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October 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 1

  1. The wireless charger
  2. There is any program that randomize a song??
  3. gdb, C++ classes, and "incomplete type"
  4. Mac Computers
  5. Database type
  6. I Want to Convert my Tiff Images to Text files,Is it possible?
  7. Windows Movie Maker
  8. Wireless speeds
  9. Trouble with while.....wend
  10. Progress report on the Commodore 64 games restoration project
  11. Limitation of Maximum RAM based on CPU / CORE
  12. Riva tuner (fan speed)

October 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 2

  1. Digital Scale
  2. My Python Integer Class
  3. World Wide Web
  4. Photoshop
  5. How do I make portable apps?
  6. Stablemotherboard
  7. Back button won't go back in Yahoo email
  8. Keeping files on a hard disk without registering in file system (FAT32 or NTFS)

October 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 3

  1. Per row / per column table border properties and CSS.
  2. Wikipedia Usage - Representational Map for most popular/most frequently accessed pages
  3. Graphics card / Display problem
  4. Google Groups: Split thread
  5. Combining greasemonkey scripts
  6. Search engines
  7. Overheated laptops
  8. Large backup storage
  9. i have a question on telecommunication
  10. How to add an image to an existing pdf
  11. No sound after installation of new graphics card
  12. Downloading copyrighted content law
  13. Vista SP1 64 bit on Asus P5Q-EM G45
  14. no video signal
  15. Genealogy mapping software

October 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 4

  1. remote control codes plethora
  2. Do Hard Resets Harm my Computer?
  3. A wiki-style publicly-edited database or spreadsheet?
  4. Gmail Notifier preferences
  5. Is there any easy way to search all of the the Wikipedia Reference Desk archives?
  6. Font installation problem (Windows XP)
  7. Memory snapshot
  8. Memory voltage
  9. autorun actions based on system config?
  10. Facebook login

October 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 5

  1. Windows power options "Turn off monitor"
  2. Windows Movie Maker (2)
  3. Bittorrent limiting bandwidth
  4. P2P internet
  5. mac os lite
  6. Blender 3D
  7. Tuga Turtle
  8. Google Voice: Computer-to-computer?
  9. Toshiba display drive

October 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 6

  1. Power adapter for external hard drive
  2. Preferences
  3. PuTTY to copy files (presumably ssh)
  4. Transclusion
  5. Crashing Computer
  6. Spam
  7. PhotoSketch: real or hoax?
  8. blue screen during installation of XP.
  9. Flip flops
  10. If someone has a problem and I recommend Ubuntu: is that trolling?
  11. Stripping HTML tags from a CSV File

October 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 7

  1. Search terms highlighted on incoming link from Google
  2. Embedding Videos In Word 2007
  3. Laptop, USB GPS, and an iPhone 2G
  4. Offline private Mediawiki
  5. weakly equivalent
  6. Excel question
  7. "Security Tool" is it bogus or is it part of the antivirus software
  8. Old dot-com bubble company

October 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 8

  1. Question by IP user
  2. Facebook wall post
  3. Restoring default settings of Windows XP so programs can be viewed
  4. "Settings" on AOL not viewable
  5. speed of ARM Cortex
  6. Motion Flight Simulator Synchronization
  7. Unable to delete a folder in C:/Programe Files
  8. Beginner C++ graphics examples
  9. Issues with new HP printer
  10. ATI GRAPHICS DRIVER FOR UBUNTU 9.04 - HD 4570
  11. Using Foxit Reader in Google Chrome
  12. Sort files into Folders based on creation date
  13. Automatic web page/html generator
  14. WHOIS queries on an IP
  15. Direct X 10 for XP

October 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 9

  1. Weird
  2. Multiple iTunes accounts on one computer?
  3. Update on my Yahoo situation
  4. Cyrillic fonts
  5. Hello world

October 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 10

  1. Any free voice analysis tool for vocal training?
  2. Filmstrip to DVD
  3. Internet growth & size // IPv4 & IPv6
  4. Programming/developing a graphical based designer - where do I start?
  5. Commodore 64 games restoration project, part trois
  6. Sharing files wirelessly with this setup.

October 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 11

  1. Templates in wiki
  2. Youtube
  3. Wikimedia
  4. yahoo stand for what?
  5. History in IE8 WinXP has stopped working and other issues
  6. In Mediawiki, what's the best way to create a survey that preserves all data
  7. Windows XP service pack level?

October 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 12

  1. "Wireless-G" vs. "Wireless-N" routers
  2. Microsoft Word Spanish Thesaurus embarrassment?
  3. more iphone problem
  4. Picture priview while uploding
  5. IE7 Link Icons query
  6. GMAIL redirecting to a particular folder messages coming from a particular sender
  7. Computer programming job

October 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 13

  1. (beginner questions) PHP, MySQL, and multiple checkboxes // also, Smarty templates
  2. Computer recommendations
  3. Free lightweight bookkeeping software
  4. Does warcraft 3 work on vista?
  5. Want to create a paper forms designer - best way to do it?
  6. Special characters missing on Firefox
  7. Our senor prank idea
  8. PowerPoint 2007 and ignoring mouse clicks
  9. Trying to find CORBA service in implementation shipped with Sun JDK 1.6
  10. Research on a company
  11. Networking/file sharing question

October 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 14

  1. Long email
  2. Portable web design software with tag suggestion ability?
  3. Any quick way to download the text from a series of html pages?
  4. A good back-up Wikipedia edit counter
  5. Changing File Extension Changes File Type?
  6. impotance of newtwork
  7. Intel i7 vs Core 2's in MacBooks
  8. Template for struct array
  9. Using wget and cURL for Windows - what folder do they download things into???

October 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 15

  1. Length of address
  2. Flash
  3. What happened to the doppler loop radar gadgets on igoogle?
  4. Online translators for long documents?
  5. Is it possible to navigate NYT.com without registering?
  6. Powerpoint runs, but can't find my monitor. Seriously.
  7. How can I record a landline phone call using my PC?
  8. Online game lagging
  9. What to do with a Toshiba Satellite 105CS?
  10. Web bots
  11. Modern War Simulator
  12. Who owns ErdUndoCache?

October 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 16

  1. Cheapest pocket 'computer'
  2. wget and cURL - can the links they follow be specified?
  3. Looking to build a budget gaming computer, are these parts OK?
  4. TI Basic vs. Python
  5. Consequences of opening a port
  6. 3-Sat
  7. Final Fantasy Tactics
  8. Choice of Motherboard
  9. Visual Studio 6 & Crystal Report 2008
  10. Excel question
  11. Blender physical objects
  12. slow file copying speed
  13. Rebol v Python - which is better?
  14. How to install cURL?
  15. Converting WAV to MIDI
  16. Internet trouble
  17. Using Outlook on 2 Computers

October 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 17

  1. Computer/HD video
  2. Sun javaws on Fedora without SELinux
  3. iPhone v Thomson router
  4. PUK code for samsung E-250
  5. Microsoft excel cells non negative?
  6. OpenOffice string functions?
  7. Switching Off A Process
  8. Start Menu and Icons missing
  9. Python
  10. Are Blu Ray players compatible with DVDs and/or CDs?

October 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 18

  1. Making a binary file from hex data in the command line...
  2. ref tag in html?
  3. Google search has changed
  4. hdmi monitor
  5. Error message @ 6pm every day
  6. Hard disk problem?
  7. How do I install Rebol/view on Win XP?
  8. System32 corrupt/missing
  9. IE8 tab colours?
  10. Screen flicker
  11. DNS problems

October 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 19

  1. Way to Shorten Load Times (Java)
  2. How to search Google Scholar filtering out articles that are subscription blocked?
  3. Yahoo! account
  4. System freezes at Hardware Test stability (PC Wizard)
  5. Download WP to cellphone?
  6. Please help me with some html scripts?
  7. Outlook drag & drop into Windows Explorer
  8. Fan noise in Xaser VI (Full tower case)
  9. Old PDAs
  10. Sage Accpac ERP Systems
  11. Searching Google for phrases that have been posted here
  12. How to disable AT&T media net
  13. AT&T a-list terms: just legalese or should I be worried?

October 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 20

  1. What Can I Use to Convert .VOB Files to .MOV files?
  2. computer sound effects
  3. What's the URL for this webcam image?
  4. Help the disabled
  5. Game CDs as audio CDs
  6. Attaching a process to screen

October 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 21

  1. Affiliate links or codes?
  2. Something like AJAX across sites
  3. Youtube
  4. macbook display problem
  5. is there a way
  6. Rendering problem of reference
  7. Screen capture of VisualBoyAdvance on Mac
  8. How buy the correct memory off eBay?
  9. Upgrading from integrated graphics
  10. Perfect Performance in Windows 95
  11. First Computer in a Home
  12. Choise of motherboard
  13. Regular expressions and AWB
  14. Bi-directional HDMI and DisplayPort signal compatibility.

October 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 22

  1. chinese input support configuration question
  2. Youtube (2)
  3. Who Links To This...?
  4. PostScript fonts on XP trouble
  5. fonts
  6. Keyboard and possibly spyware problems
  7. Firefox and IETab
  8. electrical connector
  9. Memory On Disk
  10. Ps/2 keyboard - loose connector
  11. Optimized (gaming)performance on on dual(+quad) socket MB
  12. Intel i5 vs i7 real world performance
  13. AT&T ad, revisited
  14. Youtube
  15. Sharing folder in Ubuntu

October 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 23

  1. Win 7 on old computer?
  2. Need urgent help
  3. Nero Cover Designer
  4. Computer Software
  5. program of c
  6. Finally an answer from Yahoo
  7. How to display list of files on a web server?
  8. BIOS history
  9. Python
  10. Dell laptop trackpad forgets its settings.

October 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 24

  1. password reset
  2. Question
  3. Windows, 32 v 64 bit
  4. Tuned voltage amplifier
  5. In python, os.system() has different results from just entering into Command Prompt
  6. immune attack
  7. uncensor

October 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 25

  1. NetBeans with BlueJ
  2. Expandability of integrated graphics
  3. Capitalizing conventions in programming languages?
  4. 32-bit apps on 64-bit operating systems
  5. Server Processor for a Desktop Computer
  6. How to view a .ram movie using unintrusive software?
  7. Recovering lost Gmail/Skype passwords

October 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 26

  1. FrontPage
  2. C Programming Question
  3. Code for evaluating coefficients
  4. Color scheme on a mac is inverted
  5. 3D Buildings in Google Earth
  6. Chinese spam
  7. How to fine-tune Google?
  8. hack a CD R-W drive?
  9. Ubuntu Live CD On USB
  10. (kinda urgent!) Geocities pages still up..?

October 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 27

  1. Computer shutting off
  2. Memory timing on XFX 750i SLI
  3. programming languages
  4. C Malloc pointer
  5. ffshrine
  6. Troubleshooting: scratches on CD/DVD media
  7. Font identification...
  8. Line printer computer font?
  9. Programming/Scripting
  10. w3schools
  11. Processor Architecture Copyright
  12. Using a webcam in Windows Vista
  13. Use of laptop computers by the pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188
  14. MS Access 2000
  15. How to search eBay for everything within 20 miles?

October 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 28

  1. Amazon's Cloud RDS is new and different because... ?
  2. Youtube
  3. PSP Memory Sticks
  4. Maximum iPhone acceleration?
  5. html help
  6. What is gmail doing on my computer?
  7. Google reads my email!
  8. Visual Basic Flow Control Problem!
  9. plz help fft plots
  10. Broken laptop due to wrong charger
  11. Best way to see all machines connected to my wireless router?
  12. Home Network Question
  13. Hotmail doesn't work any better
  14. c program
  15. Skype
  16. What's the best VNC-like alternative?

October 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 29

  1. Google customising searches based on cookies/preferences/previous searches?
  2. Background music in JAVA
  3. Windows 7 upgrades (Dell)
  4. Letting computer A use computer B's hard drives?
  5. Unstoppable Loop!
  6. Exporting contacts from Outlook Web Access
  7. Device file in windows
  8. Word-to-PDF mangled
  9. WinTv7
  10. WinVista -> Win7
  11. Data recovery!!
  12. "Guinness" Internet records?
  13. Windows question

October 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 30

  1. Request for example Java program
  2. Bitdefender uninstalled, but Windows is reporting that its turned off
  3. Someone else's media files on my iTunes: wtf?
  4. Windows 7 classic start menu
  5. Beginners programming
  6. Stable Motherboard on high temperature
  7. IE Tab

October 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 31

  1. Incremental backup and deleted files
  2. Find out IP addresses
  3. Thermal paste of processor on new motherbaord
  4. Laptop Powering Down (Ubuntu 9.10)
  5. Control of Sound Card
  6. Windows Vista Service pAck
  7. immedately give me answer this question.
  8. Vista Service Pack 1 trouble
  9. Good anti-aliasing in Photoshop
  10. Blender 3D Rendering
  11. Sound quality