Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/September 2007

= September 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 1


 * 1) Gaining access to LAN computer
 * 2) PSP Help
 * 3) tv-links
 * 4) Hardware problems
 * 5) Firefox IRC plugin
 * 6) I'm Feeling Lucky and Stopbadware
 * 7) 5.1 Channel Sound Extraction From DVD
 * 8) chmod issues
 * 9) IRC for dummies
 * 10) installing new cellphone OS
 * 11) Dual boot
 * 12) Printing a Wikipedia article
 * 13) Typing 'O' on computer

= September 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 2


 * 1) website question how to get from .com  to .index
 * 2) uxtheme.dll
 * 3) Google Maps
 * 4) Network problem
 * 5) Systems event notification trouble?
 * 6) Is it time to move to Linux?
 * 7) Sharp VC-H942 Locked VCR
 * 8) Large file transfer from desktop to laptop
 * 9) identify this computer from the 80s
 * 10) Graphic cards make computers faster?
 * 11) DVD Authoring in Linux

= September 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 3


 * 1) Old JVC Master COmmand II
 * 2) Norton's Dependence
 * 3) Moving an OS from one HD to another?
 * 4) MP3 file
 * 5) i have a problem in asp scripting can u help me out
 * 6) I have a frisky problem...
 * 7) One file File System
 * 8) What do I use to clean an LCD screen?
 * 9) My toolbar won't display any windows
 * 10) Using a font in a web page
 * 11) programing to access the internet
 * 12) Problems with DVD-RW Drive
 * 13) lcd monitor/tv
 * 14) why so expensive?
 * 15) drive cleaning
 * 16) Category-based file system
 * 17) Is ZoneAlarm needed if using McAfee Security Center?
 * 18) Where is Options?
 * 19) Running PHP in a browser without installing a server
 * 20) Sharing Satellite Broadband Connection

= September 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 4


 * 1) Limewire Searches
 * 2) how can I block a Certain webpage in a website?
 * 3) Maddening mail
 * 4) Restriction Break
 * 5) this PHP file needs copy editing.
 * 6) Casual Games Market Size Europe/UK
 * 7) Winxpsp2 object block
 * 8) Internet
 * 9) Mysterious Ink Level Increase
 * 10) Improving grainy audio

= September 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 5


 * 1) Fractals and Apophysis and Math...Oh My!
 * 2) Getting information from a Visual Basic menu
 * 3) Rapidshare
 * 4) C# mode for GNU Emacs?
 * 5) Serving web pages with the correct MIME type
 * 6) Commutative encryption/decryption
 * 7) features of recylebin
 * 8) Skinker Vs. Desktop Buddy
 * 9) ِDreamweaver
 * 10) Windows Explorer problem: missing option in "Open With" context-(sub-)menu
 * 11) What's up with Photobucket?
 * 12) unable to connect with a provided link to a source.
 * 13) Quick/easy tunneling through restrictive public wifi.

= September 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 6


 * 1) Turing
 * 2) iPod and itunes
 * 3) Neither Windows Live Messenger or live.com is working for me
 * 4) Red Hat Linux update
 * 5) How did type I error in hypothesis testing come be known as "false positive"?
 * 6) Visual Basic menu Click event
 * 7) Prohibiting image downloads
 * 8) Getting windows licence from installed windows
 * 9) USB Flash drive giving me flack
 * 10) Which Java ORM?
 * 11) Opening Word 2007 with 2003

= September 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 7


 * 1) LaTeX pictures
 * 2) Font sizes in Excel
 * 3) has apple launched a PDA silently in the name of ipod?
 * 4) The Boyhood of Raleigh
 * 5) Color in Excel
 * 6) uninstalling of spy-shredder without license/
 * 7) Online Form Fill Pre-Popping
 * 8) .xnk (Outlook)
 * 9) Weird Image

= September 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 8


 * 1) Slow down animations
 * 2) BBC News 24 live online
 * 3) usage of lattice constants in automotives and information about quantum computation
 * 4) game consoles
 * 5) Turn off the touchpad
 * 6) Detecting removable hard drive
 * 7) gps in cell phones
 * 8) Accidentaly closed tab
 * 9) different connections for different applications
 * 10) Dual 12V rails on PSUs

= September 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 9


 * 1) Microsoft Excel question, probably a dumb one
 * 2) OS X Address Book and Default Email Address
 * 3) Running a game in windowed mode
 * 4) No Emacs in Fedora 7?
 * 5) cost of cell phone plans
 * 6) Difference between Mirroring, Failover, Clustering and Load balancing?
 * 7) Bots

= September 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 10


 * 1) Latex equation captions
 * 2) Laptop AC Adapter Problems
 * 3) Pascal
 * 4) multithreaded UNIX kernel
 * 5) How do I set the hostname on Fedora 7?
 * 6) Email
 * 7) online money
 * 8) Vista and Ram
 * 9) Two firefoxes, one profile

