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February 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 1

  1. how do you type in a filepath and other stuff on a mac
  2. Issue with sending/receiving text over UDP connection in Java
  3. Javascript and 'onMouseMove' events.
  4. Google maps
  5. Hide active programs
  6. Regarding tracking of information
  7. Mouse decision

February 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 2

  1. Getting wikipedia's version of tex running on my computer
  2. Give root powers to me (Ubuntu)
  3. Dell laptop screen fading (resolved)
  4. TFT monitor flickering
  5. Open Office tutorial
  6. perl convert date to readable value
  7. Google images
  8. Computer sporadically turning on
  9. Canon Pixma MP220 printer problems!
  10. Adding A Shopping Cart to a .asp Photo Website
  11. Graphics upgrade possible?

February 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 3

  1. Problems with iTunes
  2. Spyware
  3. How often is Launchpad updated and what is the criteria for including a language in the installer?
  4. Image search engine
  5. PHP safe mode
  6. What file types can one import into Blender?
  7. What are "stand-alone, unattached server side processes/deamons"?
  8. MediaWiki question
  9. WordPerfect table to text

February 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 4

  1. Youtube
  2. ... (Windows XP)
  3. Wireless router/hub
  4. How to make .png images visible again on my Internet Explorer 7?
  5. Making Animated Flowcharts
  6. GIF
  7. Amount of dvorak users
  8. Implementing structures at a lower level
  9. Ubuntu Question
  10. Importing whole iTunes Library
  11. Hacking Challenge
  12. Need Help with A Shell Script
  13. Keeping a hard drive in a fridge on a permanent baisis
  14. Startup sound copyright

February 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 5

  1. Elysium MIDI Sequencer on the PC?
  2. nameserver questions
  3. HTTPS and Hotmail
  4. Receiving a web-page through email
  5. Having problems installing Microsoft office communicator 2007
  6. PC keeps restarting
  7. Web really slow
  8. Problem installing Linux

February 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 6

  1. Switching keyboards in Windows Vista
  2. Voip
  3. ymmetrical face
  4. Dial-up speed
  5. adobe flash player
  6. Windows' emulation
  7. Legitimate and legal FREE photo editing software download?
  8. ASP alternatives

February 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 7

  1. Multichannel audio from computer to amp
  2. What's the best way to share files between computers?
  3. GIMP (zooming into selection)
  4. Desktop Auto-Refresh in Vista
  5. Database question
  6. Photoshop layers
  7. America's Army
  8. Mater to Energy conversion (Moved)
  9. how good is pentium 4 at 3 ghz?
  10. transparent fill in Paint.NET
  11. would a pentium 4 era motherboard would have USB 1 or USB 2
  12. Virulent?
  13. uTorrent Download Location

February 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 8

  1. mozilla firefox
  2. white text-ifying...
  3. Limewire Alternative?
  4. Excel and negative exponential functions
  5. XP desktop icons
  6. OPENGL
  7. Twinkle and Rollback
  8. Strange device arrived with new TV
  9. Twitter...I don't get it!
  10. Is it possible to remove all "search term highlighting"?
  11. Connection speed
  12. Emerging computer technologies

February 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 9

  1. Failed hdd, is there a way to salvage files?
  2. How much RAM is there in Microsoft Word/Office
  3. Vista must die!
  4. Maxima/gnuplot issue
  5. Ubuntu Networking
  6. Relationship between compilers and OSes
  7. Laptop or netbook
  8. dwight cavendish
  9. VRML editors
  10. Seemingly random underlining of letters in computer programs
  11. Hiding my screen with VNC
  12. CPU test
  13. Verizon Phones
  14. How to use Process Explorer and Logparser?

