Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/November 2006

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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 1

1. VPN & Security
2. How to fix a microwaved iPod Mini.
3. Slow Processor
4. Software
5. websites
6. Future emulators of today's systems
7. Outlook emails on 2 PCs
8. creating a disambig category
9. Creating a Zip Job
10. Is it possible to link (using the hyperlink feature) a page in a word document with another page in the same document?
11. Shared Folders Permissions
12. Digital Signatures

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 2

1. Getting a ST506/412 drive and controller card recognized in a newer machine.
2. iTunes 7.0.2.16
3. XPCOM
4. Google already a monopoly
5. Credit bureau software
6. Accessing an unsecured wireless network (UK)
7. firefox2 remembering passwords
8. Computer Security
9. Where can I buy very, very old PCs in Australia?
10. Screenshot

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 3

1. Windows 95/98 internet options
2. CD-RW Versus CD+RW
3. frost wire not working
4. SB drive mounting problems in Fedora Core 5
5. NTFS & Linux
6. Pasting emails into Word - hard returns appear
7. PDF Files
8. User Account Drama
9. Can I edit a cookie?
10. Sound smearing and size hop of a vocoder
11. Mail Merge
12. Java: Server socket handoff between two processes
13. Laptop Screen

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 4

1. SVG host
2. macintosh serial
3. Earth 2025 terminology
4. Reoccuring BSOD Message
5. How to search for a specific string in a file and return the result as an expanding variable in a batch file
6. Wikipedia default skin when not logged in has completely changed?
7. Agonising router issues.

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 5

1. Display Pictures
2. How do I get my browser to display unicode and foreign language characters?
3. Bittorrent Video Watching!
4. Implants and Artificial Intelligence
5. TI-89 auto-Data
6. Windows video capture API function
7. Vfat Volume Label (Linux)
8. Transfering PDF bookmarks
9. What is the minimum screen size of a laptop you would accept
10. Two timezone display in a PC
11. Web pages
12. ikia
13. DVI Compatibility
14. Resuming Downloads

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 6

1. Lost Router Password
2. musicians death
3. sleep versus shut down
4. TI-BASIC Game
5. Flaky Wireless Network/Internet Connection
6. Bizarre behaviour of my keyboard
7. procrastinating and catch-up mouse pointer
8. PowerPoint Templates
9. Converting Movie Files to GIFs
10. WMP Playlists Doubled
11. what is the time limit for 200mb download

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 7

1. Video Processors
2. Rogers throttling BitTorrent
3. Extract strings from a set of text files ANSWERED
4. web site
5. Installing Downloads
6. C++
7. Some Websites Not Loading
8. Old Macintosh software/games
9. Blaster virus on Wikipedia-- how long?
10. Site Meter
11. mastercard
12. Non Writable DVD+RWs
13. omewhat urgent question about streaming live video
14. internet speed is 256kbps,what time it will take to download 200mb ?
15. Technology behind email hacking

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 8

1. C++, Visual C++, Borland C++
2. Adaptor
3. Data as Files
4. s>What 'file type' are MP3s? ANSWERED
5. Breaking that goddamn itunes lock
6. slowing down a gif file
7. The very basics of Programming.
8. Playing Videos
9. indows drive letters - starting from C?
10. Binary operations in c++
11. comp wannabe
12. Laptop advise
13. Windows XP SP 2 problem
14. Outlook's too slow
15. extending a wireless network
16. Hardwired
17. MP4 -> DVD freeware/trial with no watermark or limit

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 9

1. ser-Friendly guide
2. Reverse karaoke effect
3. Finding the syntax and code generation algorithms for programming languages
4. Technology/IT
5. Video cameras
6. Converting cassettes into digital format
7. Open Office Jumping Back to the Top
8. Video Conversions
9. Bluetooth Stacks and MAC addresses (especially dodgy ones)
10. I am looking for technical advice on connecting an old Printer to a new PC. No, really, I'm not; read the bottom paragraph - I'm thanking people for helping me earlier. READ the bottom paragraph!!

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 10

1. Wikipedia's servers
2. Wired Computer Interfering With Wireless Connection
3. SSIDs
4. powerpoint 2003 animations
5. Why I Can't Access A Website That Other People Can?
6. Help
7. how do you update a video driver?

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 11

1. __divmod__ in Python language
2. Which applications are necessary or recommended for maintaining a Windows XP system?
3. iTunes video on Windows Media Center
4. EVM
5. Title of WIKI
6. Transferring video to my laptop
7. DVD formats
8. Yahoo messenger 8.1
9. are gmail conversations still secure?
10. Blog post about old games now stickied with demos and intros and cracks.
11. Video Card Compatibility
12. What happened to all the game sites?

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 12

1. Ubuntu Questions
2. Immediate Access Memory
3. how to publish a website
4. rogramming
5. Can data deleted from a mobile phone be undeleted?
6. Formula in Excel
7. python bluetooth code not running in Fedora Core 5
8. Home network / Internet security

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 13

1. Tessellation Software
2. Online Account Validation
3. DVD
4. Retaining personal Firefox settings
5. Correct way of floating text to the top of a <td> element.
6. google calculator

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 14

1. Incompatible software?
2. Waiting for Computers
3. Shared hosting and torrents
4. ebcam software with one broadcaster, many viewers
5. demo files
6. Superimposition
7. Image data from abandonware game
8. Solution of Travelling Salesman Problem using Hopfield nets
9. Easy DVD ripper/encoder
10. Run full-screen apps in a window
11. Positioning a Choice box in Java

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 15

1. firefox 2 change
2. Firefox 2.0 buggy tabs
3. Internet/Mobile advertising
4. Management Information System
5. cd rom
6. Laptop docking station detection/profiles
7. file.part1.zip
8. macs question
9. computer memory related problem
10. request for an article
11. the hierarchy of WIKIPEDIA
12. Keyboard malfunction

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 16

1. Installing MSN/WLM on a thumb drive?
2. Was the thumb drive invented in Singapore?
3. R licence question
4. Confusion:
5. Laptop keypad/keyboard
6. can different windows xp users have software available only to them?
7. one way satellite
8. IRC drops out
9. Cannot Copy X - The file parameter is incorrect.
10. What is the closest Linux_distribution with windows xp ??
11. program display changes
12. imple question about "bash"

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 17

1. Objective-C / Cocoa problem: object always nil
2. Wikipedia demographics
3. My syntax error in python-cgi-call
4. Conversion from Double Byte to Single Byte
5. Make and model
6. Internet security
7. Word isn't saving Autorecovery files
8. 64-bit vs 32-bit CPUs -- inherently faster?

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 18

1. "Well known"
2. Total number of web pages
3. Simple free calendar software
4. how much does it cost to create an ad network
5. lock size of a Linux block device

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 19

1. DVD to CD
2. Inserting images into tables with Open Office.
3. Could someone make a very simplistic app for me?
4. What might cause my new PC to refuse to Boot when I switch it on?
5. ii broadway IBM proc
6. utomatic Calling of JavaScript Functions
7. RealPlayer file from website not playing
8. atabase in Latin
9. Trouble opening zipped files

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 20

1. Beginner C ++ question
2. How do people read using these large and wide screens?
3. computer psu which trips main fusebox
4. Midsleading Google Results
5. Click tracker
6. Photoshop, games...
7. RTFM
8. Google searches
9. Hard hyphen in LaTeX
10. Fun with Google
11. Which mobile would you prefer out of these?

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 21

1. Random Japanese Characters Appearing
2. Wait for an Apple?
3. Are keyloggers illegal?
4. Windows Explorer weirdness
5. bios boot up problem

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 24

1. Bypassing Australian Blocking Programs
2. DVD Drive
3. why do google and valueclick send only cheque and not thru paypal
4. IDE SATA
5. Web-based IRC client?
6. 16-way system
7. pci express 16
8. Optical disc authoring 2
9. Bill Gates in the years 1975-80
10. unning multiple operating systems
11. Dc620

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 22

1. Bypassing blocked website
2. Java: Finding invalid dates given a monthly pattern
3. JCreator
4. Stuck Memory Card
5. Optical disc authoring
6. Computer problem
7. windows movie maker xml codes
8. Identifying requirements from the product
9. inatalling dos and win 98
10. usb 45 and usb 67
11. YouTube
12. Slowing Computer
13. windows movie maker xml codes
14. uploading picture from flickr.com; need technical + copyright expertise
15. XSL to replace element content with other content.

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 23

1. Region free Nintendo 64
2. Re: The default order of Firefox's marvellous live bookmarks
3. Text ads in email-Any agency?
4. Difference between hosting in own country/another country
5. SP game recommendation
6. Trackback etiquette
7. Blu-Ray or HD-DVD compatibility with standard DVD?

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 25

1. Mp3 player
2. MyTunes Redux: Library not Registered?
3. area code
4. windows movie maker (version 5.1)
5. GOOGLE EARTH :)
6. My case fan is dead..
7. Internet Business
8. Dvorak translation
9. Flippant Request for a pointer towards a Windows XP Desktop Theme Repository
10. One-way BitTorrent?
11. Linux: OpenSSL command to add/remove passwords from private keys

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 27

1. a question about Dedicated servers
2. Firefox tabs and the mouse wheel
3. Developing Wikipedia Bot on Mac OS X
4. Low level Network Programming
5. Licensing primitive and evolving idea
6. Certification For Assembly Language and Computer Graphics Design.
7. Installing Mac OS X
8. 3D Graphics/video card
9. Wii Demos

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 28

1. Free software licenses
2. FTP program
3. Problem with my mouse
4. Javascript help
5. Direct memory access
6. XP error reports
7. Way to boost graphics and resolution?
8. SAM policy change

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 29

1. SMART error message
2. Custom MSN color
3. Pods and mp3s
4. ptimizing system performance
5. Blocker or cleaner etc
6. Linux Swap
7. Publishing a Web Page
8. IE7 and tabs?

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 30

1. Web analytics mystery: why is my website's #1 page /nojavascript?
2. Document on ISO/IEC 6592:2000 Guideline
3. ermanium
4. howto allocate the power of cpu and memory of ram to do job
5. Mounting shared network drive on Linux
6. How can I parse this JSON?
7. Software for mailing newsletters?
8. apple macbook - please help.
9. Dirt on a mousepad
10. does anybody know a good distrobution of linux for ethical (and non-ethical) hacking?
11. QL query
12. Wii Q#2
13. en Kutaragi trivia
14. Bittorrent. Halp!