= September 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 11


 * 1) Computer Rebooting
 * 2) Add  a string of text to the end of every line of a text file.
 * 3) Nod32
 * 4) Using ADBLOCK to remove a specific wikipedia link.
 * 5) Removing Windows Media Center
 * 6) Regex in Java: finding expression 1, but not if it's part of expression 2
 * 7) Rate of return
 * 8) Random Microsoft Word Question
 * 9) Zone Alarm

= September 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 12


 * 1) Hard drive light/motion
 * 2) Zipped (compressed) folders
 * 3) change directory to user's home
 * 4) Need  Information About RTMX .O.S.
 * 5) Loading device drivers
 * 6) Online based revision control software
 * 7) transitor/logic gate switching energy
 * 8) Application for ordering lists.
 * 9) How much does it cost to develop and make a device
 * 10) questions
 * 11) SSE
 * 12) .mid files out of tune
 * 13) What is Bluetooth?
 * 14) External USB hard drives
 * 15) SSH

= September 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 13


 * 1) Registering a second-level domain
 * 2) Sending Novell messages
 * 3) In_C_should_I_use_exit.28.29_or_return.28.29_to_exit_main.7B.7D
 * 4) what are the key features of Xerox Alto?
 * 5) How to resize Flash in the Wikipedia editor
 * 6) Black Bars on a Plasma Screen TV
 * 7) Closing the lid
 * 8) xp reinstall
 * 9) net view equivalent for bash/linux
 * 10) Laptop computer + external LCD monitor
 * 11) Spybot - Search & Destroy
 * 12) Spanish Dictionary
 * 13) Docx vs PDF
 * 14) Dell Inspiron 1520N
 * 15) Firefox and IE

= September 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 14


 * 1) SQL Function CAST question.
 * 2) Would somebody please tell me...
 * 3) oddness
 * 4) Bioshock demo
 * 5) list plugins
 * 6) Brightness adjustment on laptops
 * 7) news section posting
 * 8) cleaning my laptop
 * 9) Bad audio while CD drive is running

= September 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 15


 * 1) Microphone
 * 2) Firefox image background
 * 3) Hardware problem
 * 4) Firefox Find function
 * 5) HTML and the line break?
 * 6) bipedal locomotion
 * 7) Wikipedia in other languages
 * 8) PDF Files
 * 9) WEBSITE help: it suddenly stopped working
 * 10) Auto tabbing in MS Word
 * 11) Connecting eTrex Summit GPS receiver with a PC
 * 12) Easiest database software
 * 13) Empty users' recycle bins
 * 14) Multifile linking in C++

= September 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 16


 * 1) Another LaTeX question
 * 2) Directory vs. tagging
 * 3) Firefox crashes on plugins since I installed Java
 * 4) Dual monitors.
 * 5) ECC registered memory
 * 6) AMD CPU compatibility
 * 7) MSN and Japanese characters
 * 8) SkyIDE  Article
 * 9) Java plugin for Mozilla Firefox installs, but doesn't work
 * 10) See-saw symbology
 * 11) getting mail from yahoo to windows mail
 * 12) psp flashplayer
 * 13) Importing mail folders/messages
 * 14) Windows XP, Disabling USB 2.0 notices.
 * 15) Software engineering
 * 16) Monitors and Macs
 * 17) Graphing A Production Possibility Curve/Frontier with Microsoft Excel
 * 18) Two problems with Windows XP
 * 19) Creepy spam timing
 * 20) JavaScript

= September 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 17


 * 1) Embedding for YouTube
 * 2) XP Issues
 * 3) Computers Rebooting
 * 4) Favicons
 * 5) No sound at all
 * 6) Wikipedia Outrage
 * 7) Loss of data on portable HDD
 * 8) Looking for fix/new desktop
 * 9) getting rid of dropdown box in excel pasted from html
 * 10) kamerflauge
 * 11) Security exception in ASP.NET
 * 12) nVidia

= September 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 18


 * 1) Ebay fraudster
 * 2) PHP question
 * 3) Do computers that are connected to a wireless network need antivirus/firewalls, etc?
 * 4) Any list of commercial programs with the equivalent free programs?
 * 5) yahoo mail
 * 6) ASP.NET and Windows authentication
 * 7) latest computer scams
 * 8) Defragmentation Research
 * 9) Antivirus software
 * 10) changing cms

= September 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 19


 * 1) Japanese/Chinese characters in Firefox
 * 2) Applescript question!!!
 * 3) Shop by spec computer site
 * 4) manual hostname resolving for wget without using /etc/hosts
 * 5) Proxy Server
 * 6) Middle click should not minimize windows
 * 7) bebo.com
 * 8) question
 * 9) Microsoft Word 2007
 * 10) Offline fantasy role-playing games
 * 11) Using regex in Yahoo Pipes
 * 12) Emulator
 * 13) Water on the computer
 * 14) Windows Streets and Trips 2008 Gps

= September 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 20


 * 1) how to jam a signal from neighbors remote controlled car?
 * 2) ClamWin
 * 3) googlepages.com and RSS Feeds
 * 4) Making an Ad with Word or Excel
 * 5) Windows office
 * 6) Python string concatenation
 * 7) Putting files under "Podcast"
 * 8) video camera question
 * 9) Compact camera for Wikipedia photography
 * 10) avgw.exe
 * 11) e-mail
 * 12) Premiere Pro vs After Effects
 * 13) Breakdown by letter
 * 14) Memory usage in windows?!

