Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/November 2010

= November 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 1


 * 1) Unallocated space
 * 2) Software
 * 3) What is the significance of the RIAA no longer suing infringers?
 * 4) computer troubles
 * 5) Need .exe file to close three processes on Windows XP
 * 6) How do I close one of my windows on a laptop?
 * 7) php

= November 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 2


 * 1) e-mail listserve
 * 2) Firesheep
 * 3) Video games
 * 4) Difficulty in choosing username
 * 5) Chinese ?
 * 6) Simple email forwarding
 * 7) Upgrading my HP ATi Mobility Radeon 4530
 * 8) base64_decode
 * 9) Weird networking trouble
 * 10) MacBook Pro

= November 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 3


 * 1) help for connecting to server
 * 2) Slash in the IP address
 * 3) IT milestones in 2007
 * 4) Items with multiple attributes
 * 5) Story Management software
 * 6) question
 * 7) Subnetting

= November 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 4


 * 1) Newsgroup / computer newbie type question
 * 2) Building a Storage Area Network Head - Operating System
 * 3) BitTorrent
 * 4) does exist any c syntax that is forbidden in c++?
 * 5) hard drive
 * 6) polynomial shift
 * 7) Windows command prompt FOR loop
 * 8) How has this image been generated?
 * 9) who's got money?  How do I find an investor with vision?

= November 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 5


 * 1) Problem after installing new video driver
 * 2) Automatic form filling application required
 * 3) "number of cores" on 15" Macbook Pros?
 * 4) display size
 * 5) List associated values in MS Access
 * 6) Help
 * 7) Monitor as TV
 * 8) C or C++

= November 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 6


 * 1) Batch file to control network settings
 * 2) Is there a way to get a "wikitable sortable" table to correctly sort by "year"?
 * 3) Windows 7 file permissions
 * 4) urls
 * 5) My graphics card; not good enough?
 * 6) is it possible to distribute a large database as many ways as you want?
 * 7) Whole Disk Encryption
 * 8) smallest, most compact and self-contained C++ compiler for Windows
 * 9) how does this work?
 * 10) bandwidth

= November 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 7


 * 1) .sla extension on Scribus
 * 2) Ping
 * 3) Python object creation failure idiom
 * 4) Network Security

= November 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 8


 * 1) EXIF, meaning of "Optical Zoom Code"
 * 2) Mac OS X version adoption rates
 * 3) HELP. How do I remove specific auto-suggestions from my Google Chrome's URL bar?
 * 4) Long-Term Data Archival
 * 5) What does this line of assembly mean?
 * 6) Eye Altitude in Google Earth
 * 7) Mongolian script support
 * 8) Subliminal
 * 9) saving a level of game

= November 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 9


 * 1) Using two different bibliographystyles in one document (solved)
 * 2) Format specifier: %d %n
 * 3) facebook
 * 4) Mp3/other audio -> midi?
 * 5) iPad download problems
 * 6) A low cost / free alternative to Adobe Illustrator for the Mac
 * 7) Stop websites from knowing my Facebook account and my friends
 * 8) how does server colocation work?  Can I do what I want below?

= November 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 10


 * 1) Facebook albums cause WiFi to drop
 * 2) Kindle specs
 * 3) Computer Problems
 * 4) ISPs, privacy, tethering

= November 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 11


 * 1) assign programs to network cards
 * 2) Converting .ps to .ai on Vista
 * 3) mobile network
 * 4) 10 Gigabit Ethernet to DDR InfiniBand Converter
 * 5) My isp disconnects my connection

= November 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 12


 * 1) Gmail Offline: still https?
 * 2) Dual graphics cards
 * 3) Master Proxy Server Setting
 * 4) Time Machine restore won't accept my password
 * 5) Ruby Programming Question
 * 6) problem in using multiple ask transmitters
 * 7) Most compact programming language
 * 8) Microsoft's contract with purchasers/users
 * 9) How do I force a window (e.g. Notepad) to float on top in Microsoft WindowsXP
 * 10) Strange infection/virus/bot?
 * 11) Want MORE browser history