February 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 10

  1. e-books - free download sources -
  2. ADI Soundmax driver
  3. Internet Explorer 8
  4. Doing green screen in Blender
  5. More on Basic Linux / Ubuntu Administration
  6. First mobile phone launched in india
  7. MediaWiki look-alike
  8. Creating links in a channel design on YouTube
  9. Create a cross in 3ds max
  10. XP Install from USB
  11. Make XP like Gnome/KDE
  12. acer 1 wireless
  13. Photo Organizer

February 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 11

  1. Programs on Linux (advanced question)
  2. Disable Auto-Paragraph
  3. Tracing a virus to an IP
  4. Dwight Cavendish versus Macrovision
  5. Javascript pull down menus
  6. Array of array
  7. firefox
  8. When in the software development life cycle are you supposed to create estimates?
  9. Alternatives to VMware Workstation
  10. Javascript for detecting the browser's language
  11. UK map on a US keyboard
  12. Google Cash
  13. Keyboard bug
  14. VirtualBox video drivers
  15. C: putc is missing characters
  16. Appointments in Outlook
  17. Image scaleup question

February 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 12

  1. Skiplist search complexity
  2. Nokia 5800 problem
  3. Internet on C/C++
  4. tab characters in Safari
  5. Cannot Open Pendrive Folder
  6. how to uninstall windows xp and install a fresh windows 2000 professional
  7. any way to color gmail letters sent to a different mailbox?
  8. Alternative to Windows Briefcase
  9. Sudden Strike 3

February 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 13

  1. Bizzare SQL
  2. good PCI GPU
  3. Keyboard shortcut to switch tabs in Firefox?
  4. CDMA card in ubuntu
  5. How to make battery last?
  6. 3D Support in xp running as a guest
  7. Tractive effort curve
  8. I am trying to learn assembly and I am LOST
  9. possible to construct 'binary' joke with the word neither?
  10. Capture video/audio output
  11. Computer Virus
  12. PDF > DOC Converter
  13. 1.6GHz
  14. subject line "another option" in Apple Mail
  15. VB.net: extra point for football program
  16. Bluetooth, WiMAX and Wi-Fi - are they Communications protocols?
  17. I need help
  18. Playstation 3 and F.E.A.R. Surround Sound is Wonky

February 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 14

  1. USB cords
  2. Viewing 'hidden files' on Vista
  3. programming in 3 dimensions
  4. Avoiding Element overlap in IE
  5. Concatenating pdf files in LaTeX
  6. Cyrillic typing
  7. Unable to access my watchlist or my preference
  8. Algorithm for computing biconnected components
  9. What is a good software application for keeping an address book, from a data portability standpoint?
  10. how do I do this to Paint Shop Pro?

February 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 15

  1. What computer language(s) is wikipeda coded in
  2. Safely Remove Hardware
  3. On Line Photographs
  4. Any non-Apple device playback Apple Lossless audio files?
  5. Google Translate oddity
  6. New Graphics Card
  7. Abbreviated form of terabyte?
  8. Spreadsheet - automatic date incrementation: 14 days
  9. Tables in MS Word 2007
  10. Perl, Regex, Capturing groups
  11. AM2+ cpu
  12. Web hosting
  13. Space between lines on Word 2007
  14. How to extract URLs from a Wikipedia article?

February 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 16

  1. Strange error with norwegian characters!
  2. Merge contacts in WM6
  3. unistalling programmes
  4. opening files
  5. linux!
  6. Cutting the junk in Mac OS 10.4
  7. iBook battery retention
  8. Self-taught programmers
  9. Loud buzz from computer while hard drive very busy
  10. Suggestion for a small web-browser?
  11. How to selectively download Windows Updates?
  12. HVAC administration software for Linux?
  13. cad software

February 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 17

  1. Communication software
  2. Marketing Research survey software
  3. 32 -> 16
  4. Conveting numbers into telephone letters
  5. word 07 amd figure numbering
  6. HTML Help
  7. GIF Question
  8. Microsoft Office Live Workplace for Linux users
  9. Creating DVD menus
  10. pixels on computer screens
  11. Recover ICQ6 password
  12. Graphics card upgrade part 2
  13. MS Word Equation Editor
  14. Looking for a bookmarking site that can organize like Wikipedia

February 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 18

  1. berel is good?
  2. GAME MAKING
  3. Re-Size Pictures Program
  4. How do I convert .rm to .wmv in MediaCoder?
  5. Visual Basic application installation shortcuts
  6. Web download
  7. Word 2007 Spell Checker
  8. Downloadable JavaScript Tutorial
  9. Add gui search to Excel file
  10. Autofilling of song metadata
  11. Easy way to see # of RAM modules installed
  12. OpenSSL

