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August 1 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 1

  1. Amazon.co.uk, wish-list, Amazon's privacy policy
  2. Currently-working robot certificate authorities?
  3. Finding compatible graphics card for Acer Aspire
  4. windows downloads
  5. bash scripting - testing if wget succeeds
  6. Garageband for Windows
  7. Wheeled mouse moves cursor extremely slowly
  8. Analog stick bearing

August 2 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 2

  1. Porting programs between architectures and operating systems
  2. x86 instructions atomic?
  3. Can't get rid of Norton AntiVirus
  4. Create a windows 7/Vista restore disk.
  5. Unmount USB drive on unplug
  6. MS Access Help
  7. Nasty vicious virus: "System Security 4.52", help!

August 3 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 3

  1. Use one MySQL view column to calculate another
  2. Downloading ALL attached pictures of a forum?
  3. Resetting a LayoutManager in Java
  4. Blogging
  5. What do the clock and viruses have in common?
  6. Formatting strings in Python
  7. Audio Streaming
  8. "Volume Header needs minor repair"—2006 Intel MacBook 10.4.11
  9. Flash player is sometimes slow
  10. Cpmputer is freezing after 6 to 9 hours of use and dvd drive problem
  11. eBooks
  12. Is there any free way to split PDF pages down the middle?

August 4 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 4

  1. web host
  2. Passing all ascii characters as a parameter
  3. Shocking stuff...
  4. WoW addons -- can a malicious one cause your account to get "hacked"?

August 5 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 5

  1. Adobe Flash
  2. Importing fonts
  3. which filter
  4. avg 8.5
  5. Half the programs on my Mac can't seem to find the web
  6. Browser plug-ins and HTTP referrer
  7. I couldn't get on the Internet

August 6 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 6

  1. seeking identification of an icon
  2. Rhemetic
  3. Copying iTunes playlists
  4. Microsoft SQL Server 2011 & Compatibility level 80
  5. Is there a program that gives convienent sort of bar charts analysing the size of each folder/subfolder?
  6. css / xml / word processing question
  7. Blackberry Storm camera problems
  8. php flat files
  9. OpenDNS

August 7 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 7

  1. PHP/MSQL assist
  2. S/PDIF
  3. Windows security blocking my Safari downloads
  4. Microcomputer I/O before the TV Typewriter
  5. Learning C
  6. Old Website URL
  7. real time processing?
  8. Follow-up question
  9. anonymous free (or low cost) email service?
  10. Setting up spell check in Opera

August 8 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 8

  1. Context T9?
  2. No-cost spreadsheets that reference data by name rather than by cell address?
  3. Master Pages in InDesign
  4. php ereg_replace
  5. wglUseFontOutlines
  6. HP Pavilion dv6386: Forgot BIOS logon password
  7. .NET Framework SDK Folder
  8. Windows Mobile Open Source or not?

August 9 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 9

  1. Programming Languages as Intellectual Property
  2. Windows Live Mail
  3. Targus AMW26US mouse
  4. USB stick between Mac and PC
  5. iTunes Library Transfer?
  6. heterogeneous linklist
  7. Problem with mounting in Linux, can't edit files
  8. Windows XP: folders with 32-character hex-digit names and a file called "$shtdwn$.req"

August 10 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 10

  1. Mac OS X under Ubuntu via virtualization
  2. wireless laptops interfering with eachother
  3. Washed a Micro SD adapter. Am I screwed?
  4. Program structure - Derive all possible combinations of an arbitrary number of elements
  5. Will Bluetooth prevent wear and tear on phone's jack?
  6. Molasses in January
  7. iPhone vs BlackBerry for power users
  8. GIS-like image rectification possible in Photoshop or Fireworks?
  9. Record multiple inputs on a (vista) laptop - how?
  10. Google tools
  11. Problem with iTunes + QuickTime on XP
  12. windows task scheduler
  13. the case of the intermittent Option key

August 11 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 11

  1. Quick ASP Question
  2. Wordpress
  3. Linked accounts
  4. Numeric keyboard not working over SSH
  5. Implementing a priority queue
  6. Cut/coped text not appearing in MS Word Clipboard
  7. Search Engines
  8. Deleting History

