Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/August 2008

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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 1

1. Going to a section of page is not functioning
2. what do you learn in digital communications class?????
3. Question regarding MAC data
4. ethernet card in Ubuntu
5. Easily putting together images
6. Enter key instead of tab in text entry fields
7. pdf file company logo to article info box
8. I blame safari
9. GnuCash application seems to have disappeared
10. stupid problem in windows
11. WHOIS information lookup, using VB Express 2005
12. Website Redesign

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 2

1. Ubuntu LiveCD crashes (turns off automatically) during use
2. Multi-touch: what's behind the hype?
3. thumb drive adding to RAM in Vista
4. TFT Vs LCD
5. Programs for puppy linux
6. Intel - risc
7. Mouse clicking?
8. Installing graphics drivers w/o uninstalling
9. How does a computer work?
10. Icons and Extensions

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 3

1. Computer problems
2. Moving Safari profile
3. Feeding Papers Into a HP Deskjet 3420
4. Elements of a computer
5. Command Prompt
6. Playing normal DVDs on an HD screen
7. External hard drive and eSATA
8. Mathematical Keyboard

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 4

1. UMTS flow of events
2. Youtube
3. Anti-Virus
4. speed of data types
5. A question about software bug reporting .
6. For how much do you think this domain is worth?
7. What should i do?
8. TFT display reliability and energy usage
9. Looking for two specific linux tux images
10. Cheap webhosting
11. Vacation videos - what format to use?
12. My (signal) strength is waning...
13. Windows vs. Puppy Linux
14. Restoring old version of Microsoft Word doc

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 5

1. Java applications do not run in browser
2. Image stabilization, after the fact.
3. Web site default page replaced with "core-project"
4. Firefox not sending Cookies to DTA
5. Citing sources in LaTeX environment
6. websense
7. notability - beagle board
8. Nokia 3220 as modem
9. What is the name of that little image next to the URL?
10. MP3 player for audiobooks
11. Email forwarding and storage size
12. Digital_signal_processor#Architecture
13. Connecting "Directly" to the Internet
14. How to convert/use documents from StarOffice5.2 in Microsoft Word?
15. Do not want to use any "user accounts" in WinXP
16. "sharing" dsl connection between 2 computers

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 6

1. computing medicine
2. Swf file?
3. What is this chatroom layout type?
4. Transferring audio from tape to mp3
5. Wikipedia Search Field with Autocompletion
6. Gadgets
7. Hotmail Contact List
8. refresh
9. Which Apple was the first to have 3D graphics?
10. PHOTO RESOLUTION
11. wii power saves problem
12. Tabby question
13. PATCH PANEL AND SWITCH
14. DNS reverse lookup
15. Dev-C++ Compiler
16. Setting up Linux router / web server on home network
17. Problem defining a boolean operation
18. A neutral name for a XP user account?
19. Malware Transfer

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 7

1. k3b can't find files to copy
2. ANTISPYWARE 2008 Help!?
3. What time to domain registrations usually drop?
4. Windows, Wikipedia pic of the day as wallpaper
5. Problem displaying non-roman character in svg file
6. OLE Drag and Drop Failure on VB6, but only with Vista
7. Windows XP and CD-ROMs
8. IRC
9. Free SMS-email gateways?
10. Schematic Editor
11. ps3 sound issues running ps2 games with hdmi audio
12. AVI file playable by Quicktime player only

August 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 8

1. now i've done it...
2. norwood micro tv-monitors
3. windows 98 unicode
4. Firefox bookmarks toolbar
5. Customized sluggishness at a website?
6. Obtaining Adobe flash as a non-admin for Mozilla Firefox
7. turn off WIN XP "device not ready" open-door detection
8. Where can I buy a DVR in Detroit ?
9. Need translation of Wikipedia link to page (error page?) in Chinese
10. doc -> pdf converter

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 9

1. Boot Problem
2. DVD+RW question
3. USB Printer cable
4. I need to see this web page.
5. pentium 4 and core 2 duo
6. Old Games on modern computer today? how will it work?
7. Youtube links with specific time start
8. Dear god, why PATA?
9. UNetbootin