February 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 19

  1. Dell Inspiron 5100 Processor
  2. protecting online images
  3. Copying a website
  4. Video conversion software
  5. Toshiba Satellite L350 laptop -- Is the memory dual-channel?
  6. MATLAB: is it possible to selectively save only one output variable from a multi-output function?
  7. Algorithm Wanted
  8. Firefox issue, probably me being an idiot
  9. Acer Aspire One
  10. In Windows Vista, say you're downloading a file from a filesharing service, one click hosting...
  11. Printing excel spreadsheet page: want guide marks for ring-binder hole-punch
  12. Sound file conversion
  13. Users
  14. No bullshit, free program that converts .flv to .wmv with good quality and no setbacks?

February 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 20

  1. Screencasting software
  2. free virus scan
  3. Video Editing Software
  4. VBScripting and HTML
  5. JavaScript
  6. onclick
  7. Troubleshooting old software

February 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 21

  1. CD/DVD drive not reading a disk...
  2. whats the number one wikipedia article
  3. Skype wireless headsets
  4. Oregon Trail on Which Exact Model of Apple II
  5. Word 2003

February 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 22

  1. Firefox 3.06 add-on
  2. 3G/GSM/CDMA confusion
  3. Asking Questions on Wikipedia
  4. Links from Thunderbird
  5. What are these two icons in Firefox?
  6. Images won't display on Ript
  7. FlightGear 1.9
  8. CRON and .htaccess pasword protection
  9. Social Bookmarking Website
  10. Value of old laptop
  11. Archiving old hard drives.

February 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 23

  1. 3D graphics software
  2. Sisoftware Sandra - where is systemreport.txt hiding?
  3. Wireless Messaging API hardware
  4. Windows
  5. a way to find max memory consumption of a quick program?
  6. Add/remove icons on systray - win98se
  7. Matlab Particle in a Box Simulation
  8. Preventing software from resizing the window
  9. .pdf file size
  10. Small freeware game?
  11. Goforapproval.com
  12. YouTube periodically not available
  13. Getting Rid Of Windows Mediaplayer

February 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 24

  1. Proxy question
  2. Online cryptography tool
  3. gmail explosion
  4. C++ - pointer to a class function
  5. Rocket Dock Stack Docklet
  6. Instant messaging program for server
  7. Another program that can read MS Backup format
  8. MediaWiki Extension on Wikipedia for Editbox

February 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 25

  1. Windows (2)
  2. Floppies
  3. Moving Firefox Settings/History/Bookmarks Between Computers...
  4. RECORDING ON COMPUTER
  5. HDD recovery tools
  6. Net connections log
  7. Hard drive for videos
  8. HD TV
  9. NoScript add-on
  10. Wolfram Rule 120
  11. uTorrent limit

February 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 26

  1. Cell phone tracking
  2. identify the '80s video game
  3. Can any Windows XP Home Edition Cd-rom be used with any XP Home computer?
  4. Installing GNOME in FreeBSD
  5. Running .iso directly from HD
  6. Map Network printer using a .bat file
  7. Wireless connection problem
  8. Really annoying noise
  9. Internet volume control
  10. Disabling autorun under XP
  11. If the universe is a computer, can it be hacked?
  12. Problem in Windows XP SP2,
  13. …
  14. Malware in Lisp
  15. C standard

February 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 27

  1. Typo redirect in Firefox
  2. Mac Voice recording software
  3. Installing 2nd hard drive
  4. Interact with an X session remotely
  5. DLL error
  6. How to put an upper limit on the size of webpage a browser will load?
  7. Cannot install Yahoo messenger
  8. WHY ISN'T MY .MKV CONVERTING PROPERLY?!?!!!!!!!!11@@!
  9. error message on football website

February 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 February 28

  1. Complexity Class/Average Time
  2. Windows XP wireless trouble
  3. Font used by Westboro Baptish Church
  4. Replacing thumbnails with original image
  5. Laptop Head to Head
  6. Freeware utility: Screenshots with Alpha Transparency
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