August 12 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 12

  1. Bulk listing of books for sale on Amazon
  2. Bluetooth screwups.
  3. Merging software
  4. .rar files
  5. Sony CLIÉ PEG-TJ35
  6. Guess the dictator/sitcom character
  7. Bluetooth Marketing
  8. larger checkbox on python pages
  9. Font identification?
  10. Create a transcript from an audio/video file
  11. Repainting on different threads in Java
  12. Math AutoCorrect Shortcuts

August 13 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 13

  1. Compositing doesn't work when using dual monitors
  2. excel calculations
  3. Is there software available that shows how a person looks when they wear different spectacle frames?
  4. Linear-time Fibonacci generator?
  5. Making videos
  6. x86 CPUID instruction in Delphi
  7. Java applets
  8. Automatically opening programs slowing down reboot
  9. Quicktime X vs Quicktime 7
  10. US and UK English versions of HTML in same file
  11. iGoogle contacts
  12. Float vs. int performance
  13. Windows Live Mail Auto spellcheck
  14. Multiple Related iTunes/Bluetooth/Laptop-Phone Questions.
  15. Optimize Computer Performance
  16. BEGIN...END in prepared MySQL statement
  17. Learn to Program

August 14 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 14

  1. GSM and UMTS required bandwidth
  2. Use of standalone Google Maps utility
  3. Filtered websites
  4. TrueCrypt, encrypting entire drive on dual boot PC
  5. Weird spam
  6. javascript - browser dependent
  7. Lost in PHP
  8. Facebook Loading Error
  9. Merging audio channels
  10. copying from cd
  11. HID DATA Has Stopped Working
  12. Gravit On Mac OS X
  13. nvidia file permission reseting after boot
  14. claiming a domain name
  15. No telephone provider for the web?

August 15 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 15

  1. command prompt
  2. how do you check whether
  3. LCD monitor's optimum resolution is too high for my eyes
  4. Key sticking
  5. missing deleted e-mail
  6. Photoshop CS3 -> MS problem
  7. Big TVs and a strange recurring zoom
  8. Fax number
  9. I’ve never created a website—how much does it cost (time effort)?
  10. Untraceable cell phones, external drives, and that “wii” laptop
  11. disconnecting servers during Power Mac G5 bootup
  12. Text from PDF to Word
  13. Blender texture problem

August 16 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 16

  1. The power of IP addresses
  2. Skype lowers the volume on other programs
  3. Help modifying AutoIt v3 sample script
  4. Using a mobile phone / cell phone as a pocket computer only
  5. My Windows XP computer makes very quiet creaking or birdsong-like noises
  6. Strange behavior in Firefox
  7. Handwritten font

August 17 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 17

  1. Does using Memory Card ruggedly as compared with Pendrives reduce it's life?
  2. Windows Vista Explorer
  3. Disable Windows Media Player video conversion
  4. Digital Electronics
  5. Nokia E63 caller id Display
  6. Hard disk problem: Hitch, hitch, hitch
  7. AutoItv3 Script Adjustment
  8. strange packet delays
  9. Transmit video signal 10m

August 18 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 18

  1. How to implement password based security in Windows LAN Network ?
  2. HDD Led indicator glowing all time
  3. How to block youtube ads?
  4. Demise of online file storage services
  5. Why do checkout card readers ask me to confirm my signature before I've provided it?
  6. issues with google searches
  7. User Identification
  8. I'm really confused about this and can't find out much anywhere I tried so please help.
  9. do they make more durable laptops today?
  10. Youtube video downloads

August 19 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 19

  1. Difference between Torrent and BitTorrent
  2. Basic Java
  3. WD My Passport Essential
  4. Beating a Keylogger
  5. Float
  6. Light spreadsheet tool?
  7. custom url
  8. Rotating PDF pages
  9. My forward button is no longer blue
  10. HP Notebook running Vista won't shutdown
  11. Dell Startup Problem
  12. C/C++: optimal use of fread() and fwrite()
  13. GPU Clock and Memory Clock
  14. Mac Apps on Windows
  15. Archive of some sort

August 20 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 20

  1. Midnight ana/cron job
  2. Macintosh code merging tool?
  3. Tool for writing (wiki?)
  4. Printing a mail with no Header
  5. How to connect to localhost using putty ?
  6. Using games software for animation
  7. Specific question about wikis
  8. Unexpected restart and error log
  9. High Resolution Settings and Browsing
  10. Research Issues in Routing
  11. Privacy when using a PC

