleshooting Mac OS networking
 * 2) Two computers behind NAT talking to same sever
 * 3) Windows Vista question
 * 4) external hard drive stopped spinning.
 * 5) Using Psiphon to access Facebook
 * 6) Windows 7 and applications dependent on browser control
 * 7) site
 * 8) mySQL flat files
 * 9) Stolen laptop
 * 10) gnuplot 2-d
 * 11) internet issues
 * 12) MySQL: sproc each row of a select
 * 13) Compatability between WYSIWIG HTML editors
 * 14) Any point in updating chipset drivers before converting from Win2K to Linux Ubuntu?
 * 15) MySQL Custom LDML Collations
 * 16) Wolfram 1D CA
 * 17) How deep does the MyIsam Database hole go?
 * 18) SATA Adapters

= July 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 9


 * 1) Certified Ethical Hacker
 * 2) Expansion of information on the internet
 * 3) connecting to my server
 * 4) DVD closed captioning?
 * 5) "Router", "network switch", "ethernet hub"
 * 6) Windows explorer icon
 * 7) Freeview (UK) - software updates?
 * 8) GetTextExtentPoint32

= July 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 10


 * 1) How to evaluate social networking sites
 * 2) Yeah.com site
 * 3) Computer won't start - only beeps, no video
 * 4) Computer problems
 * 5) Zamzar
 * 6) Tor vs other proxies
 * 7) Stolen laptop (again)
 * 8) IP info
 * 9) Help!
 * 10) Archiving old e-mails on Microsoft Outlook
 * 11) Programming contests
 * 12) Is my computer good enough to run a game?
 * 13) Looking for a paper
 * 14) Created another user account, but it does not have MSWord

= July 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 11


 * 1) DVD drives
 * 2) Decorative 1 line ASCII art
 * 3) How to find web pages that contain a given phrase and link to some other given page?
 * 4) Cut up an MP3 stream
 * 5) google code
 * 6) text fitting boxes with html
 * 7) My computer won't restart!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!
 * 8) How to change video cards in Linux Ubuntu?

= July 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 12


 * 1) red alert 2 yuri's revenge
 * 2) Safety of online RPGs
 * 3) Video games with background eye candy
 * 4) Stolen Music
 * 5) Name of simple one- screen game (Japanese)
 * 6) MHz - Help
 * 7) Best way to do graphics cards diagnostics in Linux?

= July 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 13


 * 1) Internet Explorer opacity support
 * 2) Open source Flash
 * 3) doubt!!
 * 4) First computer language
 * 5) Hard drive failure?
 * 6) How to enter comands in Linux Ubuntu
 * 7) HP laptop quick buttons with VLC media player
 * 8) Why was download so slow?
 * 9) Recognising wireless cards by "noise"
 * 10) perl script
 * 11) MS Excell (also star/open office)
 * 12) DIV with relative position still taking space
 * 13) Trojan

= July 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 14


 * 1) Priority queue with same priority
 * 2) speech recognition for mutiple voices
 * 3) A stupid question about moving a window off the screen in Windows
 * 4) Apple Disk Image file
 * 5) I'm looking for excellent headphones for listening to music WITH a microphone
 * 6) Slightly more advanced database
 * 7) Finding ip address in php
 * 8) weather radar netherlands android G1 phones

= July 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 15


 * 1) Linux server. How To.
 * 2) SSH for mobile phones
 * 3) Best Way to Protect File
 * 4) Custom animation in powerpoint
 * 5) Internet connection farts out
 * 6) Computer chassis of sisal?
 * 7) Cell phone recharging contact erosion
 * 8) Existence+

= July 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 16


 * 1) Sniffing BitTorrent Traffic
 * 2) Playstation/PC
 * 3) SATA hard disk for a 2006 MacBook
 * 4) i think my memory card reader is disabled
 * 5) network adapters??
 * 6) Sending huge files as time intervals
 * 7) regarding pointers
 * 8) Folder Option
 * 9) HELP NEEDED
 * 10) autorun.exe
 * 11) COBOL Help
 * 12) Who am I connected to?
 * 13) Mathematica 6.0
 * 14) How to compare two folders?
 * 15) Security
 * 16) How to identify a running application in Ubuntu?
 * 17) JSON texts versus values
 * 18) What's wrong with this javascript widget?
 * 19) Windows needs disc to boot

= July 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 17


 * 1) Using PC power supply for scanner
 * 2) Kristin ITC font
 * 3) Database (MS Acess)
 * 4) Comparing zip file to directory in Ubuntu
 * 5) banning ip ranges in php
 * 6) Preventing background tabs from playing YouTube movies automatically?
 * 7) NooB wireless LAN question
 * 8) Decisions on pyramid of images
 * 9) Reformatting my Compaq Notebook
 * 10) Freeware Calendar
 * 11) Need help setting up a FTP server
 * 12) How to find out what kind of broadband I'm using?

= July 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 18


 * 1) Framerate problems
 * 2) How to take screenshots of Mac OS X applications's windows
 * 3) GIF2APNG
 * 4) MHZ - Help (Again)
 * 5) DNS settings sensitive?

= July 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 19


 * 1) Power Supply Problem?
 * 2) Java
 * 3) How can I increase My blog's Page Rank
 * 4) Setting up DNS server to allow access of stored files
 * 5) Free domain names
 * 6) Ebook readers
 * 7) Telnet over OpenVPN
 * 8) Is perfect character encoding possible?

