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April 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 1

1. Skinning a cat
2. How do I find my original spawning point on Minecraft PE v0.6.1?
3. How can I reverse sinification
4. How Find A Persons E-Mail Address
5. Alexa statistics

April 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 2

1. How do I speed up the smooth scrolling? (in InternetExplorer 10, Windows7)
2. Running Gnu/Linux on an Android phone

April 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 3

1. Which laptops have the best keyboards for fast typing?
2. steps of writing a system proposal
3. Inserting an image into an Excel-type spreadsheet
4. HD TV channels
5. Who manufactured the Osborne 1?
6. Is it just me? (garbled text on web page)
7. S.Ytimg.com
8. Virtual box spawning X windows on host?

April 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 4

1. wireless pointing stick keyboard?
2. "automated response might cause WWIII"
3. Windoes 8 CHKDSK
4. Partitioning a 3TB drive
5. Win7 Laptop, Wrong Language

April 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 5

1. Working on many files in unix
2. online shop stuff

April 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 6

1. Check HD for errors
2. Antivirus companies creating viruses
3. Problem with uninstalling Plustek USB scanner

April 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 7

1. Download
2. HD tune results
3. HTTP Cookie
4. android ≠ / = android
5. How old to learn Java?
6. Linux Firefox download of .webm vs .flv

April 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 8

1. Firefox prevent accidental quit
2. USB sound card
3. [http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3trcvm/ How do we make a GIF]?
4. Terminology for error-message reduction
5. Firefox crashes more unexpectedly than before
6. Firewalls in Linux
7. Flashing "cursor" static
8. The 'other' Google employees

April 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 9

1. Does mining for bitcoins count as a server?
2. Word 2007 - Headers & Footers
3. Router: current UK pronunciations?
4. Compatibility of add-ons/extensions/plug-ins across browsers
5. external HD SMART results
6. Phone
7. Windows v. Unix Copy
8. Free software to upscale images in bulk?
9. golden ax

April 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 10

1. External HD hot and not spinning down
2. Why didn't Google's Street View service cover all streets in Kansas like they did in so many other states?
3. Optical disc drive no longer reads DVDs of any kind but can still read CDs
4. Virus causing password requirement?
5. Downgrading Windows 7 from 64-bit to 32-bit
6. Person of Interest (TV series)
7. text files older than 10 minutes

April 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 11

1. Why do we have cell phone contracts ?
2. Accidental deletions
3. cripto
4. whats the html tag to make a page unspidered?
5. what does "mining for bitcoins" mean?
6. Weird phenomenon on YouTube
7. Best closed-back headphones
8. I want to help people download OSS faster, what software should I torrent?

April 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 12

1. Does any programming language have a "control" class?
2. Page Break Comlumns in Tables for Word 2007
3. Firefox broken after reset plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types
4. what are my options for fouling up a PC with a bunch of &#*($$ in a "private" mode?
5. only 1 USB port works on desktop
6. Problem with Skype
7. How Can You Do A Free Reverse E-mail
8. Chess: computer against human + computer

April 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 13

1. can't copy WMA files
2. Yahoo! loading problems
3. How to download a video from YouTube?
4. request to send me the email addresses
5. How do I compare two LibreOffice Writer documents?
6. True Manhattan distance ?
7. Bitcoin
8. Power indicator on my computer disappeared

April 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 14

1. bar codes
2. Why is malware combined with useful downloads?
3. bootstrapping/changing ip address
4. emacs descent into wordprocessorhood
5. TELESONIC DVD PLAYER TL-2000
6. wikEd Bug Report Submission Help

April 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 15

1. message notification
2. What causes viewDidLayoutSubviews to fire?
3. Regular expression help
4. Registration
5. Transferring a large file to an external drive
6. advertisement filtering
7. Google Chrome - is there away to stop websites overriding keyboard shortcuts
8. Most resilient data compression?

April 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 16

1. WikiCreole to HTML converter

April 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 17

1. Arduino clock coding
2. For installing Microsoft Security Essentials' latest update, what IS error 0x8004FF80?
3. Help with Blender and backgrounds
4. Find Raspberry Pi on network

April 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 18

1. STEAM Game install problems
2. DOS operating system
3. address manipulation in assembly language
4. Unix command to output specific text
5. InterruptedException in java
6. 3D glasses for Blu Ray
7. how elevators talk

April 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 19

1. captchas
2. Terminology question
3. relation between interrupt status and sleep method in java

April 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 20

1. Cloud storage
2. BCD to decimal
3. Cyborg-vs-stronger-computer chess

April 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 21

1. need a java book
2. string inversion
3. Odin and Naval network. what are they?
4. Software to record my voice?
5. International characters
6. SQL: Replay Trace with Extended Events?
7. Blowing on Video Game cartridges
8. Shift key behaving as a quotation mark key

April 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 22

1. Pentax sensor cleaning and battery
2. FORTRAN read statement
3. Help with Mozilla Thunderbird
4. Difference between two LCD panels
5. programming using qbasic
6. How do I get rid of this political spam in my e-mail inbox?
7. silly computer science question
8. Academic research document papers contains mistakes

April 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 23

1. Smartphones: resistive or capacitive touchscreen
2. Windows 7 default file filters
3. "The Cloud"

April 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 24

1. Trojan Autorun.inf
2. What is Wikipedia's current domain name registrar?
3. Google ads
4. Microsoft Word Help
5. Bowling and Blu Ray

April 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 25

1. Downloading woes...(I need a good, free paint program but Internet Explorer won't let me!)
2. Can the CSS of a transcluded template be overridden?

April 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 26

1. Buying a used SSD -- pros/cons?
2. Quantum computers disprove Church-Turing thesis.
3. Choosing 'favorites' in Imgur
4. A Wikipedia-like clickable "contents" section in Wordpress
5. Old form of email address
6. Flat pocket computer
7. Differences in Pasting Methods?

April 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 27

1. PS problem
2. Wikipedia pages missing in IE9 browsing history
3. Do they have to develop a Firefox OS device?
4. Google Chrome font problem
5. synchronized block in java

April 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 28

1. Antivirus Program
2. MS Word; do not skip to new page for new paragraph
3. Antivirus products
4. more blender help?

April 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 29

1. wifi problems
2. Max CD-RW size
3. Group website
4. Nintendo DS/3DS Connectivity
5. strong and weak entity sets

April 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 30

1. Dual opamps
2. GameCube/Wii regional lockout
3. Kill javascript running in Firefox
4. Updating SSD firmware