August 21 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 21

  1. Looking for a nutrition web site
  2. Categorization tool/bot
  3. Mediawiki error
  4. Is there a search engine or program that can manipulate row/column arrays?
  5. MySQL -- from scratch to database in how long?
  6. Word Processing - half a line
  7. HDR
  8. Windows mail password prototection?
  9. Controlling google results
  10. Google books - copyright
  11. Blender Fade

August 22 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 22

  1. How to really search for an exact phrase on the internet
  2. Download an entire YouTube channel
  3. Microsoft Word keyboard thing
  4. Adobe's code signing cert revoked?
  5. How to reinstall Windows XP - where can I get CDs?
  6. Testing a web based software Vs testing a conventional software
  7. glDeleteTextures
  8. chess script programming

August 23 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 23

  1. chroot and graphical apps: is it possible?
  2. Mediawiki Error - Still
  3. Practical measures to preserve privacy and security when computer is stolen
  4. Windows Movie Maker
  5. Java: loading only the objects you need
  6. Help getting rid of horrible trojan

August 24 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 24

  1. all website links
  2. Using Nokia AD54 remote control as an extension cord
  3. problem in Excel: left and right buttons navigate bar instead of going from one cell to another
  4. Anyone an expert on DOS game history?
  5. Unblocking a downloaded file in Windows Vista
  6. Why does the fan stay on after switching off?

August 25 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 25

  1. Zipped folders
  2. Wiki markup
  3. IGGP site missing!
  4. CD copyright information
  5. Driver update
  6. Language changes in Microsoft Word (resolved)
  7. Project management software
  8. Game not compatible with vista?
  9. Current in mac mini
  10. IMAP: Loading all messages simultaneously
  11. DTMF
  12. Phone keyboard
  13. Sleepy Hard Drive
  14. How do I get songs off of my iTouch iPod onto my new laptop for free?
  15. How to add to file to a zip file?
  16. Retaining leading quote in Excel
  17. My Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 has an error!
  18. Windows Live
  19. multi-audio, multi-subtitle MKV file
  20. For how long will Google retain its advantage?
  21. Unknown hard error
  22. Mobile phone comparison matrix

August 26 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 26

  1. Putty recycle bin hack
  2. X11 on MacBook
  3. about router
  4. Mobile phone internet protection
  5. Fan controller schematic: comments needed
  6. How self-sufficient is the Internet?
  7. Question about SD card moved from WP:MCQ
  8. Simple HTML Question: Forcing Side Scroll

August 27 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 27

  1. Sony Vegas, memory problems?
  2. MSO 2003 Excel won't open directly from a folder in XP
  3. what are the underlying server's protocol
  4. .m2ts Files in iMovie
  5. Scanning Microfilm
  6. I need a shortcut.
  7. OCR program that can screen scrape
  8. Very small windows when I click on a link
  9. Is there a way that I can make my windows xp account visable only by pressing ctrl alt del?
  10. Google Book work around

August 28 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 28

  1. mySQL game dbase question from a few days ago expanded!
  2. Horrible time with javax.sound.sampled
  3. Berkeley sockets
  4. What's Thunderbird up to?
  5. Strange new quirk in Lycos email
  6. Monitor magic
  7. Commons?

August 29 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 29

  1. BSODs referencing nvidia display driver with new 260GTX
  2. Firefox addons
  3. Self-destructing data storage
  4. yahoo mail problems
  5. Can't find supposedly newly-produced files
  6. Certificate authority classes

August 30 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 30

  1. TI 89 random numbers
  2. Encoding non-standard resolution movie to MPEG-2
  3. How to compress thousands of files individually
  4. TCMP
  5. Security of website
  6. Napoleon: Total War
  7. Sound on MSN
  8. Advanced Delphi (Debugging)
  9. Adding bluetooth services to phone
  10. Question about research
  11. C++ Builder Help
  12. open office - data sources into calc

August 31 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 August 31

  1. Vista problems
  2. Converting a pdf to pdb for Pocket PC
  3. Which of the following one is likely to succeed?
  4. Slowing down a mouse scrollwheel?
  5. No picture on screen
  6. Snow Leopard Java
  7. Syncing 2 Computers
  8. Component price behavior
  9. The best (old) PDA for me?
  10. Blue Screen of death
  11. Hacking a computer, but it's my computer
  12. Driver problems
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