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 10

1. Occasional surround sound support via laptop HDMI out
2. Line breaks on gmail
3. Only Part of My Page Appears
4. Library softwares.
5. bash for
6. How to merge MP4 files together for free
7. Switching keyboards
8. Finding flickr account from a farm.static address
9. Small Games
10. What happened - Acer / BenQ
11. Problems with Audacity

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 11

1. GPL terms
2. Wordpress
3. Computational Analysis and Modelling in Embedded Mobile Technology
4. 3G phones running J2ME
5. windows live hotmail
6. tagging or categorizing files under Windows
7. help with JS
8. Interpreting MIDI (SMF) Delta Time Values
9. Something taking up a bunch of space on my harddrive
10. Is a PCI adapter the same as a network adapter?

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 12

1. What's happening with my mouse?
2. Odd output of a C++ program
3. Capturing MiniDV tapes to a PC
4. (SQL) How to count each individual items?
5. Auto CAD Like Software For Linux?
6. Firefox 3 for Mac: tabs keep losing focus
7. Merging HTML documents
8. Installing Windows XP without CD-rom
9. CPU
10. parasite eve one
11. Default Font-Size on a Macintosh?

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 13

1. ls/dir command in C
2. Magic Memory Optimizer
3. Working with stupid Vista
4. Problems about Decompiler Flash
5. about Digital Audio Editor
6. Setting Default Application for File Extension on Mac
7. Does law enforcement ever bust all these people doing DDoS attacks?
8. Hotmail on Thunderbird

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 14

1. Wireless network problem
2. I have Memory Improve Professional, but I don't know how to use its "smart list".
3. Standby makes internet not work
4. Converting portion of a .pdf file to jpeg or other format
5. Why do people use Linux when Unix is now "free"
6. websites
7. Virus
8. Audiobooks on iPods
9. Bug tracking
10. IP
11. DVD problem
12. HP LaserJet M1522nf MFP
13. SIP outbound proxy (media relay) software suite
14. how to create a new page
15. Does such a computer exist?

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 15

1. C++ and java programming
2. Spam
3. Laptop battery no longer charges
4. How to create my own wikia or wiki
5. .org domain name changing
6. source code
7. linux and windows
8. Why, windows, WHY?!?!
9. Linux message trying to install BRL-CAD
10. Linux After Puppy Linux

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 16

1. variable declaration in c++
2. Audio Software
3. networking
4. Need help copying files to external hard drive
5. misc
6. SMS and MMS over dial-up modem?
7. What is the name of the Wiki Globe? Is there an animated one?
8. Undeleteable Folder on Desktop

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 17

1. Digital cable =HDTV ??? (a few questions)
2. Valve Texture File
3. file transfer by date range
4. Custom search engine in Firefox toolbar
5. DVD drive problem
6. Del.icio.us tags
7. apple vs. pc (just a few (very specific) questions)

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 18

1. Glibc Source Code
2. Main Menu in Ubuntu
3. facebook wall spam
4. Excel Question
5. good audio editor
6. MSN, Hotmail and Safari
7. SIS
8. Is it worth replacing Windows firewall?
9. Authorative independant website that objectively compares and recommends freeware etc anti-virus/spyware software.
10. The purpose of Webdings and Wingdings
11. Uniquely identified USB flash drive
12. Address Bar Disappearing in IE
13. cookies

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 19

1. Laptop with 4x3 display
2. BSOD in XP
3. DTV configuration (in U.S.)
4. Hiding coordinate values of <input type="image">
5. htlm on websites
6. services
7. Program which makes files available online
8. importing stats into another client

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 20

1. .docx in OOo
2. Hooking up Microphone to Speakers
3. Nortel Guestpass strange problem
4. Parallel port logger
5. Contact
6. Domain name expiry
7. Question
8. Installing Kubuntu KDE4

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 21

1. Find in Firefox
2. Embedding SVG in HTML
3. I Have A Problem Signing My Comments
4. Formula for finding RAM type
5. Firefox - offline mode
6. Computer Issue... (sigh)

