Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/May 2007

= May 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 1


 * 1) What is the benefit of more RAM on the video card?
 * 2) heys
 * 3) How do I test Oracle Forms
 * 4) Send email to instant messenger
 * 5) HTML
 * 6) Implications of MPAA takedown notices of HD-DVD key.

= May 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 2


 * 1) question on.What is the different of driver disabled displayed AND any other device?
 * 2) Bookmark datestamps
 * 3) xmms with recover
 * 4) locating outlook.pst
 * 5) rovclock
 * 6) Using a telephone pickup with my MacBook
 * 7) Editing Acrobat reader files

= May 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 3


 * 1) Fastest USB Flash Drive
 * 2) Java
 * 3) is it possible to run code on the stack?
 * 4) Multilayer Circuit Diagrams
 * 5) Unicorns
 * 6) The Internet
 * 7) Opensource Java Barcode Image Reader
 * 8) Username changing over the Internet
 * 9) Backwards in GarageBand

= May 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 4


 * 1) Backing up my hard drive
 * 2) Excel
 * 3) Airport Express
 * 4) Adobe Premiere
 * 5) Qos Mapping
 * 6) Hashcash and P=NP
 * 7) Dial-up internet connection with wireless router
 * 8) Animated gifs
 * 9) Lenovo Laptop
 * 10) Google Web Accelerator & Wikipedia
 * 11) Credit card data - where does it go?
 * 12) Internet Explorer 7
 * 13) How can I retrieve data from my old hard drive?

= May 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 5


 * 1) Information technology in society
 * 2) Going to be building a new computer soon..
 * 3) Massive Ext. Hdd mess!
 * 4) XP Remote Desktop
 * 5) No parallel port for dongle
 * 6) SHA-1 hash time vs. input size
 * 7) Google Sketchup and Blender
 * 8) Precise Determination of Graphics Card
 * 9) Search Engines
 * 10) IPod Syncing

= May 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 6


 * 1) Clearing Internet Explorer Cache?
 * 2) Better MySpace Blog RSS
 * 3) Securing a wireless network
 * 4) Which DSLR
 * 5) PDF Compression quality loss?
 * 6) arge equations in Latex
 * 7) AN configuration
 * 8) CT3
 * 9) Google Toolbar
 * 10) RAM questions
 * 11)  RAM types
 * 12)  RAM volumes

= May 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 7


 * 1) why does windows sometimes resurrect deleted photos?
 * 2) Japanese language in Windows
 * 3) GCC register allocation
 * 4) Downloading Webpages
 * 5) Remapping URLs in browser
 * 6) Processor
 * 7) What to do with old CRT monitors?
 * 8) Email server

= May 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 8


 * 1) Random point in ImageJ
 * 2) SELinux
 * 3) Computer virus
 * 4) backup still running after three days

= May 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 9


 * 1) LilyPond
 * 2) HTML
 * 3) USB Numpad in console / DOS applications?
 * 4) Firefox default image problem
 * 5) Drivers in Windows XP
 * 6) Internet Proxies
 * 7) PCI-EXPRESS
 * 8) Web Address Bar autocomplete issues
 * 9) RAM --> Hard disk mechanism?
 * 10) Moving to a new email address; forwarding archived email?

= May 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 10


 * 1) Robotic Vacuum
 * 2) CMOS settings
 * 3) VLC and Microphone/Camera
 * 4) Processors
 * 5) Download From YouTube
 * 6) my qsn
 * 7) Computational question
 * 8) Usb Webcam on linux 2.6.xx
 * 9) Domain Name and DNS Management

= May 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 11


 * 1) keylogger...
 * 2) Database query (MS SQL 2000).
 * 3) World wind error
 * 4) Fastest copy method
 * 5) LAN and Intranet.
 * 6) Changeing Movie Format
 * 7) Computer going haywire
 * 8) maps.google.com updates
 * 9) Converting Flash  Drive to Mp3 player

= May 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 12


 * 1) Parser function help
 * 2) Invoke a java program
 * 3) Hard Disk Compatibility
 * 4) External Hard Drive
 * 5) Forum software
 * 6) Matrix inversion
 * 7) Logical equation reduction
 * 8) Video card
 * 9) Opera, wheres the "Page info" thing
 * 10) can't find my Google calendar
 * 11) If you have to pick the first best N items from a list...
 * 12) Text file <-Firefox browsing history?

= May 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 13


 * 1) Removing the harnig virus
 * 2) Possible Virus
 * 3) AIM Profiles
 * 4) CDs on iTunes
 * 5) DVD-R Multisession
 * 6) s/this/that
 * 7) Underscore number in a password
 * 8) International shipping
 * 9) Movie Format
 * 10) Google Earth purposeful blurring of a location?
 * 11) Problem with WMP11 - Find Album Info
 * 12) ccApp.exe and ccSvcHst.exe problems
 * 13) DOSBOX/DJGPP
 * 14) Tracking
 * 15) IP address
 * 16) Car SatNav
 * 17) Apple Ipod problem
 * 18) Subtitles for a video file (avi xvid)
 * 19) Streaming video capture

= May 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 14


 * 1) De-tokenize a Dragon 32/64 BASIC
 * 2) Single file download from Huge torrent file
 * 3) Missing taskbars in Xubuntu
 * 4) Sap Insurance
 * 5) testing insurance projects
 * 6) Vandal Proof on Mac OS X?
 * 7) Pod hard drive model
 * 8) Why don't companies make cheaper computers?
 * 9) Colour Inkjet Refills

= May 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 15


 * 1) Flowchart
 * 2) HP laptop reset button?
 * 3) what on earth is happening to wikipedia!
 * 4) Best device for writing on the go?
 * 5) Installing Driver for USB card on Mac
 * 6) Actionscript error
 * 7) 40 or hittimer
 * 8) 20 or hittimer
 * 9) 50 or hittimer
 * 10) 59 or hittimer
 * 11) 49 or hittimer
 * 12) 39 or hittimer
 * 13) 29 or hittimer
 * 14) 19 or hittimer = 11 or hittimer
 * 15) 40 or hittimer
 * 16) 10 or hittimer
 * 17) 59 or hittimer
 * 18) 41 or hittimer
 * 19) 29 or hittimer
 * 20) XPS 710 H2C
 * 21) Online Database
 * 22) How does one destroy a web site?
 * 23) Data transfer between two modems
 * 24) What is a "normal file"?
 * 25) Cell Phones

= May 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 16


 * 1) saving web-pages in one file
 * 2) Need help with useing the same internet connection on two computers without another routher
 * 3) Autorunning batch files?
 * 4) String in C
 * 5) Countdown...
 * 6) Halo 3 Beta
 * 7) Precision in printf
 * 8) Name for RAM overload?
 * 9) Move system folder on Windows XP
 * 10) Wire gauge with 24v

= May 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 17


 * 1) Is it possible to sell blogger domain names
 * 2) Vista Desktop
 * 3) TI Programming
 * 4) Virtual desktops in OS X
 * 5)  about wikipedia's platform
 * 6) Sending pictures over the internet
 * 7) User blurs off
 * 8) Oblivion
 * 9) java/swing: textfield in table header
 * 10) Adobe Question
 * 11) Windows Vista & MSN Messenger
 * 12) google

= May 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 18


 * 1) Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
 * 2) Apache, .htaccess
 * 3) Half Life 2 List of Weapons
 * 4) Uploading SVG Images
 * 5) d/dvd piracy
 * 6) How to improve a download/install process
 * 7) Historical currency exchange rates?
 * 8) Mac OS X program to monitor socket connections

= May 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 19


 * 1) Reserving one processor for a program.
 * 2) Autotune settings
 * 3) Apache log file entry
 * 4) Compression mechanism
 * 5) grep for anagrams
 * 6) internet architecture and protocol
 * 7) Another Mac Question
 * 8) Turkish letters in Word (Mac OS X)
 * 9) Gmail Paper

= May 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 20


 * 1) Fastest Internet Connection
 * 2) widescreen or not
 * 3) Solution orientated architecture
 * 4) DPI in photoshop?
 * 5) Gif images
 * 6) Problem Writing in Assemly under Linux
 * 7) Streaming Video
 * 8) Need help fixing my laptop keys

= May 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 21


 * 1) 404 FNF page
 * 2) iPod Videos
 * 3) Firefox download problems
 * 4) Powerpoint presentation
 * 5) Macros in Powerpoint
 * 6) GPL?
 * 7) Bash variables
 * 8) Converting RGB to CMYK in Photoshop
 * 9) Excel Conditional Formatting question
 * 10) My friend made a JavaScript message for Firefox on a Mac that can't be closed
 * 11) Wireless Router woes
 * 12) Basic greasemonkey help
 * 13) With regards to this...

= May 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 22


 * 1) Moving GIF images
 * 2) Powerpoint slide design
 * 3) Send e-mail from alternate address to Google Groups
 * 4) Time stamp in Microsoft excel .xls files?
 * 5) Screenshot in Internet Explorer 7
 * 6) Sap Bw
 * 7) What hardware should I put in my server?
 * 8) Broadband speed notation
 * 9) windows 3.11 games
 * 10) php email problems
 * 11) What is the frequency of Paradise?
 * 12) Brand new MAC's hardrive crashed - how to recover PROPERLY?
 * 13) software for checking broadband speed
 * 14) trouble uploading copyright free jpeg image
 * 15) smart drive
 * 16) binary search tree
 * 17) Acer Aspire 5000 power jack
 * 18) Video Compression

= May 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 23


 * 1) Recovering video file from cell
 * 2) name of a PC RTS game that I saw
 * 3) non english programming languages?
 * 4) Ares p2p program
 * 5) MOV to DVD or DivX
 * 6) Reverse MP3 Playback
 * 7) Excel macros
 * 8) Wikipedia Bot: CSV
 * 9) 3GP (or 3g2) Video Format
 * 10) µTorrent problem - file system limitation error

= May 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 24


 * 1) TI Programming maneuvers
 * 2) Windows XP keymapping.
 * 3) Automated Google searches: length distribution of written growls
 * 4) World of Warcraft problem
 * 5) recognising gif and jpeg images
 * 6) GIF
 * 7) Maple:simple fractions
 * 8) CSS border images
 * 9) Themeing Qt
 * 10) Mac OS X Paint Equivalent
 * 11) Video card question
 * 12) Coin a name
 * 13) XPS 710 H2C
 * 14) ASUS W5Fe

= May 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 25


 * 1) Cannot copy file onto flash drive
 * 2) DVD format
 * 3) Another excel macro question
 * 4) Installing Vista

= May 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 26


 * 1) Library to convert sRGB to any linear color space
 * 2) Animated GIF onto Powerpoint
 * 3) World's Best Computer
 * 4) Sideshow
 * 5) HTML help
 * 6) Sunbird to Outlook
 * 7) Looking for a very specific type of game.
 * 8) How to get an Epson to print B&W

= May 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 27


 * 1) Cancelling AOL, keep AIM?
 * 2) Buying a website
 * 3) Font used during booting
 * 4) Odd standoff.
 * 5) Can someone recommend a discussion group platform?
 * 6) 0x10001: Which is the "High Word" and which is the "Low Word"
 * 7) Computer out of "balls and wood"
 * 8) how to find

= May 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 28


 * 1) CPU fan doesn't work
 * 2) Printing
 * Oh, the blueness
 * 1) Regular expressions
 * 2) Good places to get started in programming?
 * 3) javascript
 * 4) Does the Xbox360 elite include an HD DVD player?
 * 5) Whats that?
 * 6) Website Compatibility
 * 7) AIM Phoneline

= May 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 29


 * 1) Blender Fluid Simulation Problem
 * 2) bandwidth in gaming
 * 3) Bare linux kernel
 * 4) Free text file compare software.
 * 5) Live Boot Cd image file
 * 6) Images onto Powerpoint
 * 7) One Time Pad "theoretically unbreakable"
 * 8) How to Program?? Do you use any kind of software?? I just a noob (currently on software).
 * 9) Query question in MSAccess2000
 * 10) Domain Squatting
 * 11) Personality module
 * 12) Bulk SMS messages
 * 13) Wiki farm questions
 * 14) Server-side program

= May 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 30


 * 1) iTunes Downloads
 * 2) Downloader Virus
 * 3) telephone dialer in c
 * 4) PS3 Update Trouble
 * 5) Japanese letters in e-mail
 * 6) Second video card, just for desktop apps (XP)
 * 7) Windows Development
 * 8) Forcing older software to run in higher resolutions.
 * 9) Programming for Mac OS X.
 * 10) Skype voice calls
 * 11) Keyboard switching
 * 12) Computer configuration
 * 13) Firefox's British English dictionary
 * 14) Unpartitioning a Hard Disk in Windows
 * 15) The Day They Updated Google and Broke It

= May 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 May 31


 * 1) atlab: Using function as matrix
 * 2) Outlook support forum
 * 3) Need help with ISO images
 * 4) Unknown File Type
 * 5) HP-UX
 * 6) Mac OS X Screen Scrolling
 * 7) Browser Safe Colors
 * 8) LG shine predictive text problem
 * 9) Showing Someone Their IP Address Inside A Webpage
 * 10) Outsourcing
 * 11) Multiple gateways on a network
 * 12) Press a key vs. press any key