Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/March 2008

= March 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 1


 * 1) Real-time VST Host
 * 2) Firefox address bar
 * 3) But I'm in the US...
 * 4) more youtube problems
 * 5) Home networking
 * 6) Viewing the metadata of an mpg file
 * 7) Kubuntu NTFS partition mounting problem

= March 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 2


 * 1) uncle sam is watching you?
 * 2) even more youtube problems
 * 3) What is "diminished searchability of folders"?
 * 4) Wiki?
 * 5) Storage life of flash memory
 * 6) PMR446 Laws
 * 7) Home networking (II)
 * 8) Volume problems
 * 9) Firefox
 * 10) Hard drive misreporting space
 * 11) Ugaritic font
 * 12) Any such thing as "too much" graphic card?
 * 13) NetBeans IDE using too much ram

= March 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 3


 * 1) Decompile
 * 2) Any free chess program that plays like a human?
 * 3) Vista + Ubuntu computer - what kind of problems are these?
 * 4) Dazzle 150 power supply-urgent
 * 5) Video editing: seeking program to strip audio off video
 * 6) ipod touch wifi browsing
 * 7) Damaged video files on bittorrent
 * 8) P2P slowing down my internet connection
 * 9) reboot
 * 10) iTunes "Not Responding"
 * 11) LateX: referring to a list item
 * 12) starting a wiki

= March 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 4


 * 1) using t-moible's web'n'walk under linux?
 * 2) page views on any wikipedia article?
 * 3) Windows Vista idle mode
 * 4) Linux permissions: "Executable" MP3s?
 * 5) Automatically update a website
 * 6) browsing in TV using Wii
 * 7) Unix filesystem spanning multiple disks?
 * 8) microsoft

= March 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 5


 * 1) disk
 * 2) CD Tray
 * 3) How much for a blog web design
 * 4) The 'home' key on an Apple Mac
 * 5) What is my phone number?
 * 6) CD drive tray keeps ejecting.
 * 7) Web service transactions
 * 8) Open proxy?
 * 9) Free Internet radio broadcasting software?
 * 10) stop firefox playing sounds

= March 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 6


 * 1) Hi. I am working as a SAP HR Consultant in Mumbai.
 * 2) Starting a website that allows users to upload videos?
 * 3) E-mails with no body
 * 4) docx conversion
 * 5) laptop graphics upgrade
 * 6) Image editor
 * 7) Name for an occurence in digital video
 * 8) Domain names, Dynamic DNS

= March 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 7


 * 1) Default Connection
 * 2) Creating a wiki like wikipedia?
 * 3) Laptops in Aircraft
 * 4) batch file (.bat) to rename all the extension of some file -including- in all subfolders
 * 5) BNF for a quoted string
 * 6) Why is tr working differently on one server?
 * 7) Internet Explorer 8
 * 8) Sending files over Bluetooth
 * 9) How to predict necessary server hardware by server role

= March 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 8


 * 1) Strange XP Problem
 * 2) Google advanced search
 * 3) PartitionMagic alternative for Vista
 * 4) iPod to PC
 * 5) Police Simulator
 * 6) VB6 Question
 * 7) Best Program for Web Pages
 * 8) "export" in OS X Terminal
 * 9) No Dial Tone
 * 10) Help - AOL Instant Messager (AIM) will not allow my to sign in

= March 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 9


 * 1) Windows keyboard transpose
 * 2) Dizzler copyright vio?
 * 3) Converting an mp3 into something readable
 * 4) Apache Tomcat?
 * 5) decompling proframs wrintten using DBASE and CLIPPER
 * 6) Finding out passwords
 * 7) Any TLDs with very few second-level domains, and no barriers to registration?
 * 8) Free the Space

= March 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 10


 * 1) Laptop Screen Edges
 * 2) need memory
 * 3) Formatting query
 * 4) MS Outlook 2003 SP2 - Inbox
 * 5) Dual boot Xubuntu and xp - yet again
 * 6) Mega Byte & Giga Byte
 * 7) Enemy Territory
 * 8) Good Star-watching Software
 * 9) Help thief!!!!!
 * 10) Empty boxes