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 22

1. Palm Centro
2. Windows Xp Relevancy
3. Google
4. IRC
5. OpenOffice.org
6. Upload speed limiter
7. GB
8. Help with Unicode symbols
9. embedding Wikipidia?
10. Program Similar to Messenger Plus! Live
11. Ubuntu installation problem
12. Page with self made certificate
13. Java
14. Programmatically look up driver details
15. What version of Explorer do I have? What is my speed?
16. Reading/editing PC game files

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 23

1. Scanned Pages
2. iPhone
3. .ram-files from the BBC websites
4. About Coumpter
5. linux for old machine
6. data onlile sources
7. Linux probs... or just operator error
8. retrieving phone numbers on the computer
9. Internet Connection

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 24

1. VNC into chroot?
2. autorun
3. Brute forcing regular expressions
4. Clearing Photo metadata on OS X?
5. Misleading tags on YouTube
6. Installing Stuff
7. installing ubuntu from live cd
8. File Transfer Protocol
9. GRUB
10. How do I copy a web site to my computer ?
11. search for websites
12. vanishing phone numbers

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 25

1. Were can I get Automatix?
2. Booting from the right partition using Grub
3. Where is the 'crop' function on Inkscape???
4. Scanning and printing
5. Taking a snapshot of a computer's software/hardware configurations
6. Help with python code.
7. windows vista OEM dvd
8. Finding appropriate RAM
9. wireless control
10. Google Earth
11. Youtube videos in iPod
12. Lexmark 2400 series printer on a mac
13. CSS question
14. Online storage facilites
15. X11

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 26

1. Array of strings
2. Mac Mail
3. AMS Runtime
4. Weird spam message
5. Constant freezing when accessing wikipedia using Windows 2000 IE 6
6. Apache/Windows
7. backing up the system
8. Nobody expects the flashing question mark!
9. Debian network error?
10. Web-page as a single file
11. targeting and other technology for advertising agency
12. Help
13. Windows wont accept four related fonts
14. Question about included software in windows 3.1
15. Timing out on Firefox
16. Computer delay times
17. Unicode (IPA) characters in IE6
18. Firefox "xmouses" to top
19. Remotely enable exception in Windows Firewall
20. "subnotebook"? Lame!

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 27

1. Updating drivers
2. The persistence of spam...
3. Mac trouble
4. IT
5. How to modify behavior of embedded assets in flex/actionscript?
6. Regex needed for Degree Min Sec
7. Ubuntu Live CD
8. Uninstalling my MSN
9. computer,calculator and cellphone
10. Archives
11. wireless control
12. What file formats can a DVD player play?
13. SP3 installation
14. US sites similar to ebuyer.com
15. C++
16. What is this?
17. Virus or spyware?
18. Installing Ubuntu from Linux
19. Why so many Linux distros?
20. GnuPG - Commandline
21. html help
22. aol instant message records of ims
23. Starting Direct3d 10

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 28

1. Interactive Fiction Programming Languages
2. Vista Disk cleanup bug
3. What are these tags called?
4. Zoom 1608

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 29

1. ../.. in a real OS
2. Brown wire on CAT6 cable
3. Can I send myself a message at regular intervals?
4. zip
5. what are the most recommended free Remote desktop software
6. TI-84 Plus series Calculator question
7. Mediawiki-style personal wiki
8. Second wiki question
9. Optical mouse for Linux and Windows
10. Saving Hi Def video
11. Checking file extension in Perl
12. Drivers in Puppy linux and Ubuntu
13. HP spare

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 30

1. Out of Focus?
2. Thinnest laptop
3. using a bot to disrupt a wiki
4. Software Engineering
5. Memory
6. Alternatives to Adobe Flash tool
7. XP
8. Recording streaming video on OS X (or XP)
9. Next battleground for Browser Wars?
10. External USB HDD
11. Digital television on the road
12. hierarchal graph of table

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 August 31

1. Breaking into IT
2. Extra large headphones?
3. Missing menu bar
4. Wiki users > dial-up vs broadband
5. c programming
6. What's asdf?
7. Get rid of Yahoo! sign in seal on Linux
8. HDMI to VGA
9. Question about Nokia Music Manager