= July 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 20


 * 1) IT certifications
 * 2) How to merge or update two large folders
 * 3) Indexing and Dictionary based compression
 * 4) Which easy-to-use languages allow file copying, folder creation, and altering file names?
 * 5) 2-way merging of music libraries?
 * 6) TI-Nspire and Mirage OS
 * 7) CD Key in old Setup
 * 8) Duplicate Network Connection

= July 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 21


 * 1) Unfreeze KDE
 * 2) Internet causing computer crashes.
 * 3) Limit the servers upload speed to ips
 * 4) DOS
 * 5) Removing or reducing reverberation
 * 6) Direct weblink

= July 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 22


 * 1) Red channel on data projectors broken?
 * 2) Need help with document.body.style.cursor!
 * 3) Where can I find a good Ghostscript tutorial?
 * 4) print screen
 * 5) Computer shutting down
 * 6) Calender files
 * 7) Running a site from my home computer
 * 8) carelessly using an USB stick
 * 9) [Perl] I hate this nasty animal
 * 10) Creative SB Audigy 2 (WDM) SPDIF
 * 11) Restoring an iPod 3G Clickwheel
 * 12) Caches, and proxies, and cgis, oh my
 * 13) Back button was no longer blue
 * 14) unable to show hidden folders
 * 15) Jailbreak
 * 16) Linux (wasn't he from Charlie Brown?)

= July 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 23


 * 1) How to create a PDF file for free?
 * 2) LaTex and “smart quotes”
 * 3) Hypercam
 * 4) Running a server from within Virtualbox
 * 5) Books
 * 6) Auto script
 * 7) Best quality way to edit Flashvideo .flv files, for free?
 * 8) Windows 7 IE Europe How?
 * 9) DHCP problem
 * 10) Firefox equivalent of Safari's .webarchive?
 * 11) I T knowledge.
 * 12) Wii OS
 * 13) What are the most active discussion forums on the web?
 * 14) Quality control with AdSense Competitive Ad Filter
 * 15) Disable Firefox 3.5's top bar slide effect?
 * 16) Painting in Java

= July 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 24


 * 1) Wireless G & N
 * 2) How do I remove colored backgrounds when viewing websites? On Firefox
 * 3) MS Vista's compatibility
 * 4) Mathematical equations in a document
 * 5) Running a perl script on a web server
 * 6) How to find out duplicate lines?
 * 7) A PROGRAM NEEDED
 * 8) Linux chmod, chown, chgrp
 * 9) Extending wireless range
 * 10) Internet on two computers
 * 11) My question wasn't answered
 * 12) Computer sputters and dies

= July 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 25


 * 1) Internet causing computer crashes 2
 * 2) transferring files - tricky
 * 3) Jobs-for-life in the computer industry
 * 4) Tracing of an email address
 * 5) Man day in software
 * 6) Hooking speakers up to laptop
 * 7) server blocked by nat
 * 8) What is this system called?
 * 9) Subscriptions to a blog
 * 10) converting raw fils
 * 11) Broken link
 * 12) Core 2 Quade 9400 and Vista 64 SP 1
 * 13) any way to delete iPod content from WITHIN iPhone?
 * 14) Fixed /dev/ path for external USB drive

= July 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 26


 * 1) latest version of IE
 * 2) J2EE programing
 * 3) Annoying Freeze
 * 4) Windows 7 Torrent
 * 5) Is this the end of my Nintendo DS?
 * 6) Resources for a beginning teenage programmer
 * 7) Parallel Port Programming
 * 8) Equivalents of pointers and/or dereferencing in scheme ?
 * 9) How can I extract individual images from video-slideshow?
 * 10) Elevator logic control

= July 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 27


 * 1) AI database
 * 2) Python "for x in y" operator overload
 * 3) Download albums from Shutterfly?
 * 4) Bellinis Bikini
 * 5) What is window vista ultimate??
 * 6) Bitdefender Rescue cd
 * 7) seeking identification of an icon
 * 8) Windows/Mac comparison
 * 9) Game bot/ai
 * 10) Colour schemes in GUIs

= July 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 28


 * 1) downloading all torrents with wget
 * 2) Problems with MSN Audio
 * 3) Problem with CLASSPATH
 * 4) call related material required
 * 5) java programming
 * 6) XP SP 2 OR SP 3 (SP2 is not updating)
 * 7) Fujitsu laptop...possibly dead
 * 8) Programming mouse buttons
 * 9) Plucker and Ebook readers
 * 10) Proxy
 * 11) When a computer was first activated

= July 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 29


 * 1) Game
 * 2) How many wikis are out threre?
 * 3) SQL Noob needs help
 * 4) Windows XP Hibernate Mode
 * 5) Shell script issue
 * 6) Bluetooth mice
 * 7) Updating system software on a PSP 2003
 * 8) imaginary vbScript
 * 9) trackboard
 * 10) linux backup/restore
 * 11) MATLAB string analysis
 * 12) Time Machine on a Mac
 * 13) Apples ownership of adobe systems
 * 14) Switching from GPL to closed source
 * 15) Video Conversion
 * 16) Downloading flash-based video
 * 17) USB flash drive size conventions

= July 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 30


 * 1) Compressed HTTP
 * 2) difference between core 2 duo and dual core
 * 3) Lenovo Laptop
 * 4) Vista and USB flash drive
 * 5) Advantages and Disadvantages of Window Vista Ultimate
 * 6) A freeware suite for Windows XP
 * 7) Solaris Operating System
 * 8) Cost of video streaming

= July 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 July 31


 * 1) WP:CRYSTAL
 * 2) Image a usb memory stick
 * 3) SEO Optimization: URLs
 * 4) Strange network behavior
 * 5) Saving response for ping command in C
 * 6) vista user pic
 * 7) diagnosing monitor trouble
 * 8) External HDD question
 * 9) How to use MediaWiki PAGENAMEE for custom page name?
 * 10) Mobile phone, voice recognition for calling
 * 11) Indirect sharing of contact info
 * 12) How to save a video clip to hard disk