= March 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 11


 * 1) Software to save memory of an application
 * 2) NEED PSP HELP!!!!
 * 3) Cybersquatting for Fraud and Profit
 * 4) Toshiba Laptop switching itself on
 * 5) I need a textfile splitter
 * 6) Anasoft Licence Manager? Nitrogen service? Anybody heard of?
 * 7) Windows Vista, suitable directory for standalone command line utility
 * 8) Python: extreme index

= March 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 12


 * 1) Distributed Computing
 * 2) Wireless broadband
 * 3) How to find USB port speed using visual basic 6.0
 * 4) Watching pages?
 * 5) The Evils of Geek Squad
 * 6) 9600gt and compatible motherboards
 * 7) Download Wikipedia

= March 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 13


 * 1) the purpose of binding a socket to an address
 * 2) TI-BASIC semicircle
 * 3) SMS Gateways: How can I send an SMS text message via email to a Korean cell phone?
 * 4) "Upgrade" to XP Pro?
 * 5) Converting Outlook mail to Mbox
 * 6) Removal of icon from Sys Tray?
 * 7) Google Maps
 * 8) Ultimate Bluetooth Mobile Phone Spy Software New Edition 2008?
 * 9) Simulating PowerPoint's increase/decrease font size features in OpenOffice.org Impress
 * 10) Linux System Calls
 * 11) Simulating PowerPoint's increase/decrease font size features in OpenOffice.org Impress
 * 12) Explorer.exe large Virtual Memory usage
 * 13) NFS Permission Problem

= March 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 14


 * 1) Windows Live Skydrive + Windows Explorer
 * 2) rip
 * 3) Segfault hunting
 * 4) Distributing computing for Leopard
 * 5) Overclocking CPU multiplier
 * 6) bash here-document
 * 7) MSN reply refusal
 * 8) Serenity add on
 * 9) Mozy free version?

= March 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 15


 * 1) Can a directory be made 'deleteproof'?
 * 2) embed
 * 3) Expanding web buttons
 * 4) Nokia Cell Phones
 * 5) Unsubscribe

= March 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 16


 * 1) Project euler
 * 2) caps lock key
 * 3) CPU temp?
 * 4) Able to confirm colorblindness compatibility?
 * 5) Commanding the Storm botnet
 * 6) spellcheck.py of Pywikipedia
 * 7) Going through an url-list
 * 8) no net at home - is there a cheap self-powered palm-sized thing I can take on walks to download from WiFi connections
 * 9) Nforce 700 compared to Nforce 600
 * 10) text browser

= March 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 17


 * 1) google video ripper
 * 2) endless buffer
 * 3) E-mail and the law
 * 4) softwear
 * 5) Weird question
 * 6) Mac MSN 6.0.3
 * 7) PowerMac G4 broken
 * 8) Computer Programming
 * 9) 80 GB PS3 in US
 * 10) Partitioning USB drive
 * 11) java program to compute Euler's constant using it's tailor series expansion           By chips
 * 12) Getting EarthSiege 2 to run under Windows XP
 * 13) earphones
 * 14) Spreadsheet hell
 * 15) Website design help - Donating to Wikipedia
 * 16) RSS

= March 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 18


 * 1) .odt viewer for Windows
 * 2) problems with filenames using ext2 in windows
 * 3) functions of the major internal components of a computer
 * 4) How to activate Acrobat 7
 * 5) Vista "freeze"
 * 6) website, anyone?
 * 7) Can anyone tell me if there is something better than GagaLive for an embedded, minimal Flash chat client? Without ads, cost free and supporting IRC.
 * 8) What does this exe do?
 * 9) Digital photo frame
 * 10) Slow PC (unusually slow video)

= March 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 19


 * 1) Margin text
 * 2) Windows Vista
 * 3) ipod
 * 4) Process Sniping Program
 * 5) computer power (cpu)
 * 6) Why
 * 7) Mac>Linux

= March 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 20


 * 1) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 20#How would I get .5Bhttp:.2F.2Fdata.furaffinity.net.2Fart.2Fdevvo.2F1176322888.devvo_caramelldansen.swf this.5D on my iPod?|How would I get this on my iPod?]]
 * 2) JPEG "fool you" screen
 * 3) Power point-losing narration
 * 4) Wikipedia error message
 * 5) CSS question
 * 6) syscalls from assembly PARTIE DEUX
 * 7) Make document open when I visit a page
 * 8) World of Warcrack
 * 9) SIMULATION IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS
 * 10) Data type as parameter in C#
 * 11) irritating IE6 css problem