= November 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 13


 * 1) FTP running on CentOs, allow upload but disallow delete
 * 2) Program memory size
 * 3) Illustrator's equivalent of Photoshop's Twirl Filter
 * 4) "Himem.sys", a 'software driver' for use in personal computers.
 * 5) Saving short texts online
 * 6) delete program from the list of programs for spec. file types (and generally: delete!!)
 * 7) Better algorithm?
 * 8) Random Numbers
 * 9) C++ header file problem
 * 10) Did Google have first data-center cooling towers?
 * 11) ipv6 and ipv4 question
 * 12) MP3 Download

= November 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 14


 * 1) How do I restore all extensions and tabs on my Google Chrome?
 * 2) internet homepages and tabs
 * 3) Desparately needed drivers for the ethernet contoller
 * 4) Ping Localhost
 * 5) RAmos T9 and Android
 * 6) html

= November 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 15


 * 1) What ever happened to German Murder Case against Wikipedia?
 * 2) List of College/University IP Allocations
 * 3) Airlines fare search; full URL
 * 4) Subject
 * 5) IPv6
 * 6) List of all the "about: " that are recognized by FireFox and MS InternetExplorer

= November 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 16


 * 1) windwl32.rom
 * 2) PPP connection with Ubuntu
 * 3) for enquiry
 * 4) Creating a wireless network using an aircard
 * 5) making "sed" match only once
 * 6) When did "I think I have I a virus/malware/spyware etc" = OMFG REINSTALL YOUR ENTIRE OPERATING SYSTEM FROM SCRATCH BEFORE YOUR PC EXPLODES!
 * 7) Why is my system so slow with 2D DirectX graphics?

= November 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 17


 * 1) Autorun problem in Windows 7
 * 2) Wireless network for a Verizon phone
 * 3) How do I restore all extensions and tabs on my Google Chrome?
 * 4) What disk formats can PS3 mount through USB port?
 * 5) Clock in RISC OS 3.7
 * 6) High capacity text editor?
 * 7) Sorting by date modified
 * 8) I Am Still SoapFiend
 * 9) Coding help
 * 10) Downloading Silverlight Video?

= November 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 18


 * 1) Post compile array size definition in Pascal
 * 2) Programming language
 * 3) External SATA + operating system
 * 4) Samsung Syncmaster 797MB monitor OSD
 * 5) How to reset game in old Xbox
 * 6) No add/remove programs in my settings folder!! what can i do to uninstall?
 * 7) Count valid English vocabularies
 * 8) Encryption master key held by the Chinese
 * 9) PPP connection with Ubuntu II
 * 10) Saving Hotmail emails to hard disk
 * 11) Easy script language to back up data to a pen drive
 * 12) Camera timer capture and filenames
 * 13) what percent of the area of a 17" macbook pro scren does a 15" macbook pro screen have?
 * 14) Flash ad archive
 * 15) Restrict printer
 * 16) Images not showing up

= November 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 19


 * 1) TinyC for loop problem
 * 2) Cloud computing question
 * 3) BBC News website stats
 * 4) Screen resolution with two dissimilar monitors changes on reboot
 * 5) Saving all glipper (or clipboard) items
 * 6) Facebook apps that tell you who visited your profile?
 * 7) Yahoo! Chat changed years ago. Why?
 * 8) forget SQL language - what IS, mathematically, a relational database?
 * 9) ...and forgetting relational databases, what is screaming fast?

