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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 1

  1. Mouse issues
  2. Greek letter λ misspelled in Windows Vista
  3. x86 assembly
  4. Program in C++ to print number combinations
  5. Which brand of BIOS is used by recent Toshiba, Dell, Hewlett-Packard laptops
  6. sprtcmd.exe and LIBEAY32.dll
  7. Anitlog in C++
  8. Cheap Blu-Ray player for PC ?
  9. Trouble Installing MediaWiki
  10. World of Warcraft question
  11. Program to print number combinations: Suggestions incorporated, but, this time, no output!
  12. Three-pass protocol
  13. Facebook - is it down?
  14. Recycle bin
  15. Blackberry Storm videos to PC
  16. ??? Worm on Wikipedia ???

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 2

  1. Oh how I miss my Unix shell
  2. Using programs in OS X to overlap two images transparently like MS Paint does.
  3. Paint in Windows
  4. SYN attack?
  5. KDE: Force undo video mode change
  6. PCI express slot
  7. notebook with windows vista BSOD problem
  8. wiki tools problem
  9. Compromised email?
  10. Designating Commons for file uploads on my MediaWiki wiki.
  11. New Hard Drive
  12. Technicolour spinning wheel of despair?

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 3

  1. Al Gore and the internet
  2. Microsoft OS disks and product keys
  3. Formatting my USB Drive
  4. Problems with Firefox
  5. Memory card for my phone
  6. iTunes
  7. Connecting to the internet on gNewSense
  8. Youtube is in a different language...

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 4

  1. some games are not playable
  2. internat explorer sign is not " e " like
  3. wikicode source
  4. domain pointing
  5. .NET Passport and cursors
  6. Digital filter software.
  7. Recommend a Rails book
  8. Ubuntu to Ubuntu remotes desktop connect
  9. OpenOffice.org will not quit

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 5

  1. deleted file retrieval program
  2. "Open" routers?
  3. Changing IP address
  4. music software
  5. RCA Composite vs. VGA Video
  6. Is there a given character in a specified font?
  7. new computer causing problems.
  8. ISO file
  9. Comparing laptops based on specific technical factors
  10. Poor Upload Speeds On Broadband
  11. Free video editing software
  12. Why Freebsd (over Linux)

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 6

  1. Failure rate of computer DVD drives
  2. Setting up a WGA54AG Linksys Gaming Adapter
  3. Booting from DVD
  4. Why did I lose the Internet?
  5. New SATA HD for laptop 2
  6. apt equivalent to dpkg-query -L (find files from a .deb package)
  7. iPod nano is being an ignoramus
  8. Treat Fn-V as Ctrl-V
  9. Uploading using Terrapin FTP
  10. "Filling my graphics card"?

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 7

  1. Wikitable default border color
  2. studiVZ
  3. Is QBasic in public domain?
  4. Draw, pardner
  5. Ipod touch - Album art question

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 8

  1. Word Processors
  2. ߄ symbol
  3. XBOX 360 vs. dial-up
  4. sorting by birthdays
  5. Making IFS programs
  6. File statistics
  7. Backwards music player software
  8. Evil fake Windows security center in league with fake antivirus thing
  9. Playing audio from a visual waveform

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 9

  1. how do i get broadbrand
  2. Suggestions for computer science project
  3. How to make Greek diacritical marks in MS Word for Mac ?
  4. Screenshots
  5. Technical help with a facebook app
  6. Content management system for photos?
  7. Command Prompt (cmd.exe) in Fullscreen Mode in Vista?
  8. Are the files really gone?
  9. No DRM with iTunes anymore

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 10

  1. Legend of the Lost Video Card.
  2. have I screwed my harddrive?
  3. WAP versus 'Mobile Friendly'
  4. protection dvd media
  5. What was wrong?
  6. MS Paint gone missing
  7. Simulating a slow Internet connection
  8. Linking rollover image in HTML
  9. SMART: imminent disk failure warning
  10. Mailto feature in macromedia flash8.
  11. Intel Core 2 Duo Compatibility?
  12. Hollywood's graphical best software

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 11

  1. nature of ARP traffic
  2. svg 2 png curious
  3. let's try this again...
  4. Anyone familiar with the development of free software?
  5. Weird file format
  6. GCC argument order
  7. There is any free converter that is able to convert from .wav to .aiff
  8. web sites from a search engine
  9. creative zen and bloody vista
  10. foobar2000 songs not in order
  11. .bat file crash

