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July 1 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 1

  1. OEM vs Retail de-activations
  2. What DPI for character recognition?
  3. Computer engineering institute in India
  4. Windows 7 oem on a Dell pc
  5. Enlarging browser
  6. ethernet cable
  7. IN FACEBOOK HOW DO I CHANGE MY STATUS???

July 2 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 2

  1. Does scala really have dynamic types?
  2. Website
  3. Audio Voiceover In Videos

July 3 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 3

  1. Not so respectable search engines
  2. Building an asset register
  3. Securing Vista Home Premium on a shared computer
  4. Merging Feedburner Feeds
  5. Arithmetic result exceeded 32 bits
  6. MATLAB Query
  7. Engvar in firefox
  8. How electronic voting works??
  9. Greasemonkey links
  10. program that will record anything

July 4 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 4

  1. Splat!
  2. Youtube Player with A Video in E-mail
  3. Wireless
  4. Sharing internet between two computers via a ethernet cable router
  5. return type
  6. print() and scanf()- c programing
  7. syntax
  8. formating output
  9. dump mediawiki articles' source to text file
  10. Why such a long-winded bookmarking procedure in Firefox?
  11. Creating a Backup
  12. most common keyboard type nowadays? (USB or PS/2)

July 5 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 5

  1. Website addresses
  2. PlaySound function in MSDN library
  3. How do one toggle scrollbars in Firefox (for Windows)?
  4. Templates
  5. JavaScript help
  6. DIgital Pictures
  7. Quick request to loop an animated GIF
  8. Quick C question

July 6 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 6

  1. picture transfer from cellular phone to PC...
  2. Email program with external (Excel) contact list?
  3. Jailbreaking on iPod Touch 3G with iOS 4.0
  4. Web server
  5. dwg verses shp file formats
  6. Resetting Mac OS X permissions back to default state
  7. GFDL Picture

July 7 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 7

  1. How to...?
  2. Looking for an intercom
  3. Matlab costs
  4. Skype contacts
  5. Kilobytes and Megabytes
  6. Free flat-file database
  7. Buying a DVD drive
  8. Beautiful colors

July 8 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 8

  1. creating new language associations in Win7; viewing dead keys
  2. Import text from text file into Powerpoint slides or OpenOffice Presentation slides
  3. Losing AOL Internet Connection
  4. Typing in romanized devnagari
  5. computer
  6. Does ReadyBoost increase RAM?

July 9 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 9

  1. Applying a filter to a layer mask in Photoshop Elements 8
  2. New wiki
  3. http://www.californiagovernors.ca.gov/
  4. is it possible to program new gestures via macbook pro trackpad?
  5. PSTN Gateway in CISCO technology
  6. Python CGI script
  7. Photo site
  8. Executing bash at start-up
  9. Windows XP
  10. What is trending and why should I care?
  11. Hash calculator + cracker
  12. Practical DSP book recommendation

July 10 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 10

  1. How do I get out of this without losing everything?
  2. trying a Wacom tablet
  3. Refurbished laptops: websites? And Dell: "Grabs" gone? How else to search then?
  4. Assembling a PC
  5. Deleting rights in mediwiki
  6. HARD DISK DRIVES
  7. Effects of deleting boot.ini in XP?
  8. Resolution: 1280×800 vs. 1440×900... or where do I find *no* widescreen?
  9. Free software re-licensing
  10. Widescreen LCDs cheaper to make?

July 11 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 11

  1. URL for a specific page in a PDF
  2. Ports
  3. how much more should I ask for to work for the mafia?
  4. Imaging an SSD - Easiest Imaging Software/Process
  5. Copy n' Paste
  6. Restarting iTunes
  7. .svg 50-state Location Map, DOT errors

July 12 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 12

  1. Locked file
  2. Form
  3. why youtube doesn't allow downloading and saving of videos
  4. GPU compatibility
  5. addressing
  6. Move "my" stuff to another partition
  7. vista / 7 - orange program higlight
  8. Templates...AGAIN!
  9. videos konvertieren
  10. Any weighted widget to hold down keys at startup?
  11. Virtual RAM
  12. Identifying the song used in a Youtube video with a search engine?
  13. Looking for a simple BASIC language that can copy or rename files

July 13 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 13

  1. The earth rotates!
  2. What to do with .cbr files?
  3. Creating a Firefox Persona
  4. Excentro or another guilloche generator for windows
  5. Strange image results in Google
  6. "CLICK CLICK CLICK WHIRRRRRR. CLICK CLICK CLICK WHIRRRRRR" - my laptop's hard drive
  7. Name for padding function
  8. Combining images into a PDF
  9. Got a spam Facebook friend request from someone with similar name to one just mentioned in an email -- hacked account?
  10. Hundreds of identical files on Windows HD - thanks Bill.
  11. Searching for and fixing corrupt zip files

July 14 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 14

  1. Custom persona will not stick
  2. Using ogis2svg.pl
  3. CPU cooling
  4. TV Tuner Card/Signal Issue
  5. Hard Drive
  6. Another non related hard drive question
  7. RAM buses
  8. Microsoft
  9. Hands-free (Bluetooth) for home phones
  10. What is the best (free) tool to convert .avi to animated Graphics Interchange Format?
  11. Bing Search products not found. Do they exist?
  12. Renaming clashing files before copying in Windows batches
  13. Word Search
  14. Broadband availability
  15. Quick help with a Joomla task
  16. Microsoft Excel
  17. delete

July 15 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 15

  1. Double sided scanning on a Brother MFC-790CW
  2. New softwares/programs automatically installed to computer
  3. Keeping or changing an old password
  4. chain loading
  5. Trying to write a Windows batch file
  6. Using PCI Express 2.0 graphics card with 1.0 motherboard?
  7. Computer speeds 2010 vs 1995
  8. PHP Code
  9. international laptop warranty: Which manufacturers offer it? Alternatives

July 16 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 16

  1. Need help printing articles with equations.
  2. Toxic URL
  3. Changing Bookmark Font Size in Google Chrome
  4. [RESOLVED] Millions of components cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
  5. Test power supply
  6. how much for a desktop workstation?
  7. antivirus software
  8. Why won't Google index the PDF that I've shared on Google Docs ("Public on the web - Anyone on the Internet can find and view")?
  9. embedded addresses of an ad
  10. Strange "redirect"
  11. JavaScript cursor.
  12. Hash calculator + cracker
  13. C+

July 17 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 17

  1. Removing images from a PDF, using Adobe Acrobat Professional
  2. How to find current Mac OS version usage
  3. Sound won't stop
  4. availability of multipurpose 'Light Emitting Diode'(LED) monitor
  5. Ubuntu 64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage?
  6. Weird computer flying shadows after Windows update
  7. Google Street View
  8. sequential numbers
  9. Windows 7 start menu + hovering
  10. Scam using Logmein123

July 18 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 18

  1. Finding things on my cluttered desktop
  2. HP C309g-m Photosmart Printer Network
  3. infomoneyservice.com pages malware! Somehow Google-related...
  4. Laptop scroll
  5. java - pass command to OS then return
  6. Headphones

July 19 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 19

  1. GNU Octave Commands in Octave 3.2.4
  2. stopDrag
  3. Read-only folder in pen-drive?
  4. Python compiler
  5. MP4 Player Problem

July 20 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 20

  1. 16-bit microprocessors
  2. Convert <? to <?php
  3. QT
  4. Digital Images
  5. Hub

July 21 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 21

  1. Is it bad to standby a computer too often?
  2. GIMP versus Photoshop
  3. Virus
  4. What does this error mean?
  5. distance and signal strength relation in wlans
  6. Understanding C++ code
  7. Timezone Databases in Javascript
  8. tor

July 22 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 22

  1. Quad-Socket 128GB RAM Server
  2. Windows Picture & Fax Viewer vs. Win7 Photo Viewer
  3. Google translate errors
  4. Realted Image Search
  5. LinkedIn raiding my emails?
  6. Dell D630 - Touchpad does not move the mouse cursor
  7. What's wrong with my Computer?
  8. what is "pc decrapifier"
  9. ethernet hub

July 23 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 23

  1. Graphical/Visual Programming Languages
  2. TaskManager
  3. Accessing very lost pages.
  4. Electronics for digital watch
  5. logs
  6. File destruction
  7. Back button difficulties
  8. torrent
  9. IBM
  10. Thin Client issue driving me nuts

July 24 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 24

  1. Power Supply Failing?
  2. XBox 360 data storage

July 25 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 25

  1. Laptop not booting every time
  2. Free spreadsheet with nameable cells
  3. Reducing file size of PDFs
  4. Question (Quick Response Code)
  5. wget
  6. "Joining" graphic files

July 26 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 26

  1. Rackmount Voltage Transformer
  2. 0db level
  3. turn off wireless
  4. 'any' and 'in' keywords in sql
  5. Exporting Java Project so it can run without eclipse

July 27 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 27

  1. Data Lost After Restore?
  2. How to remove a hacker from an iphone 3GS
  3. Spaceward SuperNova
  4. Problems reading CDs
  5. Very Serious Virues Problem
  6. Excel "Find" function in VBA oddness
  7. Screensize

July 28 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 28

  1. 2D or 3D Animation software for AVCHD high definition partially simulated rock video?
  2. Banner
  3. Wget with cookies
  4. Hiding a Windows taskbar button
  5. How easy to program? Geotagged images overlayed on OpenStreetMap
  6. Wget batch files
  7. Wireless routers
  8. ASbot ?
  9. GUIdebook
  10. Cyrillic

July 29 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 29

  1. c#
  2. Buying a new inxepensive Laptop to run windows xp
  3. Starcraft 2 not working
  4. Whiteboard missing from Windows Live Messenger version 2009
  5. Virtual office
  6. Google quirk

July 30 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 30

  1. How to transfer files between two computers using command prompt?
  2. FreeBSD guest in Xen
  3. Security using webcam
  4. wget timestamps
  5. wget download html first
  6. link
  7. Firewall Question
  8. Forward button problem, continued
  9. A very wide and rather long webpage
  10. Contrast Ratios
  11. Android language help

July 31 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 July 31

  1. The Amazon Kindle's web browser
  2. Peer-assisted networking
  3. Have cognitive scientists explained why it's tedious to not use pronouns?
  4. Blu-Ray video files?
  5. Maximum privacy in Facebook
  6. portable app that corrupts/erases the drive after password entry failure?
  7. Compress
  8. Is the output of Google Translate copyrighted?
  9. Google gone weird - malware?
  10. Using Excel/Access for Neopets shop inventory
  11. Using iPhone at a WiFi hotspot
  12. Forcible Setting
  13. Windows Vista ReadyBoost
  14. Fonts are weird
  15. Lifetime of a laser printer