= March 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 21


 * 1) Sneaky phishing email
 * 2) Private torrents (not trackers)
 * 3) 2-way file pointer
 * 4) migrate e-mail
 * 5) cheap Vista laptop
 * 6) SVG colour matrix
 * 7) Excel formula problem
 * 8) One more goofy CSS question
 * 9) Start up

= March 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 22


 * 1) Printing only the first 1000 characters/bytes in PHP
 * 2) about hacking
 * 3) Problems with connecting digital camera USB cable
 * 4) working physics problems using an artboard?
 * 5) Oh lord, he's got another CSS question

= March 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 23


 * 1) QWERTY, Dvorak, Chorded...
 * 2) Search Providers
 * 3) Any free audio output pitch shifter?
 * 4) digital kicks
 * 5) C programming
 * 6) WHOIS
 * 7) news site
 * 8) Storing large numbers in VB 2005
 * 9) How to program something like Netlimiter
 * 10) Connecting two computers with network cables
 * 11) What is DHE for torrent clients?
 * 12) .rar
 * 13) Creators and/or owners of an HDTV logo

= March 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 24


 * 1) What programming languages to learn?
 * 2) Sound Problems
 * 3) Periodic patterns in bittorrent download rates
 * 4) javascript help
 * 5) ENUM: order vs preference
 * 6) ENUM providers
 * 7) Texting through AIM 6
 * 8) Can someone explain memory allocation in c?
 * 9) Sensor networks
 * 10) open office and Dragon NaturallySpeaking  compatible ?
 * 11) picture help
 * 12) power in programming languages?
 * 13) Photoshop help urgently needed.

= March 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 25


 * 1) How do I make the Wikimedia media player default to totem?
 * 2) System Volume Information folder
 * 3) Personalized cookies folder?
 * 4) mediawiki hosting for a nonprofit org?
 * 5) Weird wireless problem
 * 6) mp3 to ogg
 * 7) T-mobile's web'n'walk...
 * 8) quantisize?
 * 9) Long Delay During Name Resolution By Web Browser

= March 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 26


 * 1) How to decrypt the encrypted files under different OS?
 * 2) stepper motor controller through parallel port?
 * 3) does upgrading from win98 to 2000 require a HD to be formatted?
 * 4) USB flash drive - memory manufacturer
 * 5) recording issues
 * 6) Help on reconfiguring keyboard
 * 7) MP3 conversion

= March 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 27


 * 1) Source for Operating System Free New Computers
 * 2) Windows Media Player 11
 * 3) l3 cache x86
 * 4) Wiki-markup text/code editors?

= March 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 28


 * 1) Swing docking windows
 * 2) what is www2?
 * 3) 3D City Modelling
 * 4) Easy Cleaner is not removing all bad registry entries that it flags
 * 5) Opening a File on my Hard Drive in Macromedia Flash 8 via a button.
 * 6) is pendrive is consumable?
 * 7) NTFS drive with Linux
 * 8) Communication channels
 * 9) Free/trial screen reader that reads longdesc tags
 * 10) Legal mp3 issues
 * 11) Administrator Rights in Windows XP

= March 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 29


 * 1) SQL query question
 * 2) Error deleting
 * 3) Windows Vista installation help
 * 4) Free 64-bit C compiler with inline assembly for Windows XP
 * 5) Wikipedia and it's normal condition
 * 6) Computer Science Teaching Materials
 * 7) menu

= March 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 30


 * 1) I want  to learn about .Net
 * 2) Vonage VT2442 and wireless Internet
 * 3) Retrieving overwritten file in Excel
 * 4) Audio Music File Conversin Software
 * 5) Computer Science
 * 6) Parallel Problems
 * 7) Good fake images
 * 8) Ads leading nowhere
 * 9) Amarok Collection
 * 10) HTML Frames
 * 11) Vista folder permission problems
 * 12) How do I type ⇧?
 * 13) FluxBox on Debian
 * 14) Can I convert a desktop computer to a server?

= March 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 March 31


 * 1) Can I have a file and Web server on one server?
 * 2) Transfering iTunes library
 * 3) How does this URL work?
 * 4) Transfer files phone -> laptop
 * 5) free cross-platform software that will save form data in PDF files
 * 6) Wordpad problems