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 12

  1. Laptop question concerning internet
  2. Word processors
  3. Decrease in RAM.
  4. Substitute switch - how much does amperage matter?
  5. Unknown weblink
  6. browsing internet on tv
  7. The happiness of having Vista
  8. Movie Maker
  9. Headphones
  10. Firefox vs IE

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 13

  1. Cheapest stable setup for GTA IV?
  2. COMPUTER ENGG> OR COMPUTER SCIENCE>!?????????
  3. Retrieving Deleted Files
  4. Reinstalling windows
  5. S-Video... 7-pin laptop to 4-pin TV
  6. Keylogger removal
  7. POPS And OOPS in C++
  8. Techlepathy
  9. Scientific Computing
  10. Animation Software
  11. Samsung i85 mp3 problems
  12. Equal lenth columns works in standards-compliant browsers, but not IE

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 14

  1. Synthesis study?
  2. RIJNDAEL/AES and them Endians
  3. Easy free wiki like database for personal local use. windows xp.
  4. Hard drive space
  5. IRC usage statistics
  6. Open a WDB File
  7. Question about Wikipedia database
  8. Websites
  9. Duplicate Documents folder in Vista
  10. Backup algorithm question
  11. Bypassing Passwords
  12. Signed Executables

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 15

  1. In search of the elusive long-tailed mouse....
  2. HDD recovery tools
  3. WP affects my MSWord spelling checker!
  4. Software or data types that don't leave a signature in the file
  5. Spread Sheets To Standalone

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 16

  1. Adobe Fonts - Mac to PC
  2. Connecting two PCs at home.
  3. Have I killed my USB Flash Drive ?
  4. High-resolution Windows 9x on Modern Laptops?
  5. Vista Updates
  6. XP Screen resolution
  7. Thunderbird Error

January 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 17

  1. Unicode character not showing up properly across computer
  2. Any good free virus protection? Or, which one to upgrade?
  3. windows xp is not updating
  4. Catch on the video card slot
  5. Removing power plugs?
  6. Small fonts
  7. Backup Tape Missing Index
  8. Ichat log files
  9. Speaker Problem
  10. Print preview in Chrome
  11. Modding an Xbox360

January 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 18

  1. Negative memory
  2. Gnome equivalent to KATE
  3. External (USB 2.0) Hard Drive not Recognized as a Hard Drive
  4. Uploading using Terrapin FTP
  5. Free software for backing up a disk partition
  6. Connecting Thinkpad T61 to internet, turning "on" tower icon?
  7. Buying cheap .ac (ascension island) domains
  8. Videoclip in iTunes/iPod
  9. Frequency Ranges

January 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 19

  1. Reinstall OS X
  2. movie graphics standards
  3. Solution Configurations in Visual Studio
  4. Keys suddenly producing wrong symbols
  5. Screen Resoution /Video Card - Re: Pixels are rendered as little squares
  6. Defragmentation
  7. Mozilla Firefox 3 navigator bar's default search engine?
  8. why would i only be able to connect to wikipedia.org and not other sites
  9. HuffingtonPost.com login
  10. YouTube issues
  11. Displays on Dual Monitors

January 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 20

  1. Links in email signatures
  2. Difficulty in Installaing Windows XP.
  3. AWB on WINE on Ubuntu 8.10
  4. Software mirror sites
  5. Closing tabs in Firefox -- switch to next unread?

January 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 21

  1. video file
  2. gnuplot with XCode
  3. Sound doesn't work
  4. Excel
  5. Total size of all Wikipedia articles
  6. ipod shuffle (clip version) with old USB (1)
  7. Inkscape fire
  8. Conficker virus/trojan whatever?

January 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 22

  1. basic C++ help
  2. standard tetris game, windows?
  3. €
  4. Download Wikipedia.
  5. Wizard (software)
  6. RAR or 7zip
  7. Safe Games?
  8. Xcode on two Macs-discepancy
  9. Can someone help me fidure this out?
  10. ASCII
  11. Outlook backup
  12. computing,email attachments

January 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 23

  1. 3rd Generation iPod Nano
  2. Is the battery really the problem??
  3. Linking via an image
  4. Windows Live OneCare back up issues
  5. laptop and notebook
  6. Internet Explorer version 8
  7. Keyboard mapping.
  8. Dial Tone but no Internet
  9. All links
  10. Browser addon visual update checker
  11. better crash course
  12. huawei c5330 virgin mobile
  13. adblockplus
  14. Java Pics
  15. why is fanboi spelled with an i
  16. Gradients on Inkscape (or GIMP)
  17. How to Disable the Hard Drive Temperature Sensor
  18. location of Mac OSX *.keylout file
  19. Download speed limiter

