Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/October 2006

= October 1 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 1
 * 1) setting limits on family computer
 * 2) Shutdown command
 * 3) Missing posts
 * 4) Ping
 * 5) Obscure Ancient Viking Computer Game Nostalgia
 * 6) Embedding Flash movies and players like YouTube
 * 7) Free Office

= October 2 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 2
 * 1) Microphone
 * 2) ksh or bsh variables
 * 3) Missing after posting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCOMER
 * 4) Computer won't change visual settings (win98)
 * 5) Transferring files
 * 6) Password security
 * 7) Converting .AVI to .MPEG
 * 8) Gmail
 * 9) Minichess
 * 10) ISP bandwidth limit in Australia?
 * 11) Answered

= October 3 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 3
 * 1) Visual Basic Coding
 * 2) Audio / Video Capture
 * 3) flashplayer doesnt have sound

= October 4 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 4
 * 1) Searching for a simple Small Business Program
 * 2) Overclocking failed -- CPU fan error
 * 3) Answered
 * 4) Internet Explorer popping up
 * 5) Private Investigator Service
 * 6) Gmail Question
 * 7) serial number
 * 8) computer chess

= October 5 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 5
 * 1) Data base in computers
 * 2) FTP server on residential nonstatic IP
 * 3) Disabling McAfee
 * 4) Online Search
 * 5) CMOS Password
 * 6) Recover Password
 * 7) Send packages in VB6
 * 8) Nanostray on Nintendo DS
 * 9) apple mac or microsoft windows
 * 10) Remote desktop

= October 6 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 6
 * 1) Windows Media Player 10
 * 2) Arithmetic problem related to internet
 * 3) HackThisSite
 * 4) How to put an e-mail address in a wiki running MediaWiki software?
 * 5) CD rom
 * 6) Washing machine vs. USB drive
 * 7) about dealership
 * 8) Staging site in web development?
 * 9) Brain transplant for laptops
 * 10) DNS rootserver IP list

= October 7 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 7
 * 1) Mozilla search engines
 * 2) What do the parts of an email address mean? Can the date or location it was sent from be deciphered from it?
 * 3) Question about wikipedia search engine
 * 4) african watering hole
 * 5) t-rex tissue
 * 6) Adsl Sharing
 * 7) Wireless network adapter on Acer laptop
 * 8) Hot laptop
 * 9) Latex help - Section headings
 * 10) icons in computers
 * 11) Odd task manager window
 * 12) java
 * 13) binary to decimal or hexadecimal
 * 14) Modem and Hyperterminal
 * 15) Citing an acceptance speech with BibTeX
 * 16) Reading from a source and outputing it to standard out in linux
 * 17) url
 * 18) expanding opcode

= October 8 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 8
 * 1) header file
 * 2) Office and Image editing software
 * 3) How are all these n00bs getting such cool animated avatars?
 * 4) duplicate fonts
 * 5) Disable JS
 * 6) Turning UT:GOTY into pure engine
 * 7) what linux distro
 * 8) DVD to iPod
 * 9) mandatory password changes
 * 10) Lost data in Microsoft Word

= October 9 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 9
 * 1) iPod FS
 * 2) forcing X into 16 bit color from boot
 * 3) Replacing HTML span tags with old style markup
 * 4) Spell checker
 * 5) Zipf's Law
 * 6) base 64 encoding?
 * 7) What is that thing on the end of cables (not the plug)

= October 10 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 10
 * 1) iPod
 * 2) Dos Exec CMOS Password erase
 * 3) Seeking Info about Building Controlling Computer
 * 4) operating systems
 * 5) operating
 * 6) LZMA
 * 7) Free video editing software
 * 8) Internet information
 * 9) Google Video charging
 * 10) Resuming an SCP transfer?
 * 11) DVD to mpeg
 * 12) help with internet
 * 13) Exception handling in MATLAB
 * 14) Cheapskate question about internet cable
 * 15) Rays and lines in MS Word
 * 16) Hans Reiser
 * 17) Debian and MSN

= October 11 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 11
 * 1) webmail problem
 * 2) Transitioning from Win XP to Linux
 * 3) MS Word annoying me
 * 4) varying duty cycle or width of PWM using vc++ program

= October 12 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 12
 * 1) Graphics Card
 * 2) Active Desktop
 * 3) getting files off qemu
 * 4) PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE REFERENCE DESK
 * 5) Creating a private online database?
 * 6) WIN-Modems
 * 7) categorise the entire WIKIPEDIA
 * 8) DVD burner HD/BLU ray reader COMBO
 * 9) VCD Format
 * 10) Request help on converting hex strings on a page
 * 11) Server Error
 * 12) How to play OGG videos
 * 13) Pin Number Solver

= October 13 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 13
 * 1) domain functional level windows server 2003
 * 2) Wikipedia
 * 3) O in Opera
 * 4) Sound too high-pitched in Windows.
 * 5) How to enable windows task manager
 * 6) Runic alphabet in Unicode
 * 7) Splitting AVI files

= October 14 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 14
 * 1) Frames Per Second - limits of conscious visual recognition
 * 2) Page views of websites
 * If, then, how, why
 * 1) Blocking ads in websites
 * 2) Printing PDFs in a Different Color
 * 3) I wan't as much Information as possible on:
 * 4) Best way to send large files over internet

= October 15 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 15
 * 1) Revert graphics settings
 * 2) cartoon
 * 3) searching wikipedia from the MS Office Research task pane
 * 4) Sort or count by word
 * 5) Low price computer
 * 6) Why one of my speakers will eventually stop working?
 * 7) Shell32.dll cannot be replaced because it appears to be in use.
 * 8) Rome:Total War -- Low budget alternative
 * 9) My suck-ass trojan

= October 16 = Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 16
 * 1) Ethernet
 * 2) Javascript Ticker
 * 3) New computer help
 * 4) Looking for forum host which offers Google Groups-like integration.
 * 5) Computing /IT
 * 6) Online reading list (del.icio.us for books)
 * 7) ARPANET
 * 8) permanent CPU usage in Quicklaunch bar
 * 9) windows preboot
 * 10) ipmi_si

= October 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 17


 * 1) PICAXE programming under Ubuntu GNU/Linux
 * 2) Does Google rank pages by outgoing links?
 * 3) Image comparison script
 * 4) WIFI 2-way control with Pocket PC
 * 5) Best programming tool for beginner
 * 6) Odd first line on "database" entry page
 * 7) USB Cables
 * 8) Nokia cell phone

= October 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 18


 * 1) How does a PC find a specific web page on a server in another location?
 * 2) ipod
 * 3) Can't find mpdat.exe
 * 4) Lanczos Resampling
 * 5) Questions reguarding the Task Manager in Windows XP
 * 6) Shareaza's Advanced Settings
 * 7) html forms
 * 8) DFT bins
 * 9) Version numbers
 * 10) NPROTECT folder
 * 11) Extending wireless range?
 * 12) Some registry keys
 * 13) Making money from web design
 * 14) Freezing and Jumbled Screen
 * 15) nesting in css
 * 16) LaTeX formatting

= October 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 19


 * 1) Chmod < Linux < Internet < Computing
 * 2) Font Not Detected in MS Word
 * 3) Form information in Firefox
 * 4) How does it know…
 * 5) Size
 * 6) GOOGLE SKETCH UP
 * 7) building a website with credit card payment functionality
 * 8) .wmv to .mov
 * 9) Spy software
 * 10) Website menu templates
 * 11) Format HFS+ iPod to FAT32 without using Windows
 * 12) Azureus GB download size DECREASES!

= October 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 20


 * 1) Using Microsoft DNS server to block sites?
 * 2) Auto Redirect File in IE
 * 3) Downloading torrents when they are blocked
 * 4) Compression techniques
 * 5) Visual basic question
 * 6) OEM vs Rebranded Graphics Adapters
 * 7) A Computer Memory question

= October 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 21


 * 1) History Button  in IE7 ? How can I add it back to the toolbar ?
 * 2) Removing music from an iPod
 * 3) Wikipedia
 * 4) pen drive
 * 5) Moved Files Got Deleted In Windows
 * 6) Making your own laptop
 * 7) Changing System Drive
 * 8) VPN Connect/Disconnect Icon
 * 9) Win98 security -- my options?
 * 10) Speeding up a Windows machine

= October 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 22


 * 1) Changing codec format of .avi files
 * 2) NO pop up script
 * 3) Running a wikibot
 * 4) Moving application/binary directories' locations in Ubuntu/Linux as a whole
 * 5) Software Radio
 * 6) Video Compression
 * 7) Computer Lockup
 * 8) Removing weapons from Unreal Tournament GOTY
 * 9) Intel Processors
 * 10) Whistling Monitor
 * 11) Errors introduced by processor change?

= October 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 23


 * 1) Music writing program
 * 2) Wikipedia web services
 * 3) Ethernet hub
 * 4) RSS / ATOM for Wikipedia

= October 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 24


 * 1) Scheduled startup and shutdown
 * 2) HTML Marquee trouble
 * 3) MS OFFICE WORD 2003
 * 4) WORD
 * 5) Q about VoIP.
 * 6) Recovering Outlook mails and address book from a hard disk
 * 7) SQL question about aggregate rows.
 * 8) Peripheral device
 * 9) audio timescaling
 * 10) PNG
 * 11) Duplicate File Finding Program
 * 12) Ubuntu Problem
 * 13) Placing page in Categories
 * 14) Dark Laptop Screen
 * 15) Transparent Images
 * 16) If I were to sell my PC (probably ebay or craigslist), how much could I get for it?
 * 17) Web based free source control for simple users

= October 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 25


 * 1) C++ Decimal percision.
 * 2) Internet bandwidth priorities
 * 3) Password-controlled"File Hiding"
 * 4) Computer Slowing down with CD Drive interface
 * 5) Dual booting with Kubuntu and Windows XP
 * 6) USENET
 * 7) Transfer speed
 * 8) Latex Book Margins
 * 9) Is there a Java keyword for the outer class instance of an inner instance class?
 * 10) Suse 32 vs 64 Bit
 * 11) Suse 32 vs 64 Bit
 * 12) Margin Setting
 * 13) PHP Login

= October 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 26


 * 1) Word
 * 2) 3D
 * 3) ava j2sdk1.4.0 question
 * 4) Microsoft Word
 * 5) NS mystery
 * 6) MacBook vs. PC laptop
 * 7) The best 15 inch laptop

= October 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 27


 * 1) Good headphones?
 * 2) irefox 2.0 and Wikipedia
 * 3) Online Jobs
 * 4) Modem router combos
 * 5) sd cards
 * 6) xml file
 * 7) join
 * 8) Carbon fibre mice
 * 9) Big VB Programming Project
 * 10) OIN popup
 * 11) Video Ipod
 * 12) NTFS & Linux

= October 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 28


 * 1) ASP date function
 * 2) Labtec Wireless Keyboard
 * 3) Mouse slowdown/speedup problem
 * 4) My PC rejects my new HDD
 * 5) JavaScript - processing long scripts
 * 6) Meebo

= October 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 29


 * 1) Explorer task Answered
 * 2) Alternatives to .lnk shortcuts?
 * 3) Valid python statement
 * 4) g-mail account ANSWERED
 * 5) text ⇒ avi
 * 6) There must be an easy answer to this
 * 7) Malfunctioning drive
 * 8) Wireless with Halo server
 * 9) Internet Access
 * 10) BIOS
 * 11) BitTorrent
 * 12) MP3 Player Help
 * 13) GMail
 * 14) bios
 * 15) Converting .MOV files to another format
 * 16) computational neurosciences

= October 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 30


 * 1) icrosoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * 2) Strange problem with Internet connections (on Mac OS X 10.2)
 * 3) GUI for GMT
 * 4) NT and .net framework 2.0
 * 5) New IE windows appearing very very very small
 * 6) Fall Out Boy CD Cover...
 * 7) Recycling In Linux
 * 8) Keyboard/Mouse Y-splitters
 * 9) Constant variables
 * 10) Proper Wikitext to Display a Javascript-only Hyperlink?
 * 11) Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and IT Compliance issues
 * 12) linking cells within an excel spreadsheet
 * 13) .bin / .cue burned...and so what?
 * 14) slow start up
 * 15) html tidying

= October 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 31


 * 1) Detecting speed of travel on computer
 * 2) Algorithms and code
 * 3) Popular wiki engine
 * 4) Trying To Understand File Management In Linux
 * 5) Bug: linking to downloads
 * 6) Hard Drive Recognition in SUSE Linux
 * 7) Dilemma: DVDs, macrovision, and other anti copy protocols
 * 8) Shell program
 * 9) Content Management System (or similar) for hosting user-submitted files
 * 10) Skype
 * 11) Windows vs SuSE Linux server platforms