= November 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 20


 * 1) Uses of Microsoft Silverlight
 * 2) Faceboook - suggesting people you may know
 * 3) watch
 * 4) Windows - No Disk - Exception Processing Message
 * 5) Clicks Agent
 * 6) laptop cannot see dvd writer
 * 7) Python + Ubuntu + controlling a program
 * 8) How to move a macro in Microsoft Word

= November 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 21


 * 1) Full Disk Encryption: RAID Controller & Self-Encrypting HDDs
 * 2) Core i5 vs i7
 * 3) cell phone as workstation
 * 4) Copy alternate rows in Excel
 * 5) .png vs. .jpg
 * 6) Language specific search in Google from the search box of Opera by adding code
 * 7) a web browser can run different javascript every session, can a program run different code each session (as downloaded)?

= November 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 22


 * 1) Is this a fast Internet Connection?
 * 2) HP dx 2480 Desktop PC
 * 3) Line breaks on Polldaddy comments
 * 4) Free tools for converting HTML to ePUB on OS X?
 * 5) keylogger
 * 6) Facebook
 * 7) Networking a Macintosh with Windows NT server; let's all (not) samba

= November 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 23


 * 1) Web hosting services' choice of their (virtual) dedicated servers' Linux distribution
 * 2) Domain hacks and political instability
 * 3) Boleto bancário
 * 4) what's the Features of virtualization software, which is available in the market today ?
 * 5) command prompt
 * 6) AVL-tree:  Deleting leaves an ambigous rotation situation
 * 7) File indexing, backup and dedublication
 * 8) Why are the URLs different?
 * 9) Mounting in Ubuntu
 * 10) computers
 * 11) PDFCreator error

= November 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 24


 * 1) Someone sent me an email with a .bat file attached. What should I do?
 * 2) Does ANY smartphone app have facial recognition? (Or is the following on the video just made-up?)
 * 3) a folder sharing over through a network limiting to some users in the work group

= November 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 25


 * 1) LAN and WAN configurations
 * 2) What DirectX is for?
 * 3) Kindel reader
 * 4) Calendar sharing with MS Outlook 2007/Exchange 2010/Server 2008
 * 5) PC freezing
 * 6) Video Cards
 * 7) Printing or screencapping Google News Archives scans, easily...

= November 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 26


 * 1) Eight Nehalems in 2U: Electrical & Thermal Considerations
 * 2) Java web start
 * 3) Where can I find a smartphone app for ChatRoulette?
 * 4) Mac Wildcard Character
 * 5) STV iPlayer
 * 6) scanmem for Mac
 * 7) Google
 * 8) Microsoft Timershot

= November 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 27


 * 1) .tar.gz is a compressed file in a compressed file?
 * 2) darknet search engine
 * 3) Copy and paste problem with emails that are not plain text--solved!
 * 4) œ
 * 5) Polling (Mouse)

= November 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 28


 * 1) Saving a Flash Picture
 * 2) "content blocked" IE message
 * 3) Fibre Optic Strands
 * 4) (DOM)(HTML5)(JavaScript) Checking the size of a canvass element
 * 5) Message Rules
 * 6) What's wrong with my laptop?
 * 7) OpenVPN remote issues

= November 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 29


 * 1) Eight Nehalems in 2U: Electrical & Thermal Considerations
 * 2) Add-ons and other issues
 * 3) Questions about wireless carrier technologies (GSM, CDMA...)
 * 4) Python as a calculator
 * 5) Microphones and Sound cards
 * 6) Computer modelling of Artificial consciousness
 * 7) Processor upgrade
 * 8) Firefox and Keyboard Shortcut customization
 * 9) Office 03, Excel, tilde issue in VLOOKUP
 * 10) Oops, my mistake! I meant .dat file (continued from here)
 * 11) DVD -/+R

= November 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 November 30


 * 1) China e-mail security
 * 2) XBOX 360 CD Rip to Flash Drive?
 * 3) want the pictures back, please help
 * 4) Easy Android OS Question
 * 5) More difficult IE7 certificate error question
 * 6) Non-WYSIWYG free online wiki?
 * 7) php
 * 8) Grouping similar images