January 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 24

  1. PPPoE Password
  2. Second natural language of open source
  3. Outlook Web Access security
  4. Diode Differences
  5. Drawing trees with OpenOffice Draw (or some alternative)
  6. Error Message on Startup
  7. how to get a long-living cellphone
  8. Twinkle gone in Safari

January 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 25

  1. Literati java window help
  2. Firefox auto-restore feature
  3. web designing
  4. Windows Vista Sidebar RSS Gadget
  5. McAfee SystemGuard keeps getting disabled.
  6. bloody XP
  7. Plug in Problem.
  8. eee pc
  9. Yacc (bison) %union

January 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 26

  1. Kubuntu: Compile options for a package
  2. Analog Electronics
  3. Gaming Rigs: Be All, End All?
  4. Liquid Helium Cooled Computers
  5. XP probs
  6. macintosh OS X: navigating forms with the keyboard compared to Windows XP
  7. Where did all the info on AgesaCode go???
  8. How to select an exit node in Tor
  9. Internet over Power lines
  10. OpenDNS
  11. Hyperlinks in AS 3
  12. Usb to PCI adaptor
  13. Problems with flash video in Firefox
  14. what is the largest IDE hard drive that was made?
  15. PSP Capabilities
  16. PHP
  17. How to make your desktop background a slideshow (while you work)?
  18. Sorting dates in PHP

January 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 27

  1. Big numbers in C++
  2. the not-ipod
  3. Wikipedia layer in Google Earth
  4. all the tech conferences
  5. Niche calculations
  6. Volume configuration file on Ubuntu?
  7. Single-user PostgreSQL
  8. IP address
  9. Windows Address Bar question
  10. 720p vs 1366x768
  11. Pywikipedia code
  12. Perl, Regex, translation, ARRRRRGGHHHHHHHH!
  13. Internet
  14. Epson Stylus Photo R2880 and Quality Photo Papers
  15. Seeking freeware program to compare two binary files
  16. Fixing Extremely Long Startup Times On IBM Laptop
  17. Weather Radio Alarm
  18. A safe Php -> mail form
  19. Perl, regex, line number counter
  20. Question about Linux
  21. RoseGarden Playback Feature
  22. SWF
  23. US Government Digital Certificate
  24. Unix security model
  25. how to print a wikipedia article to pdf file

January 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 28

  1. found it, but what's it called?
  2. Diode Matrix ROM
  3. iTunes and MP3s and WMAs
  4. Genuinely standalone Mac OS X installation
  5. Biggest non-white contribs to comp sci
  6. White House email
  7. web page not updating
  8. TCP/IP
  9. sound in Firefox
  10. Calculating values that add up to a given sum in Excel
  11. Perl, regex, distinct matches

January 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 29

  1. Unexplained internet activity
  2. No program-writing program
  3. Removable USB Disk Drive for Ubuntu
  4. videos in powerpoint
  5. I hate my computer...
  6. Programs for drawing illustrations
  7. Override IP address in Firefox
  8. ntoskrnl.exe
  9. Edit video image size
  10. Departmental Wiki

January 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 30

  1. Gamma Thingy
  2. RAM won't work
  3. Online money
  4. Signal handler typedef
  5. Screensaver setup help
  6. Macrovsion - How TVs are able to play and VCRs not?
  7. css uploading
  8. Sibelius music software and Kontakt Player
  9. RLE files
  10. Spellcheck has Wrong Language
  11. Vista
  12. Building a computer diagnostic and repair utility

January 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 January 31

  1. time error
  2. Software cracks
  3. How big is an ordinary portable harddisk??
  4. https and Wireless Hotspots
  5. domain names with the f-word in it
  6. Colour Selector in Windows 7
  7. What's Google's problem
  8. Hello World!
  9. Authentication handling for Excel hyperlinks
  10. Encrypting single files
  11. Weird problem with PDF file from customer
  12. MS Word Spell Check
  13. PC Games...and Vista
  14. Reverse-engineering EULAs
  15. JQuery equivalent to PHP preg_match
  16. Flash drive appearing Device Manager, not Windows Explorer
  17. Is this "Points System" possible?
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