= September 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 21


 * 1) xbox live speed problems
 * 2) Computer tower
 * 3) Learning C++
 * 4) URL Questions
 * 5) US consumers contract with broadband companies
 * 6) regex question
 * 7) What can back up old versions of text files each time they change?
 * 8) MySQL Ordering results that have been Grouped

= September 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 22


 * 1) Laptop recommendations
 * 2) MediaWiki formatting glitches
 * 3) How easy is it to start a search engine?
 * 4) Wide screen Vs Full screen
 * 5) Application/x-msdos-program
 * 6) Dazzle DVD recorder
 * 7) Can not find Internet Folder
 * 8) Hotmail Inconvenience
 * 9) system administrator

= September 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 23


 * 1) Saving Flash files
 * 2) use diagram for vehicle identification
 * 3) openssh question
 * 4) Dormant programs
 * 5) Functional and imperative programming time-equivalent
 * 6) No Videos on Temporary Internet Diles Folder
 * 7) Norton SystemWorks
 * 8) self made billionaire
 * 9) 10 ± 0.001 on a TI89?
 * 10) HDMI everyday benefits?
 * 11) File extension .do

= September 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 24


 * 1) ECC registered memory
 * 2) PostgreSQL constraint
 * 3) iPod Classic not accepting podcasts
 * 4) PHP scripts...Maximum length?
 * 5) IE versus Firefox
 * 6) Windows Vista - system crash when playing a game in compatibility mode
 * 7) Vista and wireless + WPA problems?
 * 8) Help with perl
 * 9) Mac Preferred Wireless Network
 * 10) Proving primes with seven gates
 * 11) Cache
 * 12) Chat scripts
 * 13) Mid/early 1990s computer game

= September 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 25


 * 1) Windows local security policies
 * 2) One silly question
 * 3) Annoying website
 * 4) Wikipedia edit window problem
 * 5) Shockwave video on iPod
 * 6) Wikipedia in Microsoft Word
 * 7) Radius on a map web site?
 * 8) MSN Virus "image36.zip"
 * 9) Combining black and white and colour images
 * 10) Polygon union
 * 11) Forum Spammer
 * 12) Change IP in wiki editing??

= September 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 26


 * 1) Is it possible to transfer a hard drive to a new machine and still use it to boot?
 * 2) Game Maker 7.0 Pro
 * 3) Speed cameras
 * 4) Changing Keyboard Shortcuts
 * 5) computing
 * 6) Karioke Track
 * 7) ASP.NET and Linux
 * 8) NTFC (NTFS?)
 * 9) Two-nots problem
 * 10) Wireless Networks
 * 11) Credit card transaction processing

= September 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 27


 * 1) The little server that couldn't....
 * 2) usecase
 * 3) HTTP in the file system
 * 4) internet and proxy
 * 5) Generic Macro in Excel
 * 6) CustomValidator on ASP.NET being ignored
 * 7) Still about ASP.NET...
 * 8) Mac OS X in October
 * 9) Page Creator
 * 10) Is this a real Virus?
 * 11) LaTeX
 * 12) Tripod for taking pictures of documents

= September 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 28


 * 1) Computer keyboard on the laptop is not working
 * 2) computer fraud
 * 3) .flv converting
 * 4) Is this possible...?
 * 5) Deletion
 * 6) halo 3
 * 7) Xbox Emulators
 * 8) Regular expressions
 * 9) Extremely annoying login problem
 * 10) URL Syntax

= September 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 29


 * 1) .CGF
 * 2) Hacking modems/routers
 * 3) Translating machine code
 * 4) linux
 * 5) copying DVDs to CDs.
 * 6) Yahoo! photos
 * 7) Enlarging digital images - removing zigzaging from pixels
 * 8) email password
 * 9) Mozilla Firefox
 * 10) Binary to ASCII
 * 11) Microsoft Word and Excel “*” characters
 * 12) Java screensaver for Mac OS X
 * 13) Multiple MediaWiki installations using the same source
 * 14) Sorting Columns in Wiki Tables
 * 15) Itunes

= September 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 September 30


 * 1) Get an E-mail address?
 * 2) Microchip for the playstation 2
 * 3) TeX not working for me :(
 * 4) How i enable auto update in symantec antivirus corporate edition ???
 * 5) image threshold
 * 6) The Great Template Reform
 * 7) GRUB on primary partition
 * 8) UTORRENTS
 * 9) How to send entire folder full of pictures over the internet
 * 10) How many states offer e-learnig programs:
 * 11) Print to file - .prn
 * 12) Changing default open in MS Word
 * 13) license informations included in file?
 * 14) TCP/UDP
